Author: United Arab Republic. Wizārat al-Thaqāfah wa-al-Irshād al-Qawmī
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ISBN:
Category : Pageants
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Nocturnal Magic of the Pyramids
Author: United Arab Republic. Wizārat al-Thaqāfah wa-al-Irshād al-Qawmī
Publisher:
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Category : Pageants
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Pageants
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Imprisoned with the Pharaohs
Author: H P Lovecraft
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Book Excerpt: ...onument that the famed tomb of Perneb was found--more than four hundred miles north of the Theban rock valley where Tut-Ankh-Amen sleeps. Again I was forced to silence through sheer awe. The prospect of such antiquity, and the secrets each hoary monument seemed to hold and brood over, filled me with a reverence and sense of immensity nothing else ever gave me.Fatigued by our climb, and disgusted with the importunate Bedouins whose actions seemed to defy every rule of taste, we omitted the arduous detail of entering the cramped interior passages of any of the pyramids, though we saw several of the hardiest tourists preparing for the suffocating crawl through Cheops' mightiest memorial. As we dismissed and overpaid our local bodyguard and drove back to Cairo with Abdul Reis under the afternoon sun, we half regretted the omission we had made. Such fascinating things were whispered about lower pyramid passages not in the guide books; passages whose entrances had been hastily blocked up and concealed by ce...
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Book Excerpt: ...onument that the famed tomb of Perneb was found--more than four hundred miles north of the Theban rock valley where Tut-Ankh-Amen sleeps. Again I was forced to silence through sheer awe. The prospect of such antiquity, and the secrets each hoary monument seemed to hold and brood over, filled me with a reverence and sense of immensity nothing else ever gave me.Fatigued by our climb, and disgusted with the importunate Bedouins whose actions seemed to defy every rule of taste, we omitted the arduous detail of entering the cramped interior passages of any of the pyramids, though we saw several of the hardiest tourists preparing for the suffocating crawl through Cheops' mightiest memorial. As we dismissed and overpaid our local bodyguard and drove back to Cairo with Abdul Reis under the afternoon sun, we half regretted the omission we had made. Such fascinating things were whispered about lower pyramid passages not in the guide books; passages whose entrances had been hastily blocked up and concealed by ce...
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architectural Library of Columbia University
Author: Avery Library
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Library of Congress Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
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Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
Demons of the Night
Author: Joan C. Kessler
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226432084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
An anthology of thrillers and chillers from 19th Century France. In Theophile Gautier's The Dead in Love, a man develops an obsessive passion for a woman who has returned from the grave, while Honore de Balzac's The Red Inn is on a crime which is committed by one person in thought and another in deed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226432084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
An anthology of thrillers and chillers from 19th Century France. In Theophile Gautier's The Dead in Love, a man develops an obsessive passion for a woman who has returned from the grave, while Honore de Balzac's The Red Inn is on a crime which is committed by one person in thought and another in deed.
The Egyptian Amduat
Author: Erik Hornung
Publisher: Daimon
ISBN: 9783952260845
Category : Book of that which is in the nether world
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the Amduat, the night-journey of the Egyptian Sungod is divided into twelve hours, each of them containing an enormous amount of insight into the human psyche. The entire Amduat could be called the first 'scientific publication' of humankind describing or mapping the dangers, but also the regenerative capabilities of the night-world, providing answers to basic human questions. The synopsis of the different scenes of the Amduat, all in colour, together with its explaining text, is unique. This book is a treasure for all those who want to explore the archetypal structure of the objective psyche, with its helpful but also with its dangerous forces.
Publisher: Daimon
ISBN: 9783952260845
Category : Book of that which is in the nether world
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the Amduat, the night-journey of the Egyptian Sungod is divided into twelve hours, each of them containing an enormous amount of insight into the human psyche. The entire Amduat could be called the first 'scientific publication' of humankind describing or mapping the dangers, but also the regenerative capabilities of the night-world, providing answers to basic human questions. The synopsis of the different scenes of the Amduat, all in colour, together with its explaining text, is unique. This book is a treasure for all those who want to explore the archetypal structure of the objective psyche, with its helpful but also with its dangerous forces.
National Union Catalog
Author:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
His Good Name
Author: Christina Geisen
Publisher: Lockwood Press
ISBN: 1948488388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
The wish to affiliate with a specific cultural, social, or ethnical group is as important today as it was in past societies, such as that of the ancient Egyptians. The same significance applies to the self-presentation of an individual within such a group. Although it is inevitable that we perceive ancient cultures through the lens of our time, place, and value systems, we can certainly try to look beyond these limitations. Questions of how the ancient Egyptians saw themselves and how individuals tried to establish and thus present themselves in society are central pieces of the puzzle of how we interpret this ancient culture. This volume focuses on the topic of identity and self-presentation, tackling the subject from many different angles: the ways in which social and personal identities are constructed and maintained; the manipulations of culture by individuals to reflect real or aspirational identities; and the methods modern scholars use to attempt to say something about ancient persons. Building on the work of Ronald J. Leprohon, to whom this volume is dedicated, contributions in this volume present an overview of our current state of understanding of patterns of identity and self-presentation in ancient Egypt. The contributions approach various aspects of identity and self-presentation through studies of gender, literature, material culture, mythology, names, and officialdom.
Publisher: Lockwood Press
ISBN: 1948488388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
The wish to affiliate with a specific cultural, social, or ethnical group is as important today as it was in past societies, such as that of the ancient Egyptians. The same significance applies to the self-presentation of an individual within such a group. Although it is inevitable that we perceive ancient cultures through the lens of our time, place, and value systems, we can certainly try to look beyond these limitations. Questions of how the ancient Egyptians saw themselves and how individuals tried to establish and thus present themselves in society are central pieces of the puzzle of how we interpret this ancient culture. This volume focuses on the topic of identity and self-presentation, tackling the subject from many different angles: the ways in which social and personal identities are constructed and maintained; the manipulations of culture by individuals to reflect real or aspirational identities; and the methods modern scholars use to attempt to say something about ancient persons. Building on the work of Ronald J. Leprohon, to whom this volume is dedicated, contributions in this volume present an overview of our current state of understanding of patterns of identity and self-presentation in ancient Egypt. The contributions approach various aspects of identity and self-presentation through studies of gender, literature, material culture, mythology, names, and officialdom.
Egypt and a Nile Cruise
Author: Barbie Engstrom
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description