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Egypt's Mysterious Book of the Faiyum

Horst Beinlich, Regine Schulz, Alfried Wieczorek

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Description:The last great creation myth of the ancient Egyptians was probably created in the second century BC during the Ptolemaic era. This myth is revealed in a text on the religious landscape of the Faiyum, called today the Book of the Faiyum. The book describes this semi-oasis with its large lake as the original site of creation, as the center of the world, and of creation's daily renewal. According to the texts and images, the sun god descends very night into the Faiyum lake, there manifests himself as a crocodile, and arises the next morning reborn as the solar child. The myth combines several discrete Egyptian concepts of creation and aligns them with the natural habitation of the Faiyum region. The present volume displays the most magnificently illustrated script of the Book of the Faiyum in detail and presents for the first time the latest research on the oeuvre to a wider public. This embraces chapters about Ancient Egyptian Creation Myths, hieroglyphic script and writing, the artistic environment and the history of the Faiyum in Ptolemaic and Roman times. (Back cover text.)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Egypt's Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. To get started finding Egypt's Mysterious Book of the Faiyum, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 125

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 2013

ISBN: 3897544393

Description: The last great creation myth of the ancient Egyptians was probably created in the second century BC during the Ptolemaic era. This myth is revealed in a text on the religious landscape of the Faiyum, called today the Book of the Faiyum. The book describes this semi-oasis with its large lake as the original site of creation, as the center of the world, and of creation's daily renewal. According to the texts and images, the sun god descends very night into the Faiyum lake, there manifests himself as a crocodile, and arises the next morning reborn as the solar child. The myth combines several discrete Egyptian concepts of creation and aligns them with the natural habitation of the Faiyum region. The present volume displays the most magnificently illustrated script of the Book of the Faiyum in detail and presents for the first time the latest research on the oeuvre to a wider public. This embraces chapters about Ancient Egyptian Creation Myths, hieroglyphic script and writing, the artistic environment and the history of the Faiyum in Ptolemaic and Roman times. (Back cover text.)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Egypt's Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. To get started finding Egypt's Mysterious Book of the Faiyum, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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