Egypt 95

Africa may have given rise to the first humans, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later.……続きを見る

The names of history’s most famous battles still ring in our ears today, their influence immediately understood by all. Marathon lent its name to the world’s most famous race, but it also preserved ……続きを見る

Dans l'Egypte de l'entre-deux guerres émerge une nouvelle catégorie sociale : l’effendiyya. Les jeunes hommes qui la constituent - les effendîs - affichent les signes d'une modernité incontestable :……続きを見る

Depuis longtemps, l'Egypte a tenu une large place dans les préoccupations intellectuelles, économiques et politiques françaises: l'expédition d'Egypte, Muhammad Calî, le Canal de Suez, plus près de ……続きを見る

L'ouvrage évoque la figure de Morcos Fahmy, à travers la biographie que sa propre fille a rédigée. Le récit, reconstitution d'une carrière mêlée de souvenirs personnels et d'hommages, retrace la vie……続きを見る

L’objectif poursuivi par la présente publication, qui livre les actes d’un colloque réuni au Caire en décembre 1992 sous les auspices du CEDEJ, de l’IFAO et de l’IREMAM sur le thème de la « Réforme ……続きを見る

En publiant ce volume ー et le prochain ー nous avons voulu témoigner que ce n’était pas en vain que des efforts de toute sorte : intellectuels, financiers, matériels, y avaient été consacrés, penda……続きを見る

Pour les Égyptiens, l’accès au séjour éternel nécessitait une préparation funéraire appropriée et tout défunt se devait d’avoir à ses côtés une armée de serviteurs destinés à le suppléer pour tous l……続きを見る

Les Palais et Maisons du Caire trouvent avec ce deuxième volume de synthèse concernant la période ottomane, le point final aux études dont ils ont fait l'objet depuis dix ans. L'équipe initiale créé……続きを見る

“Her beauty, as we are told, was in itself not altogether incomparable, nor such as to strike those who saw her; but converse with her had an irresistible charm, and her presence, combined with the ……続きを見る

Possibly the most important man of antiquity, and even all of history, was Julius Caesar. Alexander Hamilton, the famous American patriot, once remarked that “the greatest man who ever lived was Jul……続きを見る

“Her beauty, as we are told, was in itself not altogether incomparable, nor such as to strike those who saw her; but converse with her had an irresistible charm, and her presence, combined with the ……続きを見る

Even in his time, Julius Caesar was in many ways larger than life, and because of his legacy as virtual founder of the Roman Empire, much of what was written about – and by – him during his life and……続きを見る

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ Legends of the Ancient World serie……続きを見る

En dehors de l’État, les waqfs n’étaient-ils pas dans l’ancien droit musulman les seules personnes morales ayant un patrimoine autonome affecté à un but statutaire se situant fréquemment dans le cha……続きを見る

Comment l’Égyptien d’aujourd’hui perçoit-il ses ancêtres d’avant l’Islam ? Pour répondre à cette question de façon précise et complète, il faudrait examiner divers éléments : les livres écrits ou di……続きを見る

The inherent paradox of Egyptology is that the objective of its study – people living in Egypt in Pharaonic times – are never the direct object of its studies. Egyptology, as well as archaeology in ……続きを見る

Explore the Magic and History of Gods of Egypt in this fascinating journey: From Ra to Osiris Welcome to a captivating journey through time, where the gods of Ancient Egypt come to life on the pages……続きを見る

From the evidence of Chinese documents, East African excavations and the researches of scholars and historians, the author of this book, originally published in English in 1972, gives a fascinating ……続きを見る

Explora la Magia y la Historia de los Dioses Egipcios en Este Viaje Fascinante: De Ra a Osiris Bienvenido a un viaje cautivador a través del tiempo, donde los dioses del antiguo Egipto cobran vida e……続きを見る

"The ancient Egyptian sources come alive, speaking to us without seeming alien to our modern ways of thinking. Andreas Schweizer invites us to join the nocturnal voyage of the solar barque and to im……続きを見る

Photographic Warfare explores the processes of visual contestation at work in the competing official media campaigns of state forces and militant, nonstate actors in the online environment. Islamist……続きを見る

The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries witnessed a rising interest in Arabic texts describing and explaining the rituals of the Coptic Church of Egypt. This book provides readers with an English tra……続きを見る

Examines the effect of prescribed multilingualism as expressed by women writers in colonial contexts What does it mean to be an heir, as a woman writer, to colonial and postcolonial cultures in whic……続きを見る

Death, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt uniquely considers how power was constructed, maintained, and challenged in ancient Egypt through mortuary culture and apotheosis, or how certain dead i……続きを見る

In non-democratic regimes around the world, non-state organizations provide millions of citizens with medical care, schooling, childrearing, and other critical social services. Why would any authori……続きを見る

By examining the intersection of Islamic law, state law, religion, and culture in the Egyptian nation-building process, Recasting Islamic Law highlights how the sharia, when attached to constitution……続きを見る

Winner of the James R. Wiseman Book Award of the Archaeological Institute of America Households in Context shifts the focus from monumental temples, tombs, and elite material and visual culture to h……続きを見る

This Element explores the organization of power in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and the interaction of diverse social actors between 2100 and 1750 BC. On the one hand, the forms of integration of t……続きを見る

Having worked on projects around the world, strengthening and restoring historically significant structures from Windsor Castle to the parliament buildings in Canada, Peter James brings insight to t……続きを見る