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Divided by History

Roots of Sudanese Conflict

af Peter Dixon ...

Do you wonder how the past affects today’s violent conflict?Tragic turmoil in Sudan and South Sudan reminds us how fragile peace can be.Sudanese civil wars were not ended by formation of a new state. Violence has continued in South Sudan and we see today that the North is by no means peaceful.Current politics matter. Yet the origins of today’s violence stretch back into past centuries. And much of ... Læs mere

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Do you wonder how the past affects today’s violent conflict?Tragic turmoil in Sudan and South Sudan reminds us how fragile peace can be.Sudanese civil wars were not ended by formation of a new state. Violence has continued in South Sudan and we see today that the North is by no means peaceful.Current politics matter. Yet the origins of today’s violence stretch back into past centuries. And much of
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The Crocodiles

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af Youssef Rakha ...

Oversat af Robin Moger ...

Translated from the Arabic by Robin MogerA ferocious and urgent novel of the Arab Spring that begins with a suicide and ends with a doomed revolution, covering sex, violence, metafiction, deception, lost youth, and the last thirty years of a living, breathing, daring, burning, culturally infested Cairo.Youssef Rakha's novel is narrated by a man who looks back on the magical and explosive period of ... Læs mere

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Veritas

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af Ariel Sabar ...

From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author comes the gripping true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that shook Harvard.In 2012, Dr. Karen King, a star religion professor at Harvard, announced a breathtaking discovery just steps from the Vatican: she’d found an ancient scrap of papyrus in which Jesus calls Mary Magdalene “my wife.” The mysterious manuscript, ... Læs mere

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From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author comes the gripping true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that shook Harvard.In 2012, Dr. Karen King, a star religion professor at Harvard, announced a breathtaking discovery just steps from the Vatican: she’d found an ancient scrap of papyrus in which Jesus calls Mary Magdalene “my wife.” The mysterious manuscript,
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Isis the Divine Female

af Moustafa Gadalla ...

This Expanded Edition explains the divine female principle as the source of creation-both metaphysically and physically; the feminine dual nature of Isis with Nephthys; the relationship (and one-ness) of the female and male principles; the numerology of Isis and Osiris; Isis' role as the Virgin Mother; explanation of about twenty female deities as the manifestations of the feminine attributes; the ... Læs mere

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This Expanded Edition explains the divine female principle as the source of creation-both metaphysically and physically; the feminine dual nature of Isis with Nephthys; the relationship (and one-ness) of the female and male principles; the numerology of Isis and Osiris; Isis' role as the Virgin Mother; explanation of about twenty female deities as the manifestations of the feminine attributes; the
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The Origins of the Libyan Nation

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af Anna Baldinetti ...

Serier serie Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History
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A History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic Period to the Death of Cleopatra VII B.C. 30 (Routledge Revivals)

Vol. VII: Egypt Under the Saites, Persians and Ptolemies

af E. A. Budge ...

Serier serie Routledge Revivals
Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was Keeper of the British Museum’s department of oriental antiquities from 1894 until his retirement in 1924. Carrying out many missions to Egypt in search of ancient objects, Budge was hugely successful in collecting papyri, statues and other artefacts for the trustees of the British Museum: numbering into the thousands and of great cultural and historical ... Læs mere

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af Raja Adal ...

Serier serie Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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af Ismail Nachef ...

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af Saint-Marc Girardin, Comte Benedetti, Armand Lefebvre ...

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af Doctor Joyce Tyldesley ...

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af Hester Donaldson Jenkins, Sadie Whitlock ...

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História de Unamón

af Instituto de Pesquisa de Manuscritos ...

