The adoption of Christianity by the Egyptian populace was well underway by the late third century, but evidence for its presence in the archaeological record from the Nile valley is sparse.
Einmal durch den keltischen Jahreskreis führt diese ungewöhnliche Pilgerreise und hebt dabei ausgewählte Schätze schottischer und irischer Erzählkunst.
Steeped in honey, Juventius, your golden eyes, and as sweet too when I press my lips to them - three hundred thousand kisses is not close to enoughFor centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed.
El Instituto Universitario de Lingüística Andrés Bello viene desarrollando desde hace casi cinco décadas una amplia labor investigadora en el campo de la lingüística teórica y aplicada.
Discover the gods, goddesses, and heroes from Norse mythology with this beautiful handbook that captures the ancient stories that captivated the Vikings.
Hailed as a sumptuously produced and finely illustrated outstanding contribution to ancient Egyptian studies, this facsimile reprint of Patrick Houlihan’s 1986 comprehensive study makes a welcome return in the Oxbow Classics in Egyptology series.
Tell el-Amarna is the modern name for the ancient Egyptian city of Akhenaten, situated in a bay of hills formed by the cliffs of the eastern desert about halfway between Cairo and Luxor.
Hailed as a sumptuously produced and finely illustrated outstanding contribution to ancient Egyptian studies, this facsimile reprint of Patrick Houlihan’s 1986 comprehensive study makes a welcome return in the Oxbow Classics in Egyptology series.
Tell el-Amarna is the modern name for the ancient Egyptian city of Akhenaten, situated in a bay of hills formed by the cliffs of the eastern desert about halfway between Cairo and Luxor.
Un nuevo libro de la exitosa colección Mitos nórdicos, con los cinco episodios más emblemáticos del universo vikingo, desde la creación de Yggdrasil y los nueve mundos hasta el Ragnarök, la batalla del fin del mundo.
This English translation of Giorgio Buccellati's ambitious work offers readers an insightful discussion of ancient Mesopotamian religion and spirituality in its relationship to the biblical ethos.
This English translation of Giorgio Buccellati's ambitious work offers readers an insightful discussion of ancient Mesopotamian religion and spirituality in its relationship to the biblical ethos.
Gabriel offers a startling new look at Judaism and Christianity by attempting to trace their historical theological roots, not to the revelations of God, but to the common theological ancestor, the religions of ancient Egypt.
Die Kulte, Mythen und Mysterien unserer Mutter Erde werden in diesem Buch dargestellt, eine umfassende Kulturgeschichte der Erdverehrung, die ihren thematischen Bogen spannt von der Jungsteinzeit über Altindien, Griechenland und die keltisch-germanische Welt bis zu spirituellen Naturforschern wie Leonardo da Vinci, Kepler und Goethe.
This volume offers an accessible investigation of the Naassene discourse embedded in the anonymous Refutation of All Heresies (completed about 222 CE), in order to understand the theology and ritual life of the Naassene Christian movement in the late second and early third centuries CE.
This volume offers an accessible investigation of the Naassene discourse embedded in the anonymous Refutation of All Heresies (completed about 222 CE), in order to understand the theology and ritual life of the Naassene Christian movement in the late second and early third centuries CE.
Offering a reading of the intermarriage debate and expulsion of the foreign women in Ezra 9-10, this book engages with the production and performance of masculinities in this biblical text, shifting the focus away from the 'foreign women' to the men who are the primary actors in this work.
First published in 1929, The Mystery of the Great Pyramid attempts to unravel the secrets of the Great Pyramid by drawing parallels with the rituals in the Book of the Dead.
First published in 1929, The Mystery of the Great Pyramid attempts to unravel the secrets of the Great Pyramid by drawing parallels with the rituals in the Book of the Dead.
First published in 1979 this facsimile edition of Jeffrey Spencer’s comprehensive study provides a detailed account of the brick architecture of ancient Egypt.
First published in 1979 this facsimile edition of Jeffrey Spencer’s comprehensive study provides a detailed account of the brick architecture of ancient Egypt.
From the 90 or so articles he has published in the last two decades Professor Lloyd has chosen fifteen of the most important and influential to be reprinted in this collection.
From the 90 or so articles he has published in the last two decades Professor Lloyd has chosen fifteen of the most important and influential to be reprinted in this collection.
Die Mythen und Legenden Vorderasiens sind mehr als nur Geschichten: Sie sind Fenster zu vergangenen Zivilisationen, die uns zeigen, wie unsere Vorfahren die Welt um sich herum wahrnahmen.
The late archaeologist Zakaria Ghoneim presents to us attractive details about his discovery and the work of excavations day after day, and tells us the story of the research, which is the story of jihad and struggle for three long years, his method of choosing the site, his method of cleaning and making probes, and his problems when he uncovered the upper part of the building and then the lower, and when he entered the burial chamber and when he opened the coffin.
The first of its kind, this book presents a wide range of passages exploring many aspects of the Greco-Roman watery world: physics, philosophy, weather, medicine, marine biology, religion and mythology, infrastructure, sailing, mercantile activities, and waterways that have been politicized.
