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anthology of egyptian literature
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evolution of literary forms
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focuses on life after death
inscriptions carved on stone
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last millennium of pharaonic civilization
mortuary literature
new kingdom
one of worlds earliest civilizations
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tenth century bc
works written with pen on papyrus
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- ISBN 9780520305847
- Weight: 726g
- Dimensions: 127 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 07 May 2019
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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First published in 1973, this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world’s earliest civilizations. Beginning with the early and gradual evolution of Egyptian genres, it includes biographical and historical inscriptions carved on stone, the various classes of works written with pen on papyrus, and the mortuary literature that focuses on life after death. It then shows the culmination of these literary genres within the single period known as the New Kingdom (1550–1080 B.C.) and ends in the last millennium of Pharaonic civilization, from the tenth century B.C. to the beginning of the Christian era. An introduction written in three parts by Antonio Loprieno, Hans-W. Fischer-Elfert, and Joseph G. Manning completes this classic anthology.
For thirty years Miriam Lichtheim (1914–2004) was Near East Bibliographer and Lecturer at University of California, Los Angeles. She retired in 1974 to devote herself to Egyptological research and later moved to Jerusalem where she taught at Hebrew University.