A História de Unamón, também chamada de Relato de Unamón ou As Desventuras de Unamón, é considerada um dos primeiros relatos de aventura que sobreviveram. Ao contrário de muitas culturas vizinhas, os egípcios geralmente não escreviam narrativas históricas, e, portanto, o texto deve ter começado como uma autobiografia de Unamón por volta de 1065 a.C. A única cópia parcialmente preservada parece ter ... Læs mere

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To Abu Simbel and Back

Cruising on the Nile and Discovering Ancient Egypt

af Otto Schmalz, P. Eng., Gertrud Schmalz ...

In November 2001, mere months after the deadly attacks in New York on 9/11, Otto Schmalz and his wife embarked on a journey to Egypt. With security being more stringent and fewer travellers venturing outside of their homelands, tourism in Egypt was down ninety percent, which made it easier to get a close look at the breath-taking monuments and temples.For fourteen days, Otto and his tour ... Læs mere

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In November 2001, mere months after the deadly attacks in New York on 9/11, Otto Schmalz and his wife embarked on a journey to Egypt. With security being more stringent and fewer travellers venturing outside of their homelands, tourism in Egypt was down ninety percent, which made it easier to get a close look at the breath-taking monuments and temples.For fourteen days, Otto and his tour
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Mendes

af Lyra Kadesh ...

Mendes – The City of the Ram God There is a hidden point in the fabric of time where the visible and the invisible intertwine — and it pulses on the forgotten edges of a city that was never ruin, but always rite. In an Egypt that predates the Egypt of the pharaohs, a silent presence shaped the course of the Nile: the Ram of Mendes, not as a symbol, but as an incarnate soul, the essence of the ... Læs mere

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Mendes – The City of the Ram God There is a hidden point in the fabric of time where the visible and the invisible intertwine — and it pulses on the forgotten edges of a city that was never ruin, but always rite. In an Egypt that predates the Egypt of the pharaohs, a silent presence shaped the course of the Nile: the Ram of Mendes, not as a symbol, but as an incarnate soul, the essence of the
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Ancient Egypt and Nubia — Fully Explained: A New History of the Nile Valley Civilizations of Kemet and Kush

af Adam Muksawa ...

The story of Egypt and Nubia — like never told before. This delightfully written book begins thousands of years before the Great Pyramids. And it ends with the rise of the Kushite kings. It details who exactly the pharaohs were, and their special relationship with the Nubians. Of course, this special relationship was very much based on the Nile — a geographic asset like no other. As a side note, ... Læs mere

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Ancient Egypt in the Modern Imagination

Art, Literature and Culture

Redigeret af Eleanor Dobson, Nichola Tonks ...

Ancient Egypt has always been a source of fascination to writers, artists and architects in the West. This book is the first study to address representations of Ancient Egypt in the modern imagination, breaking down conventional disciplinary boundaries between fields such as History, Classics, Art History, Fashion, Film, Archaeology, Egyptology, and Literature to further a nuanced understanding of ... Læs mere

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Into the Hands of the Soldiers

Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East

af David D. Kirkpatrick ...

A poignant, deeply human portrait of Egypt during the Arab Spring, told through the lives of individualsA FINANCIAL TIMES AND AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'This will be the must read on the destruction of Egypt's revolution and democratic moment' Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director of Human Rights Watch'Sweeping, passionate ... An essential work of reportage for our time' Philip Gourev... ... Læs mere

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Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Egypt

Redigeret af Robert Springborg, Amr Adly, Anthony Gorman, Tamir Moustafa, Aisha Saad, Naomi Sakr, Sarah Smierciak ...

Investigating key features of contemporary Egypt, this volume includes Egypt’s modern history, politics, economics, the legal system, environment, and its media and modes of cultural expression. It examines Egypt’s capacities to meet developmental challenges, ranging from responding to globalization and regional competition to generating sufficient economic growth and political inclusion to ... Læs mere

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Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity

af Samuel Sharpe ...

