The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
Subtitle: A Collection of Poems, Narratives, and Manuals of Instruction from the Third and Second Millennia BC
Contributors: Michael J. Hutt (Introduction, Translator)
Publisher: Kegan Paul
Published: April 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780710309655
Subjects: Literature: Texts; History; History - General History; History: World; Egypt; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Middle East - Egypt; Political Freedom & Security - General
First sentence: THE Literature of ancient Egypt is the product of a period of about four thousand years, and it was written in three kinds of writing, which are called hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic.