Aan de hand van voorwerpen uit de collectie van het Leidse Rijksmuseum van Oudheden wordt een beeld gegeven van de dodencultus in het Oude Egypte.

Archeologische opgravingen in het Nabije Oosten hebben geen concrete onderbouwing opgeleverd voor de ontstaansgeschiedenis van het volk Israël zoals die in de Bijbel is beschreven. Rohl zoekt, samen met een team van wetenschappers, sinds vele jaren naar een oplossing van dit probleem. Dit boek geeft op populair - wetenschappelijke wijze de resultaten weer van dit onderzoek. De auteur geeft aan dat de oorzaak van dit probleem te herleiden is op een dateringsfout in de chronologie van de Farao's. Dit heeft belangrijke consequenties voor de archeologie van de Bijbel. Wetenschappers hebben tot nu toe in de jonge lagen gegraven en daarom niets gevonden. De ware sporen liggen dieper! Gewapend met zijn herziene datering neemt de auteur ons mee op een boeiende reis langs de puinhopen van het verleden, op zoek naar Israël en Egypte, het Kanaän en tijde van Jozua en het welvarende rijk van Salomo.

Over 3000 years ago, Nefertari, the favourite queen of Ramesses II, was buried in a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. The discovery of the tomb by Ernesto Schiaparelli in 1904 began a process of drastic deterioration which remained unchecked until 1988 when emergancy consolidation and restoration began. This guide takes the reader through each chamber, describing the hieroglyphic messages depicted in the wall paintings, and discussing the images within the context of religious beliefs. An insight is offered into the life of Nefertari and the Valley of the Queens, and on the development and symbolism of royal tombs generally and their construction and decoration. The author discusses the discovery and degradation of the tomb, and the crucial role of the getty Conservation Institute in restoring and stabilizing the wall paintings. The dangers and risks to such tombs in the future are also addressed.

When we think of "The Sphinx," two notions come to mind: the massive carving at the edge of the Libyan desert by Cairo and the fearful creature of classical myth who posed high-stakes riddles to passers by. While this book focuses squarely on the former sphinx, the very existence of this formidable monument poses riddles all its own.
The first book devoted to the fabled Great Sphinx of Gizeh in over fifty years, this magnificently illustrated volume provides a long overdue and balanced assessment of recent claims about the age of the Sphinx. Defined by its straight-forward style, inviting to seasoned Egyptologist and interested tourist alike, Riddles of the Sphinx skillfully combines text and image, description and photographic detail, to offer a remarkably complete account of this mysterious, majestic figure.

Röntgenologisch onderzoek van de mummies van Egyptisch^ koningen en hun familieleden in het Egyptisch Museum te Cairo leverde even boeiende als verrassende resultaten op. Tot de best bewaarde mummies behoren die van farao Amenhotep I (boven), Toeja (onder) en Joeja (voorplaat), de schoonouders van farao Amenhotep III.

Bab el-Gasus, the hidden burial place of the priests, was discovered by French Egyptologists at the late date of 1891. They ultimately found 153 sets of mummy coffins. In the late nineteenth century, the Egyptian authorities distributed these coffins among seventeen friendly countries, including the Netherlands, France, and Vatican City. Today, many of the coffins are in poor condition, with flaking paint and fading colours. The three-thousand-year-old mummy coffins of the priests of Amun in Thebes form the focus of this exhibition. You will discover the world of these servants of the god Amun, learning about their ways of life and their central rituals of death and burial. Special attention will be devoted to the restoration of the mummy coffins now taking place in collaboration with the Vatican Museums and the Louvre. Exhibition: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, The Netherlands (20.04.-15.09.2013).

Of the ancient art that has survived from the non-Classical world, that of Egypt makes a unique appeal. In this authoritative and splendidly illustrated guide Cyril Aldred surveys nearly 3000 years of Egyptian art and architecture, concentrating on the fine arts of painting and sculpture.

From the geometrical precision of the pyramids to the golden treasures found in Tutankhamun's tomb, the art of ancient Egypt has an enduring capacity to attract and intrigue. These remarkable works of art are the concrete expression of the ancient Egyptians' way of life and their attitudes to religion and the afterlife. In this clear and comprehensive introduction, Jaromir Malek deftly traces Egyptian art from its prehistoric origins, through 3, 000 years of astonishing achievements in the era of the pharaohs, to the conquest of Egypt by the Romans.

Why was a humble dung beetle chosen to represent the sun god as Khepri, or a desert jackal to represent Anubis, the embalmer god? Ancient Egyptian religion, with its many gods and symbols, has always been a source of wonder and mystery to the monotheistic West. In this compact guide to the gods and symbols of ancient Egypt many puzzling and intriguing questions are answered in nearly 300 entries, ranging from Acacia to Wreath. Over 100 illustrations, with extended captions, complement the text and the book also includes a chronological table, bibliography and index.

The author begins with a history of ancient Egypt and a list of its kings, and then plunges into the daily life of the people from the cradle to the grave and beyond - their manners and customs, trade and commerce, their literature and religious beliefs. Dr. Budge examines the Egyptian family and school, the furniture, jewelry, food and drink of the household, Egyptian society, Egyptians at work and play, the Egyptian religions and its temples, its numerous gods and priests, Egyptian writing, literature and knowledge of medicine, astrology and alchemy. The book concludes with the Egyptian dead, Heaven and Hell, and the future life.

