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Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt
ISBN: 9780140262520 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. The ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile - their life source - was a divine gift. This book provides an insight into their religious beliefs and practices, from 5000 BC to the 4th century AD, when Egyptian Christianity replaced the earlier customs. It presents an introduction to the world of half-human/half-animal gods and goddesses.
The ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile - their life source - was a divine gift. This book provides an insight into their religious beliefs and p...
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86,86 zł |
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The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern World
ISBN: 9780143112518 / Angielski / Miękka / 329 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Compulsively readable and sparkling with fresh insights, this is the astonishing story of the ancient city that invented the modern world. Map.
Compulsively readable and sparkling with fresh insights, this is the astonishing story of the ancient city that invented the modern world. Map.
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73,33 zł |
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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
ISBN: 9780192802934 / Angielski / Miękka / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. The Oxford Illustrated History of Ancient Egypt is the only book available providing detailed historical coverage of Egypt from the early Stone Age to its incorporation into the Roman Empire. The lively essays and beautiful illustrations portray the emergence and development of the distinctive civilization of the ancient Egyptians covering the period from 700,000 BC to AD 311.
Against the backdrop of the rise and fall of ruling dynasties, this book also examines cultural and social patterns, including stylistic developments in art and literature. The pace of change in such... The Oxford Illustrated History of Ancient Egypt is the only book available providing detailed historical coverage of Egypt from the early Sto...
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113,56 zł |
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Reflections of Osiris: Lives from Ancient Egypt
ISBN: 9780195158717 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Spanning more than two millennia, Reflections of Osiris opens a small window into a timeless world, capturing the flavor of life in ancient Egypt through vivid profiles of eleven actual people and the god Osiris.
Some of the figures profiled here are famous. Ray discusses Imhotep, whom he calls "Egypt's Leonardo"--the royal architect of the Step Pyramid, high priest of the sun cult, and a man of great medical skill. We meet Hatshepsut, a rare female Pharaoh, who had herself depicted as a male figure in temple scenes, ceremonial beard and all. Horemheb, who rose from local politician to... Spanning more than two millennia, Reflections of Osiris opens a small window into a timeless world, capturing the flavor of life in ancient Egypt thro...
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291,48 zł |
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Village Life in Ancient Egypt : Laundry Lists and Love Songs
ISBN: 9780198149989 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Deir el-Medina, the village of the workmen who built the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, is a uniquely rich source of information about life in Egypt between 1539 and 1075 BC. The abundant archaeological remains are complemented by tens of thousands of texts documenting the thoughts and activities of the villagers. This book combines translations of over 200 of these texts spanning the entire range of preserved genres with stunning illustrations.
Deir el-Medina, the village of the workmen who built the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, is a uniquely rich source of information about life i...
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890,36 zł |
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Visual and Written Culture in Ancient Egypt
ISBN: 9780198152507 / Angielski / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. 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...
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1232,57 zł |
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The Egyptians
ISBN: 9780226155562 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. "The Egyptians" is a vibrant, accessible introduction to the people who lived along the Nile for almost thirty-five centuries. In this collection of essays, eleven internationally renowned Egyptologists present studies of ancient Egyptians arranged by social type slaves, craftsmen, priests, bureaucrats, the pharaoh, peasants, and women, among others. These individual essays are filled with a wealth of historical detail that both informs and fascinates: we learn, for example, that Egyptian peasants could not afford burial (their corpses were abandoned on the desert fringe), and that it was the...
"The Egyptians" is a vibrant, accessible introduction to the people who lived along the Nile for almost thirty-five centuries. In this collection of e...
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133,50 zł |
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When Egypt Ruled the East
ISBN: 9780226771991 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Here, adequately presented for the first time in English, is the fascinating story of a splendid culture that flourished thirty-five hundred years ago in the empire on the Nile: kings and conquests, gods and heroes, beautiful art, sculpture, poetry, architecture.
Significant archeological discoveries are constantly being made in Egypt. In this revision Professor Steele has rewritten whole chapters on the basis of these new finds and offers several new conclusions to age-old problems. Here, adequately presented for the first time in English, is the fascinating story of a splendid culture that flourished thirty-five hundred years ago...
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99,41 zł |
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Ancient Records of Egypt : VOL. 2: THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY
ISBN: 9780252069741 / Angielski / Miękka / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Presents details of royal succession, military conquest, religious upheaval, administrative complexity, and other aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization. This title illuminates both the incredible complexity of Egyptian society and the almost insuperable difficulties of reconstructing a lost civilization.
Presents details of royal succession, military conquest, religious upheaval, administrative complexity, and other aspects of ancient Egyptian civiliza...
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141,96 zł |
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Ancient Records of Egypt : VOL. 3: THE NINETEENTH DYNASTY
ISBN: 9780252069758 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Chronicles the precarious reigns of King Akhenaten's successors and the political and legal reforms of King Horemheb, who succeeded to the throne after the passing of the last members of the royal family.
Chronicles the precarious reigns of King Akhenaten's successors and the political and legal reforms of King Horemheb, who succeeded to the throne afte...
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119,24 zł |
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Ancient Records of Egypt : vol. 4: The Twentieth through the Twenty-sixth Dynasties
ISBN: 9780252069765 / Angielski / Miękka / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Focuses on the end of the self-governed era of ancient Egyptian civilization. This title contains the inscriptions from the Medinet Habu Temple, one of the most completely preserved temples of Egypt, and the great Papyrus Harris, the largest (133 feet long) and most sumptuous papyrus extant.
Focuses on the end of the self-governed era of ancient Egyptian civilization. This title contains the inscriptions from the Medinet Habu Temple, one o...
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187,46 zł |
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Ancient Records of Egypt : vol. 1: The First through the Seventeenth Dynasties
ISBN: 9780252069901 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Covers twenty-six dynasties of Egypt spanning more than three millennia: from ca 3050 BC to 525 BC. Beginning with the earliest known official annals of Egypt, the Palermo Stone, this title catalogs the realm's official activities, including royal succession, temple construction, property distribution, and foreign conquest.
Covers twenty-six dynasties of Egypt spanning more than three millennia: from ca 3050 BC to 525 BC. Beginning with the earliest known official annals ...
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187,46 zł |
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Ancient Records of Egypt : vol. 5: Supplementary Bibliographies and Indices
ISBN: 9780252069918 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Offers information on the people, places, and inscriptions of ancient Egypt. This title covers such indices as the kings and queens, temples and geographical locations, divine names, and titles and ranks encompassed by three thousand years of Egyptian history. It includes indices of Egyptian, Hebrew, and Arabic terms mentioned in the texts.
Offers information on the people, places, and inscriptions of ancient Egypt. This title covers such indices as the kings and queens, temples and geogr...
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107,88 zł |
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The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
ISBN: 9780292704251 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. The Book of the Dead is the name now given to a collection of religious and magical texts known to the ancient Egyptians as The Chapters of Coming-forth by Day. Their principal aim was to secure for the deceased a satisfactory afterlife and to give him the power to leave his tomb when necessary. Copies of The Book of the Dead written on papyrus rolls were placed in the tombs of important Egyptians, each roll containing a selection of chapters. Many examples have survived from antiquity, dating mostly from c. 1500 BCE-250 BCE. In this volume, the text... The Book of the Dead is the name now given to a collection of religious and magical texts known to the ancient Egyptians as The ... |
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122,02 zł |
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Aspects of the Military Documents of the Ancient Egyptians
ISBN: 9780300023817 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is the first comprehensive treatment of the composition and historiographic background of ancient Egyptian military inscriptions (c. 1550 B.C. to C. 450 B.C.). In his chronological study Anthony Spalinger analyzes numerous texts from a formalistic as well as a literary viewpoint. His discovery--that aspects of ancient Egyptian military writing were regulated by a preexisting framework and set phraseology--will enable historians of ancient Egypt to discriminate between what was hyperbole and what was reality in a given military situation.
The opening chapters of this work cover the... This is the first comprehensive treatment of the composition and historiographic background of ancient Egyptian military inscriptions (c. 1550 B.C. to...
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348,52 zł |
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At Empire's Edge: Exploring Rome's Egyptian Frontier
ISBN: 9780300088564 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. When Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire in 30 B.C. after the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, its vast and mysterious frontier lands had an important impact on the commerce, politics, and culture of the empire. This engrossing book -- part history and part gazetteer -- focuses on Rome's Egyptian frontier, describing the ancient fortresses, temples, settlements, quarries, and aqueducts scattered throughout the region and conveying a vivid sense of what life was like for its inhabitants. When Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire in 30 B.C. after the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra, its vast and mysterious frontier lands had an... |
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399,85 zł |
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The Pyramids
ISBN: 9780313325809 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The great pyramids at Giza are among the largest stone structures in the world, unsurpassed in size and scope since the days of antiquity. The Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) is the only one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World still standing. And yet, despite over four thousand years of study, some debate still surrounds these structures at the most basic levels. Who built the pyramids? How were such feats accomplished years before the advent of modern engineering? Why were the pyramids built in the first place? This volume explores the circumstances surrounding these mighty... The great pyramids at Giza are among the largest stone structures in the world, unsurpassed in size and scope since the days of antiquity. The Grea... |
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291,48 zł |
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Gods Priests & Men
ISBN: 9780710304124 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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1403,08 zł |
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Philo's Alexandria
ISBN: 9780415096799 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. First-century Alexandria vied with Rome to be the greatest city of the Roman empire. More than half a million people lived in its cosmopolitan four square miles. It was a major centre for international trade and shipping.
Little remains of Alexandria's golden age. Few papyrus records of the city survive. Archaeologists' attempts to reveal its past have been frustrated by years of subsidence, earthquakes and continuous demolition and rebuilding. Our main guide to the city is Philo, an Alexandrian Jew, who, sometimes inadvertantly, incorporated information about his home city into his... First-century Alexandria vied with Rome to be the greatest city of the Roman empire. More than half a million people lived in its cosmopolitan four sq...
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647,58 zł |
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Who's Who in Ancient Egypt
ISBN: 9780415154482 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This guide and sourcebook introduces us to the inhabitants of ancient Egypt, allowing us to encounter their world through their own eyes. Here are the great and the famous, from Cleopatra to Tutankhamun, but here also are the grave-robber Amenwah, Nakht the gardener and Sebaster the hairdresser. The whole arena of Egyptian life is expressed in these pages. Not only are there nearly a thousand biographies, there is also a chapter on Encountering Ancient Egyptians, sections on kingship and on religion, a chronology, a glossary and maps.
This guide and sourcebook introduces us to the inhabitants of ancient Egypt, allowing us to encounter their world through their own eyes. Here are the...
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485,63 zł |
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