The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs.(Book Review)

From: The Historian | Date: June 22, 2004| Author: Nicholson, Paul T. | Copyright information

The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs. By Jan Assman. Translated by Andrew Jenkins. (New York: Metropolitan books, 2002. Pp. xi, 513. $35.00.)

With so many books on Pharaonic Egypt appearing each year it might seem difficult to say anything new or original. This important book succeeds in doing both, presenting to its readers a vision of Egypt as the Egyptians themselves saw it.

Jan Assman states that "My focus is not on 'actual h...

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