Egypt category: 1199 books
Under Osman's Tree
The Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Environmental History
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, had a dream in which a tree sprouted from his navel. As the tree grew, its shade covered the earth; as Osman’s empire grew, it, too, covered the earth. This is the most widely accepted foundation myth of the longest-lasting empire in the history of Islam,...
Secrets of the Sands
The Revelations of Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
In a part of Egypt so parched that decades might pass between rainstorms, amid a sea of sand, is a green island—Dakhleh, the “everlasting oasis”—that may contain the whole of human history. In this extraordinary book, an acclaimed science writer and journalist follows an international team...
Ancient Egyptian Scribes
A Cultural Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
The modern view of the ancient Egyptian world is often through the lens of a scribe: the trained, schooled, literate individual who was present at many levels of Egyptian society, from a local accountant to the highest echelons of society. And yet, despite the wealth of information the scribes left...
The Social Context of Technological Change
Egypt and the Near East, 1650-1150 BC
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
The technological capabilities of the ancient world have long fascinated scholars and the general public alike, though scholarly debate has often seen material culture not as the development of technology, but as a tool for defining chronology and delineating the level of interactions of neighbouring...
Histories of Egyptology
Interdisciplinary Measures
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Histories of Egyptology are increasingly of interest: to Egyptologists, archaeologists, historians, and others. Yet, particularly as Egypt undergoes a contested process of political redefinition, how do we write these histories, and what (or who) are they for? This volume addresses a variety of...
Every Traveller Needs a Compass
Travel and Collecting in Egypt and the Near East
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
A varied and charming collection of 17 papers that bring something new about the people from many countries and backgrounds who traveled to, from and within Egypt and the Near East, either singly or as a group, and explored, observed and recorded, or stayed for a short period of time to improve their...
Tell This in My Memory
Stories of Enslavement from Egypt, Sudan, and the Ottoman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
In the late nineteenth century, an active slave trade sustained social and economic networks across the Ottoman Empire and throughout Egypt, Sudan, the Caucasus, and Western Europe. Unlike the Atlantic trade, slavery in this region crossed and mixed racial and ethnic lines. Fair-skinned Circassian...
by Norma Lorimer
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
At the hour of sunrise and sunset the East is its own. Every suggestion of Western influence and foreign invasion is wiped out. The going and the coming of the sun throws the land of the Pharaohs, the kingdom of Ra, the great Sun God, whose cradle was at Heliopolis.
Gods in the Desert
Religions of the Ancient Near East
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Gods in the Desert explores the fascinating religious cultures of the ancient Near East. From the mysterious pyramids, tombs, and temples of Egypt to the powerful heroes, gods, and legends of Mesopotamia, Glenn Holland guides readers through the early religions that are the root of many of today's...
by Joseph Augustus Seiss
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
First published in 1877, "A Miracle in Stone" is a fascinating and extensive treatise on the Great Pyramid of Giza written by Joseph Seiss. Still considered a primary text of pyramidology, this intriguing book will appeal to those with an interest in pyramids and their persisting mysteries,...
by Jonalyn Crisologo
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2015
Egyptian Mythology - Ancient Gods and Goddesses of the World
Table of Contents
Introduction
Ancient Egyptian Mythology: An Overview
The Creation of the Universe and the Earth
Major Gods and Goddesses
Nun and Neith
The Benben Stone, Atum, and the Bennu (Phoenix)
Ptah
Apep and Sobek
The first...
by Moustafa Gadalla
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Details more than 80 Egyptian divinities(gods, goddesses) and their specific roles.This Expanded Version of the book consists of two Parts with a total of 12 Chapters.
Part I : The All Who Are THE ONE consists of seven chapters 1 through 7, as follows:
Chapter 1: The One is ALL explains that...
by Christelle Alvarez, Arto Belekdanian, Ann-Katrin Gill
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
The sixteenth Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) conference was held from the 15–18 April 2015 at the University of Oxford and once again provided a platform for postgraduates and early career Egyptologists, as well as independent researchers, to present their research. These proceedings for CREXVI...
Ancient Egyptian Furniture Volume I
4000 – 1300 BC
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This revised second edition examines the common forms of furniture used in ancient Egypt, so much of which has been preserved by the dry Egyptian climate and has long been admired for the quality of its design and construction. The story begins with the earliest known pieces and ends with the spectacular...