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Tales from Ancient Egypt by Joyce A. Tyldesley is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Tales from Ancient Egypt about?

In the introduction to Tales from Ancient Egypt Joyce Tyldesley recreates the picture of an ancient Egyptian family sitting round a fire, enjoying a sweet beer, listening to a local storyteller `spin his yarns'. In this anthology Tyledesley retells, rather than merely translates, sixteen stories that have been committed to papyrus and stone. The result is a fluent series of tales of gods (myths), of men (more conventional tales of heroes visiting strange lands, of battles and courageous feats), true stories and a single hymn. Each tale is followed by a commentary which sets it in context. This book is the first to be published by Rutherford Press, an Egyptological publisher dedicated to supporting original research and fieldwork in Egypt, and it is a million miles from the often stale and literal translations of ancient texts. These stories are lively and well (re)written, making them a joy to read.

Author

Joyce A. Tyldesley

Publisher

Rutherford Press Limited

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780954762209

Subjects

Anthropology, Literary Fiction, History