age
ancient
ancient geography
bronze
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Coffin Texts
De Buck
Egyptian cosmology
Egyptian imaginary lands research
Egyptian Sources
egyptians
Eighteenth Dynasty
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habu
Hero's Journey
Hero’s Journey
Hieroglyphic Version
intercultural exchange
Khnumhotep II
kingdom
late
Late Eighteenth Dynasty
Libyan Groups
medinet
Medinet Habu
Mid-14th Century BC
middle
Middle Kingdom
Middle Kingdom Coffins
Middle Kingdom Literature
Mysterious Lands
mythic topography
Pepi II
Pyramid Texts
Ramesses III
religious symbolism
ritual landscapes
Sacred Bark
sea
Sea Peoples
Serabit El Khadim
Sun God Ra
Wadi Hammamat
Wadi Natrun
Wadi Tumilat
Product details
- ISBN 9781598742077
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Feb 2007
- Publisher: Left Coast Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Mysterious Lands covers two kinds of encounters. First, encounters which actually occurred between Egypt and specific foreign lands, and second, those the Egyptians created by inventing imaginary lands. Some of the actual foreign lands are mysterious, in that we know of them only through Egyptian sources, both written and pictorial, and the actual locations of such lands remain unknown. These encounters led to reciprocal influences of varying intensity. The Egyptians also created imaginary lands (pseudo-geographic entities with distinctive inhabitants and cultures) in order to meet religious, intellectual and emotional needs. Scholars disagree, sometimes vehemently, about the locations and cultures of some important but geographically disputed actual lands. As for imaginary lands, they continually need to be re-explored as our understanding of Egyptian religion and literature deepens. Mysterious Lands provides a clear account of this subject and will be a stimulating read for scholars, students or the interested public.
Edited by O'Connor, David; Quirke, Stephen
