Gifts from the pharaohs
Subtitle: how Egyptian civilization shaped the modern world
By: Christi[a]ne Desroches Noblecourt
Publisher: Flammarion; FLAMMARION
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9782080305626
Subjects: Egypt; Western Civilization; Egyptian influences; Antiquities
Work titles: Fabuleux héritage de l'Égypte
Notes: Translation of: Le Fabuleux héritage de l'Egypte.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The calendar; title: The lion and the locusts; title: The frog : from protohistory to the Christian church; title: Fish, taboos, and resurrection; title: The game of goose and the Greeks; title: Saint George and Saint Christopher; title: From turquoise mines to the alphabet; title: Egyptian medicine; title: Architecture and its heritage; title: Words that traveled; title: The legacy of Egypt in Israel, or Joseph and Egypt; title: Wisdom; title: Theogamy, the myth of the mother goddess, and the sacred bark; title: The secret of the sanctuaries; title: Chronology.