Ancient Egypt : a very short introduction /
The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination-mummies and pyramids, curses and rituals have captured our imaginations for generations. We all have a mental picture of ancient Egypt, but is it the right one? How much do we really know about this once great civilization? In this absorbin...
| Основен автор: | Shaw, Ian, 1961- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Серия: |
Very short introductions.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Ancient Egypt. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction : the story so far
- Discovering and inventing : constructing ancient Egypt
- History : building chronologies and writing histories
- Writing : the origins and implications of hieroglyphs
- Kingship : stereotyping and the "oriental despot"
- Identity : issues of ethnicity, race, and gender
- Death : mummification, dismemberment, and the cult of Osiris
- Religion : Egyptian gods and temples
- Egyptomania : the recycling and reinventing of Egypt's icons and images.