The rich and extensive floodplain of the River Nile can claim to be the cradle of one of the earliest and most spectacular civilizations of antiquity. Ancient Egypt: A Social History, first published in 1983, presents an innovative perspective on the ancient societies which flourished in the Nile Valley from the Predynastic period to the conquest by Alexander the Great. From the introduction of a subsistence economy through the establishment of the first agricultural communities to the development of urban centres and the political state, this volume traces the process of political, social and economic change. The emphasis on the social and economic aspects of Egyptian society and the integration of archaeological and historical data mark a new departure in Egyptian studies.

The ancient Egyptians used pictures - each representing a word, a syllable or a sound - for writing. The alphabet itself consisted of 24 signs and there were over 700 different signs in all. These signs, or letters, are known as Hieroglyphs and were first used around 3000 BC and only replaced by coptic (a form of Greek script) in the fourth century BC as being considered unsuitable for the writing of Christian texts.

Indispensable reference by noted Egyptologist contains every word of ancient Egyptian text, vital repository of Egyptian religious doctrine, grouped according to hieroglyphic symbols in the standard scholarly system of Roman alphabetization. A phonetic version and definition are provided for each word, along with a helpful Index to English equivalents of Egyptian words in the text.

This fascinating, erudite, generously illustrated study offers comprehensive and meticulously detailed coverage of mummification processes, burial practices and goods, ritual texts, gods, graves, coffins, the Book of the Dead, and much more.

Dit boek ontsluit de schatkamer van de middeleeuwse verhaalkunst. Het gaat om verhalen rond Karel de Grote en zijn vazallen, Artur en zijn ridders, Siegfried en andere helden uit de Germaanse epiek, om satirische dierenepiek zoals Reynaert de Vos, om beroemde liefdesparen als Lancelot en Guenevere, Tristan en Isoude, Floris en Blanchefleur en om de vertellingen rond de `ridders' uit de Oudheid zoals Hector, Alexander en Eneas. De auteurs traceren ook het voortleven van deze verhalen tot in onze tijd.

"In this remarkable new book, M. H. Abrams definitively studies the Romantic Age (1789-1835)--the age in which Shelley claimed that "the literature of England has arisen as it were from a new birth." Abrams shows that the major poets of the age had in common important themes, modes of expression, and ways of feeling and imagining; that the writings of these poets were an integral part of a comprehensive intellectual tendency which manifested itself in philosophy as well as poetry, in England and in Germany; and that this tendency was causally related to drastic political and social changes of the age. But Abrams offers more than a work of scholarship, for he ranges before and after, to place the age in Western culture. he reveals what is traditional and what is revolutionary in the period, providing insights into those same two forces in the ideas of today. He shows that central Romantic ideas and forms of imagination were secularized versions of traditional theological concepts, imagery, and design, and that modern literature participates in the same process. Our comprehension of this age and of our own time is deepened by a work astonishing in its learning, vision, and humane understanding." -- Provided by publisher.

50 portretten van Nederlandse schrijvers 1952 - 1965

Reizen in het voetspoor of in de geest van de Oudgriekse geschiedschrijver.

Stemmen op schrift vertelt in een breed en meeslepend cultuurhistorisch verhaal hoe de Nederlandse literatuur in enkele eeuwen van niet-bestaand volwassen werd. Natuurlijk komen de klassiekers van de Middelnederlandse literatuur uitgebreid aan bod, maar ook obscure teksten die tot nu toe alleen bij de specialisten bekend waren. Met visie en passie geschreven, verhaalt Stemmen op schrift over middeleeuwse Nederlandse boeken, maar ook Latijnse, Franse, Duitse en zelfs oudsyrische. Over de grote processen achter de middeleeuwse literatuur: over hoe het Nederlands op schrift kwam, het ontstaan van de hoofse cultuur, de expansie van de steden en de 'bevrijdingstheologie' van middeleeuwse vrouwenmystiek. Over de grote teksten en auteurs: de eerste Nederlandse schrijver Hendrik van Veldeke, het miljoen verzen van Middelnederlandse ridderromans, de wereldwijd onvergelijkelijke Hadewijch en een vernieuwde kijk op Jacob van Maerlant. Maar ook over kreupele Margriet, over treffende gezegden van weleer als 'Wee de muis die maar één gaatje weet', en over het allereerste werk uit de westerse literatuur met als hoofdpersoon een sympathieke zwarte.

After the opening essay on the general significance of literature, Eco examines a number of major authors from the Western canon. A stimulating chapter on the poetic qualities of Dantes Paradiso is followed by one on the style of the Communist Manifesto. The next three essays centre on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literature: one on the French writer Nervals masterpiece, Sylvie (a major influence on Eco and a novella that he translated into Italian), one on Oscar Wildes love of paradox, and one on Joyces views on language. The last three pieces deal with the road that leads from Cervantes via Swift to Borges Library of Babel, then an essay on Ecos own anxiety about Borges influence on him, and the volume ends with an article on the enigmatic Italian critic and anthropologist Piero Camporesi. ON LITERATURE is a provocative and entertaining collection of sprightly essays on the key texts that have shaped Eco the novelist and critic. This volume will appeