Sinossi
L'egittologo Gardiner ha fuso in questo volume i risultati di due secoli di ricerche, con il proposito di offrire un panorama completo della civiltà egizia, dagli inizi alla conquista di Alessandro Magno. Il saggio include non solo le vicende favolose di un regno plurimellenario, ma anche la lingua, le usanze, i mezzi e i modi dell'esistenza, l'arte, la religione, le espressioni della mentalità collettiva.
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- Pagine: 446
- Data di uscita: 27-12-2017
Recensioni
The book was more about Egyptology than about ancient Egyptian History. That being said, I can't whine about all the different opinions stated concerning who preceeded who or who lived in the time of what. The book was long. Especially because the language was tough. I did enjoy it though.
It is my understanding from other reviews that this book has been used as an Egyptology textbook, which makes sense given the depth and presentation of the material within the book. I chose to read this book after seeing it used as a reference for some books dealing with Old Testament history and cu Leggi tutto
I found this to be a fine work. In the foreword the author expresses his wish that his work be a work on Egyptology for the wider public. Following in the vein of James H. Breasted whose book 'A history of Egypt', published in 1909, was the seminal introductory work on the subject. This book is a bo Leggi tutto
Troppe informazioni senza pausa. Testo ricco ma con un'organizzazione e una stesura un pò stanche.
3,5 ⭐
Very informative
Packed with information but very, very dry. It's get better as you move past the first few chapters though.
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