E.A. Wallis Budge - The Dwellers on the Nile - 1910

E.A. Wallis Budge - The Dwellers on the Nile - Religious Tract Society, première édition, 6e tirage - Religious Tract Society, 1910 - 206 pp. + Illustrations - reliure décorée d'origine - 18,5 x 12 cm.
Condition : bon+ net, exemplaire propre

Contenu 11 chapitres avec subdivisions :
Decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphics (pierre de Rosette), langue et écriture égyptiennes, La terre d'Égypte, son peuple et son histoire, Illustrations des monuments égyptiens, littérature égyptienne, Religion égyptienne, L'enterrement des morts, la momie, Le Livre des Morts, Vie des anciens Égyptiens, Architecture et art, Appendice : le calendrier égyptien, Index, Liste des illustrations.

'The Dwellers on the Nile remains among the most comprehensive and readable histories of daily life in ancient Egypt, covering the Egyptian family and school; furniture, jewelry, food and drink; society, work, and play; Egyptian religion and its numerous gods, temples, and priests; Egyptian writing — hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic, and Coptic; literature, medicine, astrology, and alchemy. The book concludes with an exploration of practices related to burial of the dead and beliefs concerning the afterlife.
Using information from the excavations of tombs and excerpts from papyri, tomb inscriptions, and other sources, Budge brings to life the ancient culture of the Nile dwellers. The text is profusely illustrated with many reproductions of Egyptian art and artifacts.'

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