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Mysterious Lands by Peter Ucko & Stephen Quirke & O' & David Connor
This volume covers two kinds of encounters: those which actually occurred between Egypt and specific foreign lands, and those the Egyptians created by inventing imaginary lands to meet their religious, emotional and intellectual needs.The discipline of Egyptology has been criticised for being too insular,with little awareness of the development of archaeologies elsewhere. It has remained theoretically underdeveloped. For example the role of Ancient Egypt within Africa has rarely been considered jointly by Egyptologists and Africanists. Egypt's own view of itself has been neglected; views of it in the ancient past, in more recent times and today have remained underexposed. Encounters with Ancient Egypt is a series of eight books which addresses these issues. The books interrelate, inform and illuminate one another and will appeal to a wide market including academics, students and the general public interested in Archaeology, Egyptology, Anthropology, Architecture, Design and History. Mysterious Lands covers two kinds of encounters. First, encounters which actually occurred between Egypt and specific foreign lands, and second, those the Egyptians created by inventing imaginary lands. Some of the actual foreign lands are mysterious, in that we know of them only through Egyptian sources, both written and pictorial, and the actual locations of such lands remain unknown. These encounters led to reciprocal influences of varying intensity. The Egyptians also created imaginary lands (pseudo-geographic entities with distinctive inhabitants and cultures) in order to meet religious, intellectual and emotional needs. Scholars disagree, sometimes vehemently, about the locations and cultures of some important but unlocated actual lands. As for imaginary lands, they continually need to be re-explored as our understanding of Egyptian religion and literature deepens. Mysterious Lands provides a clear account of this subject and will be a stimulating read for scholars, students or the interested public. |
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| Author(s) : Peter Ucko & Stephen Quirke | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 1844720047 | ISBN-13 : 9781844720040 |
| RRP : £25.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Encounters with Ancient Egypt S.
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 15/08/2003
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Ltd
Page Length : 220mm
Page Size : 234mm