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The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs

By Jan Assmann

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0674012119, 9780674012110, 0805054626
LCC
DT83 .A8813 2003
Open Library ID
OL23263608M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (16070995 bytes)
Pages
528\264
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The Mind of Egypt presents an account of the mainsprings of Egyptian civilization - the ideals, values, mentalities, belief systems and aspirations that shaped the first territorial state in human history. Drawing on a range of literary, iconographic and archaeological sources, Jan Assmann reconstructs a world of unparalleled complexity, a culture that, long before others, possessed an extraordinary degree of awareness and self-reflection.

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