The Culture of Ancient Egypt [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Wilson, John A.

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ISBN 10: 0226901521 ISBN 13: 9780226901527

Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press, 1956

Riassunto

The story of Egypt is the story of history itself—the endless rise and fall, the life and death and life again of the eternal human effort to endure, enjoy, and understand the mystery of our universe. Emerging from the ancient mists of time, Egypt met the challenge of the mystery in a glorious evolution of religious, intellectual, and political institutions and for two millenniums flourished with all the vigor that the human heart can invest in a social and cultural order. Then Egypt began to crumble into the desert sands and the waters of the Nile, and her remarkable achievements in civilization became her lingering epitaph. John A. Wilson has written a rich and interpretive biography of one of the greatest cultural periods in human experience. He answers—as best the modern Egyptologist can—the questions inevitably asked concerning the dissolution of Egypt's glory. Here is scholarship in its finest form, concerned with the humanity that has preceded us, and finding in man's past grandeur and failure much meaning for men of today.

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The late John A. Wilson was Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago.

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Book by Wilson John A

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• Editore: University of Chicago Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1956
• ISBN 10: 0226901521
• ISBN 13: 9780226901527
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384