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Visual and Written Culture in Ancient Egypt

By John Baines

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2007
ISBN
9780198152507, 0198152507, 9781429492157
Open Library ID
OL10138222M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6390434 bytes)
Pages
380\439
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

A generously illustrated selection of John Baines's influential writings on two core areas of ancient Egyptian civilization: the role of writing, which was very different in antiquity from what is familiar in the modern world, and the importance of visual culture. These questions are explored through a number of case studies. The volume assembles articles that were scattered in publications in a variety of disciplines, making available key contributions on core problems of theory, comparison, and analysis in the study of many civilizations and offering important points of departure for further research. Three wholly new essays are included, and the overall approach is an interdisciplinary one, synthesizing insights from archaeology, anthropology, and art history as well as Egyptology.

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