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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other... more...
An Account of Egypt
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other... more...
Conjunction, Contiguity, Contingency
Oxford University Press 1993; US$ 149.99Language is in large part about the description of events occurring in the world around us. Relationships of different sorts may be perceived between those events. And some of these relationships can be expressed by specific verb forms--or by syntactic constructions involving specific verb forms. The present study examines this facet of the Egyptian... more...
Egyptian Tales: The Gold in the Grave
A&C Black 2004; US$ 6.49Tutankhamen has been buried in his rocky tomb. But there is a plot to rob the grave of its vast wealth as soon as possible after the funeral. A motley gang of villains have all the skills they need to undertake the crime - the key member of the team is young Paneb, who is small and lithe and the only one who can slip through the tunnel and into the... more...
Katalog der Texte. Älterer Teil (A - F)
De Gruyter 1986; US$ 224.00Repertorium Der Sangspruche Und Meisterlieder Des 12. Bis 18. Jahrhunderts more...
Hieroglyphic Egyptian
University of California Press 2013; US$ 39.95This book offers a comprehensive, self-contained introduction to one of the oldest known recorded languages?Hieroglyphic Egyptian. Unlike other approaches, it is geared toward learning to read one of the masterpieces of Middle Egyptian literature, the story ?Shipwrecked Sailor,? written around 2200 bce. The text?s eighteen lessons?organized around... more...
Experience of Ancient Egypt
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 130.00The Experience of Ancient Egypt provides a comprehensive portrait of what we know about ancient Egypt today, examining in detail issues of religion, of beliefs and practices surrounding death, of everyday life and of literature. In an engaging style, the author traces Egyptology from its classical roots, through the painstaking process of deciphering... more...
Sacred Signs
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 12.99Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. In this study, Penelope Wilson explores the cultural significance of the script with an emphasis on previously neglected areas such as cryptography, the continuing decipherment post-Champollion, and the powerful fascination hieroglyphs still hold for us today. more...
In the Valley of the Kings
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 26.00In 1922, the British archaeologist Henry Carter opened King Tutankhamun?s tomb, illuminating the glories of an ancient civilization. And while the world celebrated the extraordinary revelation that gave Carter international renown and an indelible place in history, by the time of his death, the discovery had nearly destroyed him. Now, in a stunning... more...
Hieroglyphs
Oxford University Press, UK 2004; US$ 9.99Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years; used as monumental art, as a means of identifying Egyptianness, and for rarefied communication with the gods. In this exciting new study, Penelope Wilson explores the cultural... more...









