Originally published in 1927, this text contains a translation of Adolf Erman's work into English. Erman's original intention was to bring the songs, stories and poems that have survived from ancient Egypt to the masses of the modern world. The literature of the Egyptian world provides a real insight into the day-to-day life of one of the oldest societies known to man and this translation ensures that these insights are afforded to an English audience. This title will be of interest to students of History, Classics and Literature.

Originally published in 1927, this text contains a translation of Adolf Erman's work into English. Erman's original intention was to bring the songs, stories and poems that have survived from ancient Egypt to the masses of the modern world. The literature of the Egyptian world provides a real insight into the day-to-day life of one of the oldest societies known to man and this translation ensures that these insights are afforded to an English audience. This title will be of interest to students of History, Classics and Literature.

This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.

1923. The general aim of this book was to increase the interest of the general public in ancient Egypt, and in adding to the list of subscribers to the Egypt Exploration Society, under the auspices of which a great part of the author's research work in Egypt had been conducted. Contents: tables of dates; life in ancient Luxor; how Thebes became the capital of Egypt; Thebes, the world's first monumental city; some great kings in the time of war; famous queen; poems, songs and romances; some funerary temples; bibliography. Illustrated.

The general aim of this book was to increase the interest of the general public in ancient Egypt, and in adding to the list of subscribers to the Egypt Exploration Society, under the auspices of which a great part of the author's research work in Egypt had been conducted. Contents: tables of dates; life in ancient Luxor; how Thebes became the capital of Egypt; Thebes, the world's first monumental city; some great kings in the time of war; famous queen; poems, songs and romances; some funerary temples; bibliography. Illustrated.