1st Edition

Egyptology: The Missing Millennium Ancient Egypt in Medieval Arabic Writings

By Okasha El Daly Copyright 2005
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

Egyptology: The Missing Millennium brings together for the first time the disciplines of Egyptology and Islamic Studies, seeking to overturn the conventional opinion of Western scholars that Moslims/Arabs had no interest in pre-Islamic cultures. This book examines a neglected period of a thousand years in the history of Egyptology, from the Moslem annexation of Egypt in the seventh century CE... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Making of an Interpretatio Arabica of Ancient Egypt; Chapter 3 Treasure Hunting; Chapter 4 Medieval Arab Archaeological Methods and Descriptions; Chapter 5 Medieval Arab Attempts to Decipher Ancient Egyptian Scripts; Chapter 6 Medieval Arabic Concepts of Ancient Egyptian Religion; Chapter 7 Egyptian Mummia, Mummification and Burial Practices in Medieval Arabic Sources; Chapter 8 Egyptian Science in Medieval Arabic Sources; Chapter 9 Egyptian Kingship and State Administration; Chapter 10 Conclusions;

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Authored by El Daly, Okasha