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A concise but beautiful introduction to the famous Book of the Dead, perhaps the most famous writing in Ancient Egyptian history, very popular from about 1500 BCE and constantly placed in the tombs of the Egyptian kings and notables. In essence, it mainly contained spells to protect and guide the deceased during his journey through the otherworld. Kemp not only deals with the content and evolution of the texts and images, but also sketches the broader framework of Egyptian thinking about death, about religion and spirituality in general. What struck me most is that there was not really one Book of the Dead, for almost every version is different and thousands of them have been preserved, and that the standardization process was not completed until about 600 bce. Above all, this booklet (by Kemp I mean) shows how diverse the ancient Egyptians thought about life and death, contrasting with the image of the static society that I still had. More on that in my History account on Goodreads : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5509977436.… (mer)
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bookomaniac | May 7, 2023 |
Analyse van de resultaten van de opgravingen in Amarna, het Achetaten van Echnaton. Kemps interpretatie van de materiële sporen is immer boeiend. Hij werpt licht op uiteenlopende en complexe thema's als de omvang en de impact van Echnatons religieuze revolutie, het economische en sociale leven, ... De stad blijkt een dorp te zijn. Of misschien beter: dorpen blijken een stad te vormen. Het dorpse karakter van deze hoofdstad van een wereldrijk, is misschien wel de meest opmerkelijke vaststelling. En de termieten, het weinig duurzame bezetsel in de huizen en het laag-bij-de-grondse leven (letterlijk dan), maken het dagelijks leven tastbaar. Het wereldrijk blijkt een reus op lemen voeten.… (mer)
 
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brver | Jun 8, 2017 |
This was an amazing find for me. I ran into it at my local used book store and thought it would be a unique way to look at the Ancient Egyptian language and culture, since I would be able to see both at the same time. We often talk about how language influences culture and the other way around, but we never really get to see how it all started.

Don't let the size of this book fool you, there is more information here than you would expect. Each of the 100 hieroglyphs is explored in a page or two, but that explanation is why the hieroglyph is as it is, which covers much of the culture of Egypt, from housing to phonetics.

My only quarrel is that some of the hieroglyphs are more in depth than others. It is explained how most researchers believe the word "land" is pronounced - "ta", but many words like "mud" have no pronunciation with them. It would have been an all-encompassing experience to have included that, but then this book wasn't really meant as a dictionary, but of a study in language and culture.
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mirrani | 2 andra recensioner | Oct 28, 2015 |
This is great - taking 100 common hieroglyphs and using them to make a guide to how ancient Egyptians thought and acted in everyday life, and how they saw the world.
 
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cdddddd | 2 andra recensioner | Feb 25, 2013 |

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