The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs

"The Mind of Egypt presents an unprecedented account of the mainsprings of Egyptian civilization — the ideals, values, mentalities, belief systems, and aspirations that shaped the first territorial state in human history. Drawing on a range of literary, iconographic, and archaeological sources, the renowned historian Jan Assmann reconstructs a world of unparalleled complexity, a culture that, long before others, possessed an extraordinary degree of awareness and self-reflection.

• Author
• Jan Assmann, Andrew Edwin Jenkins

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 513

• Publisher
• Harvard University Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780674012110

• Genres
• history, egypt, egyptology, mythology, africa, religion

• Release date
• 2003