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Antiquity Imagined: The Remarkable Legacy of Egypt and the Ancient Near East
Robin Derricourt
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Description for Antiquity Imagined: The Remarkable Legacy of Egypt and the Ancient Near East
Hardcover. Explores comprehensively the 'mysteries' of Egypt, the Holy Land and of their reception. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 580.
Outsiders have long attributed to the Middle East, and especially to ancient Egypt, meanings that go way beyond the rational and observable. The region has been seen as the source of civilization, religion, the sciences and the arts; but also of mystical knowledge and outlandish theories, whether about the Lost City of Atlantis or visits by alien beings. In his exploration of how its past has been creatively interpreted by later ages, Robin Derricourt surveys the various claims that have been made for Egypt - particularly the idea that it harbours an esoteric wisdom vital to the world's survival. He ... Read more
Outsiders have long attributed to the Middle East, and especially to ancient Egypt, meanings that go way beyond the rational and observable. The region has been seen as the source of civilization, religion, the sciences and the arts; but also of mystical knowledge and outlandish theories, whether about the Lost City of Atlantis or visits by alien beings. In his exploration of how its past has been creatively interpreted by later ages, Robin Derricourt surveys the various claims that have been made for Egypt - particularly the idea that it harbours an esoteric wisdom vital to the world's survival. He ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784532758
SKU
V9781784532758
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99-50
About Robin Derricourt
Robin Derricourt is Honorary Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of New South Wales. A former Director of Cambridge University Press Australia and the University of New South Wales Press, he is the author of Inventing Africa: History, Archaeology and Ideas (2011) and of People of the Lakes: Archaeological Studies in Northern Zambia (1980).
Reviews for Antiquity Imagined: The Remarkable Legacy of Egypt and the Ancient Near East
An entertaining yet well balanced critique ... Recommended reading.
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