History of Ancient Egypt by Erik Hornung
From our vantage point ancient Egyptian civilization, with its strictly hierarchic organization, can appear static through its three-thousand-year history. In his concise and authoritative introduction to that distant culture, a renowned Egyptologist...
"David Lorton's translation makes available in English a concise, thorough, and well-written introduction to Egyptian history by one of the world's leading Egyptologists. . . Hornung's expertise in religion is reflected in the insightful treatment of religious developments and their relationship to Egyptian society, ethics, and politics."—Denise M. Doxey, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Religious Studies Review, Vol. 27, No. 3, July 2001
Erik Hornung is Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Basel. He is the author of Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt also from Cornell. An American Egyptologist, David Lorton translated Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids, by Guillemette Andreu, from Cornell. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801484759 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801484758 |
| Title | History of Ancient Egypt |
| Author | Erik Hornung |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press |
| Year published | 1999-04-27 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Prizes | Winner of An Alternate Selection of The Readers' Subscriptio. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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