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Who were the young woman and child buried with magnificent gold and
luxurious finery in an Egyptian mummy dated around 1550 BC?
Evidence suggests the woman may have been a queen. If so, the
National Museums Scotland houses the only Egyptian royal burial
seen anywhere outside Cairo. Sixty-five stunning funerary items,
coffins, mummy-cases, masks, portraits, jewelry and other
adornments of the well-equipped mummy are illustrated and annotated
in this new hardcover that is as reader-friendly as it is
comprehensive. We are reminded of the humanity here these coffins
began with a life and text provides a glimpse into their stories.
Included are the coffin of the priest Iufenamun and the double
mummies of half-brothers, Petamun and Penhorpabik. Annotations
include item owner, dating, dimensions, materials, description,
provenance and mode of acquisition. Organized sequentially, the
expert authors explain styles and techniques and the changes in
each epoch taking their story from the age of the pyramids around
2,000 B.C.to the time of Roman Rule ending in the third century
A.D., after which Egypt would transform into a Christian society.
Concordances, chronology of Egypt, and a glossary are included.
*For the Egyptologist - laypeople and professionals alike, for
collectors, curators, historians, archeologists *Unveils
information on a superb collection
A brand-new translation of a philosophical classic of the ancient
world, The Teaching of Ptahhatp, written in Egypt 4,000 years ago.
The Teaching of Ptahhatp, composed two millennia before the birth
of Plato, is the oldest surviving statement of philosophy in the
ancient world and the earliest witness to the power of the written
word. It ought to begin the list of the world’s philosophy
classics, yet it has been largely forgotten since it was
rediscovered in the nineteenth century. Egyptologist Bill
Manley’s new translation corrects this oversight, rendering into
approachable modern English for the first time Ptahhatp’s
profound yet practical account of ‘the meaning of life’,
written many centuries before the supposed dawn of western
philosophy. Manley introduces Ptahhatp, who served as Vizier to the
Old Kingdom pharaoh Izezi (c. 2410–2375 BC), and the world of
dynamic ideas and new technologies – writing among them –
within which he worked, illuminating the nuances of his language
and philosophy. In addition, Manley’s new translation of Why
Things Happen, the oldest surviving account of creation from
anywhere in the world, reveals how Ptahhatp’s account of the
human condition is founded in distinctive ancient Egyptian beliefs
about the nature of truth and reality. Taken together, Manley’s
new translations and expert commentary provide a new perspective on
the Pyramid Age and overturn traditional prejudices about the
origins of writing and philosophy. The ‘oldest book in the
world’ is a testament to a common thread that connects humanity
across time; Ptahhatp grapples with the pitfalls of greed,
ambition, celebrity, success, confrontation, friendship, sex and
even the office environment, and his teachings remain remarkably
relevant in the modern day.
An entirely fresh and accessible approach to reading ancient
Egyptian hieroglyphs by a proven expert, this step-by-step
introduction assumes no previous knowledge of grammar or ancient
languages, but guides readers through the inscriptions, from simple
to more complex, supported by full explanations and translations.
Readers' will see their knowledge and skills grow as Bill Manley
clearly explains the mysteries of hieroglyphs without jargon or
technical terms, guiding the reader step by step through 27
real-life, unaltered texts from stelae, tombs and portable objects.
Specially commissioned line drawings present engaging texts clearly
and elegantly, while fact boxes bring to life images of monuments
of high officials and kings, giving glimpses of ancient Egyptian
society and beliefs. This guide is essential reading for anyone
interested in Ancient Egypt, hieroglyphs or ancient languages and
contains all the knowledge you need in order to start deciphering
hieroglyphic texts for yourself.
The art and architecture of Egypt during the age of the pharaohs
continue to capture the imagination of the modern world. Vivid,
graceful forms decorating monuments that emanated ambition and
authority spark our wonder about this distant culture. Ever
youthful and elegant men and women encounter odd, animal-headed
gods and monsters amid scenes of work and leisure, in a paradise of
plain, bright colours, where hieroglyphic texts hint at grand
ideas. The tombs and temples of ancient Egypt seem to reveal how
art and monumental building first flowered at the heart of
civilization, and the many ways in which they may adorn and
articulate the human condition, and our relationships with the
eternal and our time on earth. Among the great creative
achievements of ancient Egypt we discover a set of constant forms:
archetypes in art and architecture, which state clearly and
concisely the contemporary view of authority, divinity, beauty and
meaning. Whether adapted to fine, delicate jewellery or colossal
statues, these forms maintain a human face - with human ideas and
emotions as their explicit inspiration. These artistic templates,
and the ideas they articulated, were refined and reinvented through
dozens of centuries, until scenes first created for the earliest
kings, around 3000 BC, were eventually used to represent Roman
emperors and the last officials of pre-Christian Egypt. Bill
Manley's account of the art of ancient Egypt draws on the finest
works of a uniquely successful and enduringly compelling
civilization through more than 3,000 years, including celebrated
masterpieces, from the Narmer palette to Tutankhamun's gold mask,
as well as their contexts of origin in the tombs, temples and
palaces of the pharaohs and their citizens.
The latest archaeological evidence is used to cast new light on the vast legacy of the world's first great nation. Full color maps and illustrations throughout.
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