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Ancient Egyptian Literature. Volume I. Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period. Pyramid Texts, autobiographies, Letters to the Dead, hymns, royal eulogies.
MATHIEU Bernard.

Ancient Egyptian Literature. Volume I. Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period. Pyramid Texts, autobiographies, Letters to the Dead, hymns, royal eulogies.

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€35,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 25174
Format 16 x 24
Détails 336 pages, 67 black and white illustrations, paperback.
Publication Paris, 2021
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782251452166
The Egypt of the pharaohs is not only monumental pyramids, majestic temples or inviolate tombs. It has also bequeathed to us, by the very will of its scholars, a prodigious literature. Just as worthy of interest as its stone treasures, the works presented in the eight volumes of this Ancient Egyptian literature bears witness to the richness of a long tradition and, often, to the originality and depth of thought honed over the centuries. Funeral rituals, hymns and prayers, mythological tales, royal narratives, autobiographies, wisdom, fictional letters, etc., many of these texts have never been translated into French. All are accompanied by an updated bibliography and philological notes useful for understanding them.


With the first volume of this anthology, devoted to the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (2700-2050 BC), the reader will discover the essential foundations of later literature: the formal elaboration of rituals, the refinements of palatial production, and the lexical subtleties of private autobiographies. Whatever the genre concerned, the primary function of working with form is always to make the voice of ancient times heard by soliciting the attention of others... Ours!
The Egypt of the pharaohs is not only monumental pyramids, majestic temples or inviolate tombs. It has also bequeathed to us, by the very will of its scholars, a prodigious literature. Just as worthy of interest as its stone treasures, the works presented in the eight volumes of this Ancient Egyptian literature bears witness to the richness of a long tradition and, often, to the originality and depth of thought honed over the centuries. Funeral rituals, hymns and prayers, mythological tales, royal narratives, autobiographies, wisdom, fictional letters, etc., many of these texts have never been translated into French. All are accompanied by an updated bibliography and philological notes useful for understanding them.


With the first volume of this anthology, devoted to the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (2700-2050 BC), the reader will discover the essential foundations of later literature: the formal elaboration of rituals, the refinements of palatial production, and the lexical subtleties of private autobiographies. Whatever the genre concerned, the primary function of working with form is always to make the voice of ancient times heard by soliciting the attention of others... Ours!