Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt
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"Human beings," the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, "are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, and culture is the world they create so they can live with that knowledge." In his new book, Assmann explores images of death and of death rites in ancient Egypt to provide startling new insights into the particular character of the civilization as a whole.Drawing on the unfamiliar genre of the death liturgy, he arrives...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801479738
ISBN13:9780801479731
Release Date:October 2014
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:504 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.5"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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