Praise for the first editions: “Concise, lucid, and altogether interesting ….The notes on the individual texts are unfailingly illuminating.”—Books Abro
This volume deals with the development and the characteristics of the literature of Ancient Egypt over a period of more than two millennia, from the monumental
"Praise for the first editions: " "Concise, lucid, and altogether interesting . . ..The notes on the individual texts are unfailingly illuminating."--"Books Abr
'Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered' In ancient Egypt, words had magical power. Inscribed on