A generously illustrated selection of John Baines's influential writings on two core areas of ancient Egyptian civilization: the role of writing, which was very different in antiquity from what is familiar in the modern world, and the importance of visual culture. These questions are explored through a number of case studies. The volume assembles articles that were scattered in publications in a variety of disciplines, making available key contributions on core problems of theory, comparison, and analysis in the study of many civilizations and offering important points of departure for...
A generously illustrated selection of John Baines's influential writings on two core areas of ancient Egyptian civilization: the role of writing, whic...
This four-volume set, through a carefully selected collection of seminal and influential articles, brings much needed clarity and context to the subject of propaganda, leading the reader through its historic origins, its military uses, and the modern means by which it is manifested.
This four-volume set, through a carefully selected collection of seminal and influential articles, brings much needed clarity and context to the subje...
