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256 pages : 24 cm "Against the background of ancient Egypt's historic, sociologic, and religious evolution, in clear text and amazingly fine illustrations, this [book] supplies a brilliant survey of the Golden Age of Egyptian Art."--Jacket Translation of: Ägypten. Die Kunst der Pharaonen Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247) and index INTRODUCTION -- I. BASIC ELEMENTS OF EGYPTIAN CULTURE -- Physical setting -- The Nile -- Agriculture -- Cattle-raising and hunting -- Trees -- Mineral resources and stone -- "The Two Lands" -- Ethnic composition -- Religious beliefs -- Fetish -- Divine animals -- Cosmic forces -- Magic -- II. THE PREHISTORIC ERA --Finds -- Tasa, Merimde, 4th millenium B.C., Badarian culture -- Nagada I -- Nagada II -- Writing -- Hieroglyphs -- Hieratic script, Demotic script, Coptic script and deciphering of hieroglyphs -- Calendar -- Nile year and Sothic periods -- Chronology -- Written sources -- III. THE ARCHAIC PERIOD -- Historical survey -- Thinites Ist and IInd Dynasties -- Monarchy -- Religion -- After-life -- IV. TOMBS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS FROM THE ARCHAIC PERIOD -- The Archaic Period -- Burial places -- Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt -- Nagada

Author

Irmgard Woldering; [translated by Ann E. Keep]

Publisher

New York: Greystone Press

Published

1963

Language

EN

Subjects

Art, History, Arts