1st Edition
The Wisdom of Egypt Changing Visions Through the Ages
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
241 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Wisdom of Egypt examines the sources of evidence about Ancient Egypt available to scholars, and the changing visions of Egypt and of Egypt's role in human history that they produced. Its scope extends from the Classical world, through Europe and the Arabic worlds in the Middle Ages, to writers of the Renaissance, to the work of scholars and scientists of Early Modern Europe.
Chapter 1 Introduction: Egypt Ancient and Modern, Timothy Champion, Peter Ucko; Chapter 2 ::, John Tait; Chapter 3 Writings, Okasha El Daly; Chapter 4 Images of Ancient Egypt in the Latin Middle Ages, Charles Burnett; Chapter 5 The Renaissance Afterlife of Ancient Egypt (1400-1650), Brian A. Curran; Chapter 6 Ancient Egypt in 17th and 18th Century England, David Boyd Haycock; Chapter 7 Beyond Egyptology: Egypt in 19th and 20th Century Archaeology and Anthropology, Timothy Champion;
Biography
Ucko, Peter J; Champion, Timothy
"On the manner in which the assumed wisdom of ancient Egypt was perceived by later cultures.useful introduction by the volume editors." -Journal of the American Oriental Society
