The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
10 best books like The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians (E.A. Wallis Budge): Egyptian Mummies: Unraveling the Secrets of an Ancient Art, Naguib Mahfouz: Three Novels of Ancient Egypt, Popular Tales from the Norse, Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights, Myths of Babylonia and Assyria, Moses and Akhenaten: The Secret History of Egypt at the Time of the Exodus, For the Love of Philae, Modern Mythology, Homer and Classical Philology, History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
Egyptian Mummies: Unraveling the Secrets of an Ancient Art
| Author | Bob Brier |
| ISBN | 0688146244 |
Egyptian Mummies results from research done in preparation for the mummification of a human body, the first to be done in the Egyptian style in two thousand years. Through these studies, noted Egyptologist Bob Brier has unearthed the gripping stories of grave robberies and stolen mummies, the forgotten...
| Author | Naguib Mahfouz |
| ISBN | 1841593052 |
Mahfouz reaches back thousands of years to bring us tales from his homeland's majestic early history—tales of the Egyptian nobility and of war, star-crossed love, and the divine rule of the pharoahs. In Khufu's Wisdom, the legendary Fourth Dynasty monarch faces the prospect of the end of his rule...
| Author | George Webbe Dasent |
Translated from Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe's collection. You may have heard of this particular collection; J.R.R. Tolkien cites it in "On Fairy-Stories." And you definitely know one tale: "The Three Billy-Goats Gruff."
There are a lot more here. Has some animal...
Fairy Tales From The Arabian Nights by E. Dixon / 1893
Penerbit: PT. Elex Media Komputindo @elexmedia / 2018
ISBN : 978-602-04-8592-8 / 305 halaman ====
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Ahhh.. Dibaca selambat apa pun, pasti sampai juga di akhir halaman. .
| Author | Donald A. Mackenzie |
"Myths of Babylonia and Assyria" takes a look at the ancient history of the land that is now part of Iraq and the Middle East. The book looks at the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and how these ancient tales reflect the beliefs and development of these early civilizations. The historical narrative...
| Author | Ahmed Osman |
| ISBN | 1591430046 |
A reinterpretation of biblical and Egyptian history that shows Moses and the Pharaoh Akhenaten to be one and the same.
• Provides dramatic evidence from both archaeological and documentary sources.
• A radical challenge to long-established beliefs on the origin of Semitic...
| Author | Christian Jacq |
| ISBN | 0671028588 |
It's the 6th century A.D. and Christianity has been imposed throughout Egypt. On the holy island of Philae, off the southern coast, the last community faithful to the old ways struggles against the invader and continues active worship in its temple. Isis, leader of the community, is determined that...
A fascinating treatise on the study of modern mythology the construction of myths so soon after an event. Andrew Lang was the foremost scholar in folklore and mythology of his time. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly...
| Author | Friedrich Nietzsche |
Homer and Classical Philology , by Friedrich Nietzsche
Homer und die klassische Philologie is Friedrich Nietzsche's 1869 Antrittsvorlesung (inaugural address) at the University of Basel. In the tradition of German language universities, a newly installed professor gives a public address...
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
| Author | John William Draper |
| ISBN | 1426400446 |
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not...
| Author | Leontyne Price |
| ISBN | 0152015469 |
My second ENO Opera Guide, and this time for my absolute favourite; Aida was my opening to Opera, I had no interest in it at all before a chance invitation to a production by Opera North just blew me away and everything fell into place.
This guide gives the same overview of the Opera, and what the...
The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales
| Author | Richard Garnett |
| ISBN | 1598186515 |
Best known for his non-fiction and biographies, Richard Garnett published this collection of his short stories in 1888. The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales includes the title story, in which a mortal girl meets Prometheus on a mountain top; "The Demon Pope," in which a Pope makes good on a favor owed...
| Author | Sabine Baring-Gould |
| ISBN | 1859580726 |
Sabine Baring-Gould’s Book of Werewolves (which was recommended to me by several people here) was originally published in 1865. Baring-Gould treats the phenomenon of the werewolf as a psychological aberration, as essentially a delusional state. He also relates it to cannibalism, and seems to...
His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut
| Author | Dorothy Sharp Carter |
| ISBN | 0397321783 |
SPOILER ALERT! Hatshepsut is a 14 year old girl who wants to become Pharaoh, she gets there with the help of semunt her loyal servant. Her home is in the dry sands of Egypt and the Nile river where she builds temples and monuments all over Egypt. Things get tough when her stepson thutmose the 3rd is eagerly...
A History of Ancient Egypt
| Author | Nicolas Grimal |
| ISBN | 0631193960 |
This is a very solid expression of the state of mainstream Egyptology as of about twenty years ago. I'm not adequately familiar with the field to say how much has changed since then, but I consider it a good introduction for the educated lay-person, and probably a good starting point for more serious students...
Mrs. Wakeman vs. the Antichrist: And Other Strange-but-True Tales from American History
| Author | Robert Damon Schneck |
| ISBN | 1585429449 |
American history is more than just what you read in your high school textbooks.
There's a wild and weird side to America's past, filled with strange creatures, bizarre happenings, and fantastical figures. Researcher and writer Robert Damon Schneck has spent more than a decade devoted to...
| Author | Lynda S. Robinson |
| ISBN | 0345395336 |
Someone--or something--is slaying innocent persons on the night streets in the royal city of Memphis. Frightened citizens believe it is the gruesome work of the Devourer, the eater of souls, one of the most fearsome gods in the Egyptian pantheon. Even Lord Meren, the Eyes and Ears of Pharaoh, is baffled...
Ancient Rome: From the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D.
| Author | Robert Franklin Pennell |
This was something I downloaded on a whim after reading something online about Roman history. I wanted a book which covered early Rome's sweeping thousand years (give or take) of history without being a thousand or more pages or taking up multiple volumes. All I really wanted was the basics - an introduction,...
William Walker's First Year Of Marriage: A Horror Story
| Author | Matt Rudd |
| ISBN | 0007308973 |
William Walker, hapless journo, has just married Isabel, the girl of his dreams. The happy couple live in a small flat in Finsbury Park while William labours away at his magazine, revelling in his recent promotion from a column for which he was required to taste different brands of cat food to more dignified...
The History of England, Volume I
What can you do once you have completed Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire but still yearn for more? Can any other history survive comparison with its deliberate opinions, its vast scope, its lofty style? Well, it took me twenty years, but I have stumbled upon an answer: you can read...