With over 100 illustrations, Sharpe covers subjects like gods who had been mortals, burial ceremonies, the worship of ancestors and kings, Osiris, wives and priestesses and the theory of creation. As the title of the book suggests, it also contains info on Egyptian Christianity and covers the rise of Alexandria, the rebellions against Rome, the council of Nicaea and the conversions of temples into ... Læs mere

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The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek

af E. A. Wallis Budge ...

The Kebra Negast (The Glory of The Kings), of which this book is a translation, is an Ethiopian work which is held in high regard because it is 'proof' of the lineage of the Ethiopian people which can be traced back to the bloodline of Solomon. The book itself has legends and traditions, some of which are historical, some of which are folk tales. ... Læs mere

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Lo Que Cayó Del Cielo

af Ruben Ygua ...

Siglos antes de los primeros faraones, cuando los grandes reinos aún no habían nacido, tribus primitivas constituían las primeras aldeas en los valles de los grandes ríos Nilo, Éufrates y Tigris, en Anatolia y al borde de desiertos y montañas. Las comunidades sedentarias ya existían milenios antes de la agricultura y la domesticación de animales, habitadas por clanes cazadores-recolectores, que ... Læs mere

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Siglos antes de los primeros faraones, cuando los grandes reinos aún no habían nacido, tribus primitivas constituían las primeras aldeas en los valles de los grandes ríos Nilo, Éufrates y Tigris, en Anatolia y al borde de desiertos y montañas. Las comunidades sedentarias ya existían milenios antes de la agricultura y la domesticación de animales, habitadas por clanes cazadores-recolectores, que
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Memphis: The First Capital of Egypt

Birth of a Civilization, Rise of the Old Kingdom, and the Archaeology of Egypt’s Earliest Metropolis

af Blackbird House ...

Serier serie City Biographies
Long before Alexandria rose to power and before Thebes reached its glory, there was Memphis — the first capital of a unified Egypt and the beating heart of a civilization that shaped the ancient world.For more than three thousand years, Memphis stood at the crossroads of political authority, religious innovation, and cultural creativity. Today, little of the city remains above ground — but beneath ... Læs mere

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Long before Alexandria rose to power and before Thebes reached its glory, there was Memphis — the first capital of a unified Egypt and the beating heart of a civilization that shaped the ancient world.For more than three thousand years, Memphis stood at the crossroads of political authority, religious innovation, and cultural creativity. Today, little of the city remains above ground — but beneath
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Current Events: The Arab Spring (Illustrated)

af Charles River Editors ...

A barrel of gunpowder is relatively safe until a match is put to it, and then theres a big bang and an awful mess. Set the barrel in an arsenal with other explosives and flammable materials, and theres no telling how bad that mess will be. In 1914 an Archduke was shot, not a very special murder in and of itself, but it set off World War I, and that spread across a continent ready and waiting for ... Læs mere

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A barrel of gunpowder is relatively safe until a match is put to it, and then theres a big bang and an awful mess. Set the barrel in an arsenal with other explosives and flammable materials, and theres no telling how bad that mess will be. In 1914 an Archduke was shot, not a very special murder in and of itself, but it set off World War I, and that spread across a continent ready and waiting for
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Divided by History

The Crocodiles

Veritas

Isis the Divine Female

The Origins of the Libyan Nation

A History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic Period to the Death of Cleopatra VII B.C. 30 (Routledge Revivals)

Die mohamedanisch-arabische Kulturperiode (Kommentiert)

Beauty in the Age of Empire

L'architecture de la perte

Méhémet-Ali

The Pharaohs

Ibrahim Pasha: Grand Vizir of Suleiman the Magnificent

História de Unamón

To Abu Simbel and Back

Mendes

Ancient Egypt and Nubia — Fully Explained: A New History of the Nile Valley Civilizations of Kemet and Kush

Ancient Egypt in the Modern Imagination

Into the Hands of the Soldiers

Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Egypt

Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity

The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek

Lo Que Cayó Del Cielo

Memphis: The First Capital of Egypt

Current Events: The Arab Spring (Illustrated)