The wisdom of Egypt : changing visions through the ages
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The wisdom of Egypt : changing visions through the ages
（Encounters with ancient Egypt）
UCL Press, 2003
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Bibliography: p. [187]-214
Includes index
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Description
The discipline of Egyptology has been criticized for being too insular, with little awareness of the development of archaeologies elsewhere. It has remained theoretically underdeveloped. For example, the role of Ancient Egypt within Africa has rarely been considered jointly by Egyptologists and Africanists. Egypt's own view of itself has been neglected; views of it in the ancient past, in more recent times and today have remained underexposed.
Encounters with Ancient Egypt is a series of eight books which addresses these issues. The books interrelate, inform and illuminate one another and will appeal to a wide market including academics, students and the general public interested in archaeology, egyptology, anthropology, architecture, design and history.
The Wisdom of Egypt examines the sources of evidence about Ancient Egypt available to scholars, and the changing visions of Egypt and of Egypt's role in human history that they produced. Its scope extends from the Classical world, through Europe and the Arabic worlds in the Middle Ages, to writers of the Renaissance, to the work of scholars and scientists of Early Modern Europe.
Table of Contents
- Egypt as Wisdom: the classical view
- Ancient Egypt in Medieval Arabic Writings
- The Image of Egypt in the Middle Ages (until ca. 1400)
- The Renaissance Afterlife of Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Egypt in 18th century English Science,Religion and 'Archaeology': an overview
- Beyond Egyptology: Egypt in 19th and 20th century archaeology and anthropology.
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