Ancient Egypt investigated

Fülszöveg

• Why is there a pj^ramid on the dollar bill?
• How did Egyptian magic function? • Why was there no pig deity in ancient Egypt?
• Why did elite Egyptians not wear beards?
• Were there comics in ancient Egypt?
• Did the Egyptians explore the world?
• What did ancient Egyptians dream about?
• Was there any racism in ancient Egypt?
• Was ancient Egypt a culture of death?
• Is ancient Egyptian still spoken today?
Answers to these auestions—and many more—are revealed by internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Thomas Schneider

How well do we really know ancient Egypt? The world of the Egyptians seems so familiar to us: exhibitions of ancient art and archaeological discoveries in the desert sands continue to generate interest and amazement, while Egyptian motifs appear in architecture, in literature, in art works, in advertising, and in films. And yet, this modern reception can sometimes preserve the myths and inaccuracies about ancient Egypt that derive from classical... Tovább

Fülszöveg

• Why is there a pj^ramid on the dollar bill?
• How did Egyptian magic function? • Why was there no pig deity in ancient Egypt?
• Why did elite Egyptians not wear beards?
• Were there comics in ancient Egypt?
• Did the Egyptians explore the world?
• What did ancient Egyptians dream about?
• Was there any racism in ancient Egypt?
• Was ancient Egypt a culture of death?
• Is ancient Egyptian still spoken today?
Answers to these auestions—and many more—are revealed by internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Thomas Schneider

How well do we really know ancient Egypt? The world of the Egyptians seems so familiar to us: exhibitions of ancient art and archaeological discoveries in the desert sands continue to generate interest and amazement, while Egyptian motifs appear in architecture, in literature, in art works, in advertising, and in films. And yet, this modern reception can sometimes preserve the myths and inaccuracies about ancient Egypt that derive from classical antiquity and the Renaissance. It is only in the last 200 years that we have been able to read for ourselves ancient Egyptian texts and to reveal the true nature of its civilization through excavation. This modern discovery of ancient Egypt is now astonishing us with a culture of incomparable richness and remarkable diversity. This is what the internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Thomas Schneider here attempts to do: he asks "What are the 101 single most important questions about ancient Egypt?"
Continued on back flap Vissza