The Wisdom of Egypt: Changing Visions Through the Ages

ISBN-13: 9781138405141 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Peter J. Ucko

Opis

Examines the sources of evidence about Ancient Egypt available to scholars, and the changing visions of Egypt and of Egypt's role in human history that they produced. The scope of this book extends from the Classical world, to writers of the Renaissance, to the work of scholars and scientists of Early Modern Europe.

Recenzje

"On the manner in which the assumed wisdom of ancient Egypt was perceived by later cultures.useful introduction by the volume editors." -Journal of the American Oriental Society

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction: Egypt Ancient and Modern, Timothy Champion, Peter Ucko; Chapter 2 ::, John Tait; Chapter 3 Writings, Okasha El Daly; Chapter 4 Images of Ancient Egypt in the Latin Middle Ages, Charles Burnett; Chapter 5 The Renaissance Afterlife of Ancient Egypt (1400-1650), Brian A. Curran; Chapter 6 Ancient Egypt in 17th and 18th Century England, David Boyd Haycock; Chapter 7 Beyond Egyptology: Egypt in 19th and 20th Century Archaeology and Anthropology, Timothy Champion;

O autorze

Ucko, Peter J; Champion, Timothy