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- catalog contributor b4143015.
- catalog coverage "Egypt Civilization.".
- catalog created "[1964]".
- catalog date "1964".
- catalog date "[1964]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1964]".
- catalog description "1. The Black Land, the Land of Kem-T : The Nile valley in prehistoric times. The Nile. Flora. Fauna. The two faces of nature. 2. The Egyptians in the Nile Valley : Prehistoric man. The races of man. Human types. Population numbers. 3. The Pharaoh : Definition of the Pharaoh. The coronation. The royal palaces. Royal funerals. The institutions of the monarchy. 4. The development of Egypt : The royal lands, sacred and private. The central administration. The nomes. Everyday work. Hunting and fishing in the marshes. Quarries and mines. Workshops. 5. The expansion of Egypt and the reactions of neighbouring peoples : The Nine Bows. Military resources of the Egyptians. The eastern nations. The southern countries. The Terraces of Incense. The western nations. Primitive Greeks and Cretans. 6. On the nature of gods and piety : Number and diversity of the gods: animals, trees and sacred objects. Temples and priests, festivals and prohibitions. Work of the gods. The creation. ".
- catalog description "Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 313-325) Bibliography: p. 327-330.".
- catalog description "Excavations and publications, 1881-1914. The First World War and the Egyptian Revolution. The present day. An evaluation of the ancient Egyptians. Maps.".
- catalog description "The kings' duties to the gods. The gods as patrons. Monotheism. 7. Human destiny and caring for the dead : The elements of personality. Primitive tombs. The great monument of Zoser. The pyramids of Snofru and of his successors. Inscriptions on the pyramids. Tombs of the queens and courtiers. The judgment of the dead and the negative statements. Tombs of the Middle and New Kingdoms. Attitudes to ancestral respect. 8. Intellectual achievements : Language and writing. Scribes and literary genres. Controlled literature. New Kingdom literature. The exact sciences. The natural sciences. 9. Art : Royal and provincial art. Anonymity in art. Various artists. Architecture. Sculpture. The graphic arts. Independent art. Jewellery and ornament. 10. Egypt as seen by the ancients and in the light of modern research : The Hebrews. The Greeks and Romans. Deciphering the hieroglyphics. Champollion. Collectors and explorers. The discovery of Serapeum. Foundation of the Service des Antiquitiés. ".
- catalog extent "xxi, 338 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Eternal Egypt.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Eternal Egypt.".
- catalog isPartOf "History of civilization (Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Firm))".
- catalog isPartOf "History of civilization".
- catalog issued "1964".
- catalog issued "[1964]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson".
- catalog relation "Eternal Egypt.".
- catalog spatial "Egypt Civilization.".
- catalog subject "913.32".
- catalog subject "DT61 .M5813 1964a".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Black Land, the Land of Kem-T : The Nile valley in prehistoric times. The Nile. Flora. Fauna. The two faces of nature. 2. The Egyptians in the Nile Valley : Prehistoric man. The races of man. Human types. Population numbers. 3. The Pharaoh : Definition of the Pharaoh. The coronation. The royal palaces. Royal funerals. The institutions of the monarchy. 4. The development of Egypt : The royal lands, sacred and private. The central administration. The nomes. Everyday work. Hunting and fishing in the marshes. Quarries and mines. Workshops. 5. The expansion of Egypt and the reactions of neighbouring peoples : The Nine Bows. Military resources of the Egyptians. The eastern nations. The southern countries. The Terraces of Incense. The western nations. Primitive Greeks and Cretans. 6. On the nature of gods and piety : Number and diversity of the gods: animals, trees and sacred objects. Temples and priests, festivals and prohibitions. Work of the gods. The creation. ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Excavations and publications, 1881-1914. The First World War and the Egyptian Revolution. The present day. An evaluation of the ancient Egyptians. Maps.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The kings' duties to the gods. The gods as patrons. Monotheism. 7. Human destiny and caring for the dead : The elements of personality. Primitive tombs. The great monument of Zoser. The pyramids of Snofru and of his successors. Inscriptions on the pyramids. Tombs of the queens and courtiers. The judgment of the dead and the negative statements. Tombs of the Middle and New Kingdoms. Attitudes to ancestral respect. 8. Intellectual achievements : Language and writing. Scribes and literary genres. Controlled literature. New Kingdom literature. The exact sciences. The natural sciences. 9. Art : Royal and provincial art. Anonymity in art. Various artists. Architecture. Sculpture. The graphic arts. Independent art. Jewellery and ornament. 10. Egypt as seen by the ancients and in the light of modern research : The Hebrews. The Greeks and Romans. Deciphering the hieroglyphics. Champollion. Collectors and explorers. The discovery of Serapeum. Foundation of the Service des Antiquitiés. ".
- catalog title "Eternal Egypt. Translated from the French by Doreen Weightman.".
- catalog type "text".