Egypt category: 1199 books

Il s'agit d'articles consacrés à divers aspects de l'Egypte ancienne. Table des matières : Exegi monumentum aere perennius — Traduction d'un bas-relief provenant de la tombe d'Ameneminet — La phylé : mode de gestion du travail dans l'Egypte antique — Chez les dieux égyptiens : parole...

Ce récit provient de la tombe du nomarque Djéhoutyhotep qui vécut au Moyen Empire, narration dans laquelle il nous décrit le transport d'une statue colossale d'environ 6,80 m de haut le représentant. En introduction à la traduction du texte égyptien, le lecteur trouvera dans l'ouvrage une description...

175 questions sur les divinités, la géographie, l'Histoire, la civilisation ou bien encore la religion de l'Egypte ancienne. Questions à choix multiples et questions ouvertes. (Nouvelle édition) L'auteur, spécialisé dans la langue de l'Ancien Empire, a publié une grammaire et enseigne...

Cet hymne d'Amon écrit sur papyrus en écriture hiératique date du Nouvel Empire. Ce genre de texte rédigé par les Egyptiens était destiné au culte divin. Il permet de cerner partiellement la divinité telle qu'ils la concevaient étant donné que, pour eux, l'essence réelle et complète d'un...

Before the time of Napoleon, the most ambitious effort to explore and map the Nile was undertaken by the Ottomans, as attested by two monumental documents: an elaborate map, with 475 rubrics, and a lengthy travel account. Both were achieved at about the same time—c. 1685—and both by the same man. Evliya...

The book itself is intensely interesting both in its historical account and its description of these three great cities and is profusely illustrated with most beautiful pictures and drawings of the famous places in them. The difference of "atmosphere” of Cairo and Jerusalem which, though both...

Cairo has for centuries been the home of Oriental magnificence and despotism, and still, though fallen from its high estate, it ranks as one of the most typical and picturesque-as well as the wickedest - of Mohammedan cities, while its mingling of Oriental luxury and laissez faire with Occidental...

In 2014, a collection of papers was found on eBay: a scrapbook, inside which was written 'Testimonial Book of Dragoman Solomon N. Negima'. The letters pasted into the testimonial book bear recommendations of Negima's services as dragoman – a combination of tourist guide and interpreter – in the...

This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of the Isis Mysteries.

eBook Interactivo. Egipto es una estrecha franja de terreno fertilizado por el Nilo, en el que se desarrollaron gran cantidad de estilos y periodos absolutamente deslumbrantes. Aquí tenemos una breve colección de obras de todo tipo que puede acercarnos a contemplar sus resultados y reflexionar sobre una de las primeras culturas humanas de la historia.

In modern-day media, depictions of ancient Egyptian society are of a highly sexualised, lustful culture, but how accurate are these depictions of a people so shrouded in mystery and legend that it is sometimes hard to tell truth from fiction? In this fascinating and intimate insight into ancient Egyptian...

Babylon, the capital of the Fourth Monarchy, was probably the largest and most magnificent city of the ancient world. A dim tradition current in the East gave, it is true, a greater extent, if not a greater splendor, to the metropolis of Assyria; but this tradition first appears in ages subsequent...

Egyptian Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie Donald A. MacKenzie (1873-1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in the early 20th century. He was born in Cromarty and began his career in Glasgow. Between 1903 and 1910 he owned and edited The...

When we consider the Cretans and Hittites, the powers of Babylonia and Assyria, and the internal conditions in Syria and Palestine, it can hardly be doubted that the reign of Akhetaten marks a turning point, notably in Egyptian history, but also in the wider history of the ancient world. Here the...