Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt. Tapa dura - 1996

Hardback. Very Good.

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British Museum Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

British Museum Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

British Museum Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

British Museum Press, 1996 4to, Hardback with Unclipped Dust Jacket. 192 Pages. Numerous Illustrations. A Near Fine Copy in likewise Dust Jacket. Heavy Book. Extra Postage Costs may apply to Overseas orders. All books posted in sturdy book box.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

British Museum Press, 1996. Hardcover. Good.

British Museum Press 0714109959. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered dark blue cloth (VG), lacks dustwrapper. Pp. 192, illus with colourd photos (no inscriptions).

British Museum Press/BCA, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. A bright, clean, and tight copy. Unmarked pages, light creasing to top edge of jacket, very small nick to front side edge. The book written by Dr. Quirke (Egyptian Curator at the British Museum, London) and illustrated by Mr. Forman (Photographer) is most recommendable. With a clear and concise style, the former introduces to us the historical evolution of the traditional religious literature of Ancient Egypt, i.e., the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts and Book of the Dead, not only focusing on the "historical" process but also in the evolution of the contents and the mental horizon expressed therein. There are excellent editions and translations of all of the aforesaid "Egyptian books", but very few in which the connection between the three of them can be traced so neatly as in this one. The superb color plates of the second co-author are an actual mine of visual information on monuments for… Leer más

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996 192 pages with plates (174 in color), map, bibliography, and index. Quarto (112 1/4" x 9") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 1st edition. In ancient Egypt the strategy to achieve life after death relied on hieroglyphs, which united art and writing to help fulfill this ambition. this lavishly illustrated work tells the history of the texts that, through 3,000 years, were designed to ensure survival after death. Stephen Quirke sets out the history of the texts designed to guarantee life beyond death, from the Pyramid Texts for kings and queens, c2400 BC, to the Book of the Dead used by king and subject alike after 1600 BC. The literature that flourished for millennia met its end under the combined pressures of Greek-speaking government, Roman occupation and conversion to Christianity. Although Books of the Dead and other funerary manuscripts form the great bulk of surviving Pharaonic texts, no up-to-date survey of this material has been… Leer más