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Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Having read a number of books in recent months on Egpyt, Canaan, and Israel, I decided that I needed to go to the source to see for myself what the many partially quoted Egyptian texts actually say. Miriam Lichtheim's "Ancient Egyptian Literature - Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms" was my starting...

The Egyptian Philosophers: Ancient African Voices from Imhotep to Akhenaten Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Molefi Asante's Ancient Egyptian Philosophers: From Imhotep To Akhenaten is a timely redressing of a serious omission in the human history -- the antiquarian contributions of African philosophers to medicine, philosophy, science, and the birth of civilization itself. Beginning with a chronology of Ancient...

The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Richard Wilkinson's latest book (he has previously written "Reading Egyptian Art," "Symbol and Magic in Egyptian Art," and "The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt") presents the reader with an impressive selection of all the major gods and goddesses, and many of the minor ones, of ancient Egypt. Although...

Nile Style: Egyptian Cuisine and Culture: Ancient Festivals, Significant Ceremonies, and Modern Celebrations (Hippocrene Cookbook Library) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've been married to an Egyptian guy for 8 years--and ever since, I've been searching out Egyptian and Middle Eastern cookbooks. I have all of the main Egyptian ones, including Claudia Roden's "New Book of Middle Eastern Food", Samia Abdennour's "Egyptian Cooking", Sally Elias Hanna's "Dining on the...

Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book was the perfect start-off point for my thesis research on ancient Egypt. It goes into an amazing amount of depth on a broad range of the spiritual aspects of ancient Egypt while remaining interesting and brief. Not only has Pinch fit an amazing catalog of information which I've found hard to...

The Ancient Egyptians For Dummies Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Like all of the "Dummy" books,"The Ancient Egyptians for Dummies" is full of good information, interesting, easy to read, entertaining and a very good start for anyone interested in learning about the oldest culture on Earth. I bought the book because of an up-coming trip to Egypt. After finishing the...

The Ancient Egyptian State: The Origins of Egyptian Culture (c. 8000-2000 BC) (Case Studies in Early Societies) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I REALLY enjoyed this book and learned a lot from it. This book is very well-written, and I liked the almost conversational tone taken by the author. The text provides a lot of relevant and recent hard data about the Egyptian past, but these sections of the text are nicely broken up with "boxes," which...

Ancient Egyptian Literature: An Anthology Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a wonderful collection of stories and poems from ancient Egypt, translated of course. Someone once said "Poetry is that which is lost in translation," but that does not hold true for this book. Most of its stories are in poetic form, and they are all as fascinating and engaging as any non-translated...

Ancient Egypt 39,000 BCE: The History, Technology, and Philosophy of Civilization X Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a very welcome look at ancient Egypt. Some of what Malkowski investigates is great: he exposes archaeological problems, strange artifacts, new evidence and enigmas, shines the light on weak or contradictory evidence and theories. All well and good and necessary. I love open-minded investigations...

Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)So much more interesting than a textbook for our homeschool study of ancient history! This book covers not only the familiar Egyptian civilization but also several lesser-known yet equally important ones to whom we owe a great deal. For example, the Babylonians gave us our first written laws; the Sumerians...

Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is the first time that the insight of modern linguistics has been applied to the long and careful investigations into the decipherment of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. The hieroglyphic system and its different varieties (with its phonology, morphology and syntax) are explained. It is an excellent...

How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself, Revised Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Well, what title should I give for a book on Egyptian hieroglyphs? Actually, the information blurb from the Library Journal linked to the book's entry here states: 'Reference collections desiring more complete coverage will want Alan Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar (1957. 3d ed.) despite some obsolescence...

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