the waddington Lending Library

Author: Antonio Loprieno

The language of Ancient Egypt has been the object of careful investigation since its decipherment in the nineteenth century, but this is the first accessible account which uses the insights of modern linguistics. Antonio Loprieno traces Ancient Egyptian’s historical development from Old Egyptian to Coptic and, combining diachronic and synchronic viewpoints wherever possible, he looks at the hieroglyphic system and its cursive varieties (Hieratic and Demotic), the phonology of Classical Egyptian and Coptic, the phonology and syntax of the literary languages, and semantic and pragmatic constraints on syntax. He also looks at the genetic connections of Egyptian within the Afroasiatic family, especially with Semitic languages such as Akkadian, Arabic and Hebrew. This book will be essential reading for linguists and Egyptologists alike.

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Author: Joann Fletcher

A superior study…. Fletcher offers the most scholarly look at the real Cleopatra. The results make for a phenomenal book that provides a rich history of Cleopatra’s time. … Impeccable research….

Those interested in Cleopatra, ancient history, or a well written and academically sound biography will enjoy this authentic look at a queen of Egypt who managed to be all things to all people – mother, queen, goddess, and whore.

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Author: Richard Bussmann

This journey into ancient Egypt travels 5,000 years back in time to the origins of Pharaonic civilization. Using original historical texts, it explores life along the Nile through the hieroglyphic script and the language of hieroglyphic texts.

Complete Middle Egyptian uses an innovative discovery method to teach hieroglyphs, placing emphasis on a deeper understanding of the language. Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to study texts on their own before grammar is explained and reinforced with a wide range of exercises, including classical transliteration and translation. From the beginning, they will encounter original texts reproduced in the form in which they were carved on the tomb and temple walls. By studying the photos, drawings and maps while doing the exercises, students will understand the historical relevance of the texts, and hence the core tenets of ancient Egyptian culture.

Structured around different themes, the course progresses from signs and words, to sentences and verb forms, and eventually to longer passages. It moves from funerary inscriptions, through the world of kings and officials, to key religious ideas, and finally fiction and bureaucracy. This is an ideal language course for anyone interested in learning hieroglyphs, whether motivated by history, archaeology, travel, or simple curiosity, and is suitable for both self-study and classroom use.

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Author: Joyce Tyldesley

The women of dynastic Egypt (3000-332 BC) were a remarkable phenomenon in the ancient world. Subjected to none of the harsh restraints that Mesopotamian, Greek and Roman patriarchal traditions imposed on their womenfolk, Egyptian females were acknowledged in law to be full and independent members of society, capable of rational thought and well able to account for the consequences of their own deeds. Any free-born woman was assured of her legal right to own and trade in property, initiate a court action and even live alone without the protection of a male guardian.

Royal wives, mothers and daughters enjoyed great influence and power in affairs of state, and a few unusually dominant women even managed to seize the throne and rule their land as kings.

This book considers the daily routine of dynastic Egypt from a female viewpoint, using a combination of historical, archaeological and ethnographic evidence to review those aspects of life most relevant to women. Marriage and motherhood, employment prospects and housework, religion and death are all discussed in detail, while two chapters are devoted to the influential women of the royal harem and the semi-divine king-queens who owned their land and everyone in it. The Egyptian woman emerges from this balanced and sympathetic study as a vivid and influential figure. Her story makes fascinating reading, providing a mine of information for anyone interested in the daily life of ancient Egypt.

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Author: Bob Brier

24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture

Join popular Egyptologist Bob Brier for a 24-lecture guide to reading, writing, and translating ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Four CDs.

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Over 1,000 full colour photographs

Cutaways and floorplans of major sights

Easy-to-use maps and plans

Over 200 hotels and restaurants

Advice on exploring the pyramids and ancient tombs

Boat tours on the nile and diving in the red sea

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Authors: Rainer Hagen and Rose-Marie Hagen

How much do we really know about Ancient Egypt? The pharaohs and pyramids are familiar history fodder, but what about the farmers, the soldiers, the laborers, and the families that made up the vast majority of this much mythologized civilization? With a thrilling spread of visual references, this TASCHEN adventure attempts to set the record straight by offering a distinctive everyday take on Ancient Egypt.

Like a piece of published excavation, the book explores the many layers of this ancient society, digging down from the sacred or grandiose to the daily experiences and ordinary individuals. The democratic approach bestows this distant era with exciting vitality and relevance for all the family.

As we explore everything from family arrangements to leisure activities to labor movements, we not only uncover the different experiences of this ancient land but also parallels and precedents to our own societies. The result is a particularly vivid encounter with an ancient age and with some of our most ingenious and influential forebears.

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