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The culture of Egypt has thousands of years of recorded history.A cradle of civilization, Ancient Egypt was among the earliest civilizations in the world. For millennia, Egypt developed strikingly unique, complex and stable cultures that influenced other cultures of Europe, Africa and Asia.
The first six books are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of Egypt (book I), of Mesopotamia, India, Scythia, and Arabia (II), of North Africa (III), and of Greece and Europe (IV–VI). In the next section (books VII–XVII), he recounts human history starting with the Trojan War, down to the death of Alexander the Great.
The history of Egypt has been long and wealthy, due to the flow of the Nile River with its fertile banks and delta, as well as the accomplishments of Egypt's native inhabitants and outside influence. Much of Egypt's ancient history was unknown until Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered with the discovery and deciphering of the Rosetta Stone .
Books in English. Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom, trans. Anthony Alcock (1994) ISBN 0-7103-0465-X; Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism (Harvard University 1997) The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs, trans. Andrew Jenkins (2003) ISBN 0-674-01211-9
The audience for this book, according to reviewer Kevin Davis, is "mid-way between a specialised and a general readership". [8] Alex Criddle echoes this opinion, suggesting that "those without a special interest in mathematics may find it very dry and hard to understand" but that it should be read by "anyone interested in the history of mathematics, egyptology, or Egyptian culture". [7]
The document Les mystères des pyramides also includes references to comic books where Egypt is the theme (Asterix, Tintin and Blake and Mortimer). The book closes with a complete chronology of Ancient Egyptian history (from 6000 BC to 639 AD), further reading, list of illustrations and an index.
Although preceded by The Topography of Thebes and General View of Egypt in 1835, Wilkinson's most significant work was Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. First published in three volumes in 1837 and subsequently illustrated by Joseph Bonomi , this title stood as the best general treatment of ancient Egyptian culture and history for ...
The Future of Culture in Egypt (Arabic: مستقبل الثقافه في مصر) is a 1938 book by the Egyptian writer Taha Hussein. The book is a work of Egyptian nationalism advocating both independence and the adoption of various European modes of behaviour and institutions such as a strong military. The book was written some time after the ...