Tag: Egyptian

Free Download The Egyptian Revival: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West by James Stevens Curl
English | September 29, 2005 | ISBN: 0415361192, 0415361184 | True PDF | 608 pages | 23 MB
In this beautifully illustrated and closely argued book, a completely updated and much expanded third edition of his magisterial survey, Curl describes in lively and stimulating prose the numerous revivals of the Egyptian style from Antiquity to the present day. Drawing on a wealth of sources, his pioneering and definitive work analyzes the remarkable and persistent influence of Ancient Egyptian culture on the West.

Free Download Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom: Re, Amun and the Crisis of Polytheism (Studies in Egyptology) by Jan Assmann, translated by Anthony Alcock
English | April 27, 1995 | ISBN: 071030465X, 0367864916 | True EPUB | 248 pages | 2.2 MB
Revised and expanded, this volume deals with the religious traditions of ancient Egypt, which have come down to us in a state which is both extremely fragmentary and complex. New material – especially hymns collected in Theban tombs – now allows a much more precise allocation of religious texts and ideas in terms of time, place and social context.