100 Hieroglyphs (ePub)
Think Like an Egyptian
(Sprache: Englisch)
"Written by the greatest living Egyptologist, this wonderful, fun, and short book will take you inside the heads of the ancient Egyptians."-Sarah Parcak, National Geographic
Egyptian culture is divided from us by several millennia, a lost people and a...
Egyptian culture is divided from us by several millennia, a lost people and a...
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"Written by the greatest living Egyptologist, this wonderful, fun, and short book will take you inside the heads of the ancient Egyptians."-Sarah Parcak, National Geographic
Egyptian culture is divided from us by several millennia, a lost people and a dead language. We can discover much about this fascinating civilization from its physical remains, but perhaps the greatest insights into the Egyptian mind come from Egyptian hieroglyphs. They reveal the priorities, concerns and beliefs of the Egyptians-a whole worldview. Unlike the Western alphabet, which is an arbitrary set of symbols not anchored in reality, each Egyptian hieroglyph denotes a concept central to Egyptian thinking. The language and its written form are intimately bound up with the imaginative world of the Egyptians.
Here, Barry Kemp presents 100 of the Egyptian hieroglyphs to provide access to this unique culture. Kemp takes us on a journey through the Egyptian mind, revealing not only aspects of day-to-day life in Ancient Egypt, but gradually building a picture of the historical and mythological references that were the cornerstones of Egyptian thought. This fascinating book helps us get inside a long-vanished world.
"A capsule key to the ancient Egyptian mind."-Dr. Norman Hammond, The Times
"Kemp uses 100 hieroglyphs as a springboard for discussion of a range of topics . . . This clever premise works well . . . [an] enjoyable and informative volume."-Times Higher Education Supplement
"This is most certainly a book that will challenge and reward."-New World
Egyptian culture is divided from us by several millennia, a lost people and a dead language. We can discover much about this fascinating civilization from its physical remains, but perhaps the greatest insights into the Egyptian mind come from Egyptian hieroglyphs. They reveal the priorities, concerns and beliefs of the Egyptians-a whole worldview. Unlike the Western alphabet, which is an arbitrary set of symbols not anchored in reality, each Egyptian hieroglyph denotes a concept central to Egyptian thinking. The language and its written form are intimately bound up with the imaginative world of the Egyptians.
Here, Barry Kemp presents 100 of the Egyptian hieroglyphs to provide access to this unique culture. Kemp takes us on a journey through the Egyptian mind, revealing not only aspects of day-to-day life in Ancient Egypt, but gradually building a picture of the historical and mythological references that were the cornerstones of Egyptian thought. This fascinating book helps us get inside a long-vanished world.
"A capsule key to the ancient Egyptian mind."-Dr. Norman Hammond, The Times
"Kemp uses 100 hieroglyphs as a springboard for discussion of a range of topics . . . This clever premise works well . . . [an] enjoyable and informative volume."-Times Higher Education Supplement
"This is most certainly a book that will challenge and reward."-New World
Autoren-Porträt von Barry Kemp
Barry Kemp is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and Field Director of the Egypt Exploration Society's archaeological expedition to Tell el-Amarna. He is the author of Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization and 100 Hieroglyphs: Think Like an Egyptian.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Barry Kemp
- 2020, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Granta Books
- ISBN-10: 1847087507
- ISBN-13: 9781847087508
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.03.2020
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