Research Catalog

Title

The wisdom of Egypt : changing visions through the ages / edited by Peter Ucko and Timothy Champion.

Publication

London : UCL Press, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ucko, Peter J.
• Champion, T. C.
• University College, London. Institute of Archaeology

Description

xiii, 225 p. : ill., facsims., map; 24 cm.

Summary

"The Wisdom of Egypt examines the sources of evidence about Ancient Egypt available to scholars, and the changing visions of Egypt and of Egypt's role in human history that they produced. Its scope extends from the Classical world, through Europe and the Arabic worlds in the Middle Ages, to writers of the Renaissance and the work of scholars and scientists of Early Modern Europe."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Encounters with ancient Egypt

Uniform Title

Encounters with ancient Egypt (London, England)

Subject

• To 332 B.C
• Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C
• Egypt > History > To 332 B.C

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-214) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Egypt ancient and modern / Timothy Champion and Peter Ucko -- 2. The wisdom of Egypt: classical views / John Tait -- 3. Ancient Egypt in medieval Arabic writings / Okasha El Daly -- 3. Images of ancient Egypt in the Latin middle ages / Charles Burnett -- 5. The Renaissance afterlife of ancient Egypt (1400-1650) / Brian A. Curran -- 6. Ancient Egypt in 17th and 18th century England / David Boyd Haycock -- 7. Beyond Egyptology: Egypt in 19th and 20th century archaeology and anthropology / Timothy Champion.

ISBN

1844720055

OCLC

• 53390399
• SCSB-10662893

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library