The Origin of the Egyptians
Title | The Origin of the Egyptians PDF eBook |
Author | Augustus Le Plongeon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Egypt |
ISBN | 9780893144180 |
The premise for this book is best summarized in the words of its author, who writes: "Plutarch, in his Life of Solon, informs us that Psenophis and Sonchis -- one a priest of Heliopolis, and the other of Sais -- told the Athenian legislator that 9,000 years before his visit to Egypt, on account of the submergence of the Island of Atlantis (Land of Mu of the Mayas) all communications had been interrupted with the Western countries. If the Egyptians learned the art of writing from the Mayas, as no doubt they did, it must have been in times anterior to the cataclysm. In this we would find the explanation of why identical characters are being found on the most ancient monuments of Egypt and those of Mayach, having the same meaning and containing the relation of the same cosmogonical traditions."
The Ancient Egyptians and the Origin of Civilization
Title | The Ancient Egyptians and the Origin of Civilization PDF eBook |
Author | G. Elliot Smith |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2022-04-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781684226900 |
2022 Reprint of the 1923 Illustrated Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Dr. Smith deals only with the most ancient, that is, the earliest Egyptians, and he traces their influence not only upon the civilization of Europe, but also, and in the first place, upon that of northern Africa and western Asia. To read him on this subject is indeed to be enlightened, and every historian must read with attention the remarkable conclusions to which he has been led by his experience in the dissection of mummies (gained in the course of his medical work at Cairo) in connection with the scientific archeological work of Dr. Reisner and his assistants in Lower Nubia. This monograph, in its second, hard-to-locate edition, proposes a connection between prehistoric monumental European sites and those of the Pyramid Age in Egypt. Using ethnicity as a basis, Smith ties the ancient peoples of Egypt to those of Syria and discusses how Egyptian culture spread from its point of origin. It is to Smith's "...lasting credit that he, first with an intuition transcending mere anatomy, perceived in Egypt the essential threads of primitive culture and civilization and out of them wove, on the loom of his genius, the tapestry of human history." Obituary, The British Medical Journal: Vol. 1, No. 3967 (Jan. 16, 1937), p. 149
Religion in Ancient Egypt
Title | Religion in Ancient Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | John Baines |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780801497865 |
Lectures given at a symposium held in 1987, sponsored by Fordham University.
A History of Ancient Egypt
Title | A History of Ancient Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | John Romer |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 2013-08-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1250030102 |
The ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws on a lifetime of research to tell one history's greatest stories; how, over more than a thousand years, a society of farmers created a rich, vivid world where one of the most astounding of all human-made landmarks, the Great Pyramid, was built. Immersing the reader in the Egypt of the past, Romer examines and challenges the long-held theories about what archaeological finds mean and what stories they tell about how the Egyptians lived. More than just an account of one of the most fascinating periods of history, this engrossing book asks readers to take a step back and question what they've learned about Egypt in the past. Fans of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra and history buffs will be captivated by this re-telling of Egyptian history, written by one of the top Egyptologists in the world.
Civilization and the Ancient Egyptians
Title | Civilization and the Ancient Egyptians PDF eBook |
Author | Katanga A. Bongo |
Publisher | OUTSKIRTS PRESS |
Pages | 235 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1432722638 |
Bongo sheds important new light on the most fascinating epoch in human history: Ancient Egypt. In this heavily researched work, he traces the evolution of civilization not to the Middle East, as most scholars do, but rather the South American tribes whose cultures had greatly influenced what would become the Land of the Pharaohs.
Before the Pyramids
Title | Before the Pyramids PDF eBook |
Author | University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Museum |
Publisher | Oriental Institute Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Antiquities, Prehistoric |
ISBN | 9781885923820 |
This catalogue for an exhibit at Chicago's Oriental Institute Museum presents the newest research on the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods in a lavishly illustrated format. Essays on the rise of the state, contact with the Levant and Nubia, crafts, writing, iconography and evidence from Abydos, Tell el-Farkha, Hierakonpolis and the Delta were contributed by leading scholars in the field. The catalogue features 129 Predynastic and Early Dynastic objects, most from the Oriental Institute's collection, that illustrate the environmental setting, Predynastic and Early Dynastic culture, religion and the royal burials at Abydos. This volume will be a standard reference and a staple for classroom use.
An Account of Egypt
Title | An Account of Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Herodotus |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 78 |
Release | 2016-04-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1365030083 |
'An Account of Egypt' is the story of Greek historian Herodotus' travels through the Ptolemaic Kingdom. It is a richly descriptive tale of ancient Egyptian customs, rituals and daily life from the legendary writer whom Cicero labeled 'The Father of History.'