Description
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, to the work of scholars and scientists of Early Modern Europe.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Egypt Ancient and Modern, Timothy Champion, Peter Ucko; Chapter 2 ::, John Tait; Chapter 3 Writings, Okasha El Daly; Chapter 4 Images of Ancient Egypt in the Latin Middle Ages, Charles Burnett; Chapter 5 The Renaissance Afterlife of Ancient Egypt (1400-1650), Brian A. Curran; Chapter 6 Ancient Egypt in 17th and 18th Century England, David Boyd Haycock; Chapter 7 Beyond Egyptology: Egypt in 19th and 20th Century Archaeology and Anthropology, Timothy Champion;
