F - Egypt 1

« L’Égypte a été le berceau de la civilisation, ou plutôt elle s’était civilisée longtemps avant que la plupart des autres peuples eussent même apparu sur la scène du monde. Les prodigieux monuments……続きを見る

L'égyptologue de renom Jean-François Champollion le Jeune nous propose ici un voyage fascinant à travers l'ancienne Égypte. Champollion, en déchiffrant les hiéroglyphes et en révélant ainsi les secr……続きを見る

This is one of the first single-authored books to utilise Critical Disability Studies and the lens of embodiment to comprehensively unveil, explore, and celebrate disability in Ptolemaic Egypt and t……続きを見る

The history of the land of Egypt takes precedence, at all events chronologically, of that of its people. The Nile, unlike any other river on our globe, for more than the last thousand miles of its c……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

A provocative and original interpretation of the Parmenides as constructive, positive metaphysics. By bringing together the speculative enthusiasm of the continental tradition with the more patient ……続きを見る

WHAT is the true object of education? Should the educator aim at training the largest possible number of individuals to be of the greatest possible service to the State, up to the limit of the capab……続きを見る

“With his characteristic eloquence and lucid insights. . . Cantor offers a splendid and accessible portrait of the cultures of the ancient world.”ーPublishers Weekly Bestselling author Norman Cantor……続きを見る

'Socrates was one of that small number of adventurers who, from time to time, have enlarged the horizon of the human spirit.' In this book, F. M. Cornford explains why the life and work of Socrates ……続きを見る

This volume of fourteen papers covers the environment, archaeology and conservation of the Dakhleh Oasis, as presented at the Second International Conference of this long-running project (held in To……続きを見る

"Of all General Fuller's brilliant books, this is the masterpiece."ーB. H. Liddell Hart "A thrilling portrayal of Alexander's military career and genius."ーAmerican Historical Review In his brief an……続きを見る

Drawing on more than four decades of experience studying Christian communities in Egypt, Otto Meinardus offers here a sweeping overview of the principal Christian churches and organizations in Egypt……続きを見る

Christianity arrived early in Egypt, brought according to tradition by Saint Mark the Evangelist, who became the first patriarch of Alexandria. The Coptic Orthodox Church has flourished ever since, ……続きを見る

Composé de quatre Cyranides, cet ouvrage, à la croisée de la médecine et de la magie, est une compilation de plusieurs traités attribués à Hermès trismégiste, personnage mythique de l'Antiquité gréc……続きを見る

Since the Renaissance, Julius Caesar has been idolized as a superman. Classical sources, however, present a far less exalted being. As General Fuller writes, Caesar was "an unscrupulous demagogue wh……続きを見る

Mariam F. Ayad explores how five women were elevated to a position of supreme religious authority. Drawing on a variety of textual, iconographic, and archaeological evidence, and containing fifty-on……続きを見る

First published in 2005. This concise, erudite text will be of interest to any enthusiast of ancient Egypt or the mechanical arts. Among the topics included are the Egyptian knowledge of mechanics, ……続きを見る

First published in 1988. In all past commentaries on Senenmut and his time, 1 the single most pervasive problem with which modem scholars--and no doubt even contemporary ancient Egyptians--have had ……続きを見る