Egyptian Mythology Pinch Geraldine Egyptologist The Oriental Institute of Oxford University
Egyptian Mythology Pinch Geraldine Egyptologist The Oriental Institute of Oxford University From stories of resurrected mummies and thousand-year-old curses to powerful pharaohs and the coveted…
Specifikacia Egyptian Mythology Pinch Geraldine Egyptologist The Oriental Institute of Oxford University
Egyptian Mythology Pinch Geraldine Egyptologist The Oriental Institute of Oxford University
From stories of resurrected mummies and thousand-year-old curses to powerful pharaohs and the coveted treasures of the Great Pyramids, ancient Egypt has had an unfaltering grip on the modern imagination. She discusses the nature of myths and the history of Egypt, from the predynastic to the postpharaonic period. Now, in Egyptian Mythology, Geraldine Pinch offers a comprehensive introduction that untangles the mystery of Egyptian Myth.Spanning Ancient Egyptian culture--from 3200 BC to AD 400--Pinch opens a door to this hidden world and casts light on its often misunderstood belief system.
She explains that the usually cloudless skies made for a She explains how Egyptian culture developed around the flooding of the Nile, or the "inundation," a phenomenon on which the whole welfare of the country depended, and how aspects of the inundation were personified as deities.