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The Nile and Egyptian civilization
The author shows the evolution of the institutions and religion to which they were connected, from kinship by divine right to the rule of the "Just Law, from the cult of the Pharaoh to the religion of the whole people in which art, science and literature are described. A work for the specialist and the general reader.
497 pages, Hardcover
First published March 20, 1997
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April 19, 2026
A well-written work of classic Egyptological history. The chapter on the Nile really impressed upon me the physical and social experience of the inundation in a way no other book on Egypt has done. I didn't finish this book because it wasn't the technical examination of Egyptian social organisation and the Nile I was quite hoping for.
Because it's classic Egyptology, it falls into some errors that the field has moved away on - most importantly, the tendency to straightforwardly transfer the geographical territory of gods over to politics in the prehistoric period. Osiris, for instance, must be a representation of an actual king or chief who conquered much territory.
Because it's classic Egyptology, it falls into some errors that the field has moved away on - most importantly, the tendency to straightforwardly transfer the geographical territory of gods over to politics in the prehistoric period. Osiris, for instance, must be a representation of an actual king or chief who conquered much territory.
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