The Voice of Hieroglyphics. A Walk in the Egyptian Antiquities Department of the Louvre Museum. New, revised and expanded edition.
Cheops| N° d'inventaire | 10404 |
| Format | 16.6 x 24 |
| Détails | 252p., richly illustrated, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782916142265 |
Reading and hearing everything that is said and written about ancient Egypt, one might imagine the Nile Valley as a land reserved for gods and pharaohs, for temples and cemeteries. And yet... what if we listened to the voices of the Egyptians themselves rather than speaking in their place?
This book, the first of its kind ever published, invites you to meet them directly during a stroll through the Egyptian rooms of the Louvre. Following the original text of the object, you will read translations of more than a hundred of the most diverse texts, from a school slate to a pharaoh's sarcophagus.
Would such a talkative and cheerful people have thought only of death? One can doubt it...
One hundred and eleven documents are translated and commented on in this work, which also includes a rich French glossary-index, as well as an index of Egyptian words.
Reading and hearing everything that is said and written about ancient Egypt, one might imagine the Nile Valley as a land reserved for gods and pharaohs, for temples and cemeteries. And yet... what if we listened to the voices of the Egyptians themselves rather than speaking in their place?
This book, the first of its kind ever published, invites you to meet them directly during a stroll through the Egyptian rooms of the Louvre. Following the original text of the object, you will read translations of more than a hundred of the most diverse texts, from a school slate to a pharaoh's sarcophagus.
Would such a talkative and cheerful people have thought only of death? One can doubt it...
One hundred and eleven documents are translated and commented on in this work, which also includes a rich French glossary-index, as well as an index of Egyptian words.