Description

A generously illustrated selection of John Baines's influential writings on two core areas of ancient Egyptian civilization: the role of writing, which was very different in antiquity from what is familiar in the modern world, and the importance of visual culture. These questions are explored through a number of case studies. The volume assembles articles that were scattered in publications in a variety of disciplines, making available key contributions on core problems of theory, comparison, and analysis in the study of many civilizations and offering important points of departure for further research. Three wholly new essays are included, and the overall approach is an interdisciplinary one, synthesizing insights from archaeology, anthropology, and art history as well as Egyptology.

Features

• A collection of major studies by a leading scholar
• Synthesizes important issues for comparative and theoretical study of early civilizations, exemplified by Egypt

Product Details

440 pages; 49 black & white illus.; ISBN13: 978-0-19-957799-6ISBN10: 0-19-957799-4

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