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The Priests of Ancient Egypt: New Edition

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Availability:In StockContributor:Serge Sauneron, David Lorton (Translator), Jean-Pierre Corteggiani (Foreword by)Audience:Young AdultPublish date:2000-05-23Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9780801486548ISBN-10:801486548UPC:9780801486548Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Ancient, HistoryBook Topic:EgyptSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCWFDAFA31

The Priests of Ancient Egypt: New Edition

The gods were everywhere in Ancient Egypt. Represented by statues, bas-reliefs, and funerary paintings, they even walked among the Egyptians in the person of Pharaoh, considered to be a living god, son of the divine Ra. What better way to understand that distant culture than by becoming familiar with the people who served those gods? Using as his sources the Egyptian texts and the testimony of...

Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9780801486548ISBN-10:801486548UPC:9780801486548Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Ancient, HistoryBook Topic:EgyptSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCWFDAFA31

The late Serge Sauneron was director of the Institut Français d'Archéologie in Cairo and the author of many works on Ancient Egypt. The Egyptologist David Lorton has translated several previous Cornell books, including History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction by Erik Hornung. He lives in Baltimore. Jean-Pierre Corteggiani is the author of The Egypt of the Pharaohs at the Cairo Museum.


Publisher: Cornell University Press

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