ｈｏｕ - Egypt 1

In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to sp……続きを見る

First published in 1995. Striking a niche among an intensely studied literary civilization, this title assesses the meaning of wine and wine offering in the context of Egyptian religion by presentin……続きを見る

This book, published in 1926, covers the Ancient Cushite Empire, Ethiopia, it's people, land and civilisation, prehistoric Egypt, the Pharoahs, Arabian civilisation, Babylonia, Chaldea, Ancient Indi……続きを見る

This book provides an avenue for students to explore the Nileーthe world's longest riverーand better understand its larger role in society in the past, present, and future. The Nile River has been t……続きを見る

Hailed as a sumptuously produced and finely illustrated outstanding contribution to ancient Egyptian studies, this facsimile reprint of Patrick Houlihan’s 1986 comprehensive study makes a welcome re……続きを見る

Considering the striking similarities between the treatment of the dead and conceptions of the netherworld in ancient Egypt and China, how can we compare the two traditions? Mu-chou Poo considers th……続きを見る

Clothing was hardly a practical necessity in North Africa and what is today the Middle East. Often a luxury item in these warm, humid climates, it became more essential as people's lives improved so……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

In “a book to fascinate pyramid fans,” an egyptologist and an architect attempt to solve the mystery of the Great Pyramid of Giza’s construction (Booklist). A decade ago, French architect Jean-Pierr……続きを見る