Never Had the Like Occurred: Egypt's View of Its Past - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1844720071 ISBN 13 : 9781844720071

Editeur : UCL Press, 2003

Synopsis

The discipline of Egyptology has been criticised 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. Egypts 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.

Never Had the Like Occurred examines Ancient Egypt's own multifaceted encounters with its past. As Egyptian culture constantly changed and evolved, this book follows a chronological arrangement, from early Egypt to the attitudes of the Coptic population in the Byzantine Period. Within this framework, it asks what access the Egyptians had to information about the past, whether deliberately or accidentally acquired; what use was made of the past; what were the Egyptians attitudes to the past; what sense of past time did the Egyptians have; and what kinds of reverence for the past did they entertain?

This is the first book dedicated to the whole range of these themes. It provides an explanatory context for the numerous previous studies that have dealt with particular sets of evidence, particular periods, or particular issues. It provides a case study of how civilizations may view and utilize their past.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Tait is Edwards Professor of Egyptology at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: UCL Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844720071
• ISBN 13: 9781844720071
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Éditeur: Tait John
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