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Osiris, Horus, Isis, Thoth, Anubis - the many strange and
compelling figures of the Egyptian gods and goddesses seem to
possess endless fascination. The renowned Egyptologist Erik Hornung
here studies the ancient Egyptians' conceptions of god, basing his
account on a thorough reappraisal of the primary sources. His book,
now available in English for the first time, is the most extensive
exploration yet undertaken of the nature of Egyptian
religion.Hornung examines the characteristics, spheres of action,
and significance of Egyptian gods and goddesses, analyzing the
complex and changing iconography used to represent them, and
disentangling the many seemingly contradictory aspects of the
religion of which they are a part. He seeks to answer two basic
questions: How did the Egyptians themselves see their gods? Did
they believe there was an impersonal, anonymous force behind the
multiplicity of their deities? Throughout, he attempts to evoke the
complexity and richness of the religion of the ancient Egyptians
and of their worldview, which differs so greatly from our own.A
work of extraordinary distinction, Hornung s book will appeal to
anyone interested in ancient Egypt, in ancient religion, and in the
history of religion, as well as students and scholars of ancient
history, anthropology, and archaeology. Sensitively translated by
John Baines and with a new preface by the author, this edition has
been amplified and updated with an English-language audience in
mind."
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Tobacco Leaves
John Bain
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Discovery Miles 5 350
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This volume gathers papers from the first conference ever to be
held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March
2004. While the invention and decipherment of writing systems have
long been focuses of research, their eclipse or replacement have
been little studied. Because writing is so important in many
cultures and civilizations, its disappearance - followed by a
period without it or by replacement by a different writing system -
is of almost equal significance to invention as a mark of radical
change. Probably more writing systems have disappeared than
survived in the last five thousand years. Case studies from the Old
and New Worlds are presented, ranging over periods from the first
millennium BC to the present. In order to address many types of
transmission, the broadest possible definition of 'writing' is
used, notably including Mexican pictography and the Andean khipu
system.One chapter discusses the larger proportion of known human
societies which have not possessed complex material codes like
writing, offering an alternative perspective on the long-term
transmission of socially salient subjects. A concluding essay draws
out common themes and offers an initial synthesis of results. This
volume offers a new perspective on approaches to writing that will
be significant for the understanding of writing systems and their
social functions, literacy, memory, and high-cultural communication
systems in general.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1896 Edition.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
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++++ Tobacco In Song And Story John Bain John Bain A. Gray &
co., 1896 Tobacco
1896. There is something in this little volume that will appeal to
every lover of the weed, no matter what his station in life may be
or the grade of tobacco he consumes. It is not meant to be any more
a book for the smoker of twenty-five cent cigars than for the man
behind the clay pipe. It is intended to be a book of good
fellowship, in which all smokers are free and equal. Contents: Sir
Walter Raleigh, Sketch; The Discovery of Tobacco; A Few Words About
Tobacco; Origin of Tobacco, Conte Arabe; Philosophy of Smoking;
Poetry of Smoke; Smokers' Stories; Tobacco Facts; Some Salesmen and
Others; and Puffs.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
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