Author: Sir John Gardner Wilkinson
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ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: Sir John Gardner Wilkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Vol. 1 of 3
Author: John Gardner Wilkinson
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330262009
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Excerpt from Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Vol. 1 of 3: Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, and Early History; Derived From a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, With the Accounts of Ancient Authors In order to form an accurate opinion of the manners of an ancient people, it is of paramount importance to inquire into their origin and history, and to trace the progress of those steps which gradually led to their improvement and civilisation. To judge impartially of their character, we must examine the comparative state of other neighbouring and contemporary nations, and measure it by the standard of the era in which they lived. We should also bear in mind the general habits of that portion of the globe whence they derived their origin, or which they inhabited, and, in contemplating the customs of an Eastern people, avoid as much as possible the invidious comparison of European and Oriental manners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330262009
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Excerpt from Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Vol. 1 of 3: Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, and Early History; Derived From a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, With the Accounts of Ancient Authors In order to form an accurate opinion of the manners of an ancient people, it is of paramount importance to inquire into their origin and history, and to trace the progress of those steps which gradually led to their improvement and civilisation. To judge impartially of their character, we must examine the comparative state of other neighbouring and contemporary nations, and measure it by the standard of the era in which they lived. We should also bear in mind the general habits of that portion of the globe whence they derived their origin, or which they inhabited, and, in contemplating the customs of an Eastern people, avoid as much as possible the invidious comparison of European and Oriental manners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Volume 1
Author: John Gardner Wilkinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108066433
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pioneer of British Egyptology, Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875) first travelled to Egypt in 1821, the year before Champollion published his breakthrough work on the Rosetta Stone. As public interest in Egypt grew, Wilkinson studied and sketched the country's major archaeological sites, most notably the tombs of Thebes. His Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt (1835) and Modern Egypt and Thebes (1843) are also reissued in this series. This well-illustrated three-volume work, first published in 1837, remained for over a century a key text on the lives of ancient Egyptians. Writing in a popular genre that was normally focused on contemporary societies, Wilkinson covers areas ranging from daily life to funerary beliefs. His imaginative approach underpinned the book's considerable success. Volume 1 addresses the physical and human geography of ancient Egypt, with a historical narrative up to the point of its conquest by Alexander the Great.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108066433
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pioneer of British Egyptology, Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875) first travelled to Egypt in 1821, the year before Champollion published his breakthrough work on the Rosetta Stone. As public interest in Egypt grew, Wilkinson studied and sketched the country's major archaeological sites, most notably the tombs of Thebes. His Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt (1835) and Modern Egypt and Thebes (1843) are also reissued in this series. This well-illustrated three-volume work, first published in 1837, remained for over a century a key text on the lives of ancient Egyptians. Writing in a popular genre that was normally focused on contemporary societies, Wilkinson covers areas ranging from daily life to funerary beliefs. His imaginative approach underpinned the book's considerable success. Volume 1 addresses the physical and human geography of ancient Egypt, with a historical narrative up to the point of its conquest by Alexander the Great.
Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Vol. 1 Of 3
Author: John Gardner Wilkinson
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331033472
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Excerpt from Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Vol. 1 of 3: Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, and Early History; Derived From a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, With the Accounts of Ancient Authors Egyptian history, and the manners of one of the most ancient nations, cannot but be interesting to every one; and so intimately connected are they with the scriptural accounts of the Israelites, and the events of succeeding ages relative to J udaea, that the name of Egypt need only be mentioned to recall the early impressions we have received from the study of the Bible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331033472
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Excerpt from Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Vol. 1 of 3: Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, and Early History; Derived From a Comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, With the Accounts of Ancient Authors Egyptian history, and the manners of one of the most ancient nations, cannot but be interesting to every one; and so intimately connected are they with the scriptural accounts of the Israelites, and the events of succeeding ages relative to J udaea, that the name of Egypt need only be mentioned to recall the early impressions we have received from the study of the Bible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Birds of Ancient Egypt
Author: Patrick F. Houlihan
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Hailed as a sumptuously produced and finely illustrated outstanding contribution to ancient Egyptian studies, this facsimile reprint of Patrick Houlihan’s 1986 comprehensive study makes a welcome return in the Oxbow Classics in Egyptology series. Animals of all kinds are amply illustrated in Egyptian art, none more so than birds, in both secular and religious contexts and in hieroglyphic scripts. A great variety of bird species has for millennia made twice yearly migrations passing over Egypt, which is also an important overwintering area for many. These migrant birds, together with indigenous species were an abundant and easily exploited source of food for ancient Egyptians, for domestication and status display. Tomb scenes displaying birds provided as food for the deceased are abundant, as are procession scenes of offering with bearers bringing gifts of fowl. Many birds also had religious associations. Houlihan provides a systematic and unparalleled survey of all the bird life depicted by the ancient Egyptians in art and hieroglyphic writing, some 72 species (plus bats), with a list of known mummified species, and discussions on their religious and secular associations and many illustrations. Their present-day distributions are compared with that known from the time of the Pharoahs. A checklist of the birds of modern Egypt is provided by Steven Goodman.
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Hailed as a sumptuously produced and finely illustrated outstanding contribution to ancient Egyptian studies, this facsimile reprint of Patrick Houlihan’s 1986 comprehensive study makes a welcome return in the Oxbow Classics in Egyptology series. Animals of all kinds are amply illustrated in Egyptian art, none more so than birds, in both secular and religious contexts and in hieroglyphic scripts. A great variety of bird species has for millennia made twice yearly migrations passing over Egypt, which is also an important overwintering area for many. These migrant birds, together with indigenous species were an abundant and easily exploited source of food for ancient Egyptians, for domestication and status display. Tomb scenes displaying birds provided as food for the deceased are abundant, as are procession scenes of offering with bearers bringing gifts of fowl. Many birds also had religious associations. Houlihan provides a systematic and unparalleled survey of all the bird life depicted by the ancient Egyptians in art and hieroglyphic writing, some 72 species (plus bats), with a list of known mummified species, and discussions on their religious and secular associations and many illustrations. Their present-day distributions are compared with that known from the time of the Pharoahs. A checklist of the birds of modern Egypt is provided by Steven Goodman.
Analytical and Classified Catalogue of the Library ...: I.-P
Author: Dennis O'Donovan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 972
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 972
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Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians
Author: Sir John Gardner Wilkinson
Publisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Richardson-Zwingli
Author: Luther Samuel Livingston
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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The Publishers' Circular
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors living and deceased
Author: Samuel Austin Allibone
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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