Ancient Egypt

by David P. Silverman

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Examines the civilization of ancient Egypt, from pyramids and temples to priests and ritual; from hieroglyphic writing to daily life by the Nile; and from temple carvings to the cult of the dead.

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Ancient Egypt
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To the modern intelligence "Ancient Egypt" presents a conundrum: this land of the past has thousands of familiar visual cues that make it spring to life with a coherent character unequalled by any other civilization of antiqu... (show all)ity, yet its full depth and breadth still remain to be discovered.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Artists were able to merge flawlessly a verbal message and a decorative or symbolic image in one harmonious composition.

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Genres
History, Nonfiction, Anthropology, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
932History & geographyHistory of ancient world (to ca. 499)Egypt to 640
LCC
DT61 .A59History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAfricaHistory of AfricaEgyptAntiquities
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Dutch, English, Spanish
Media
Paper
ISBNs
12
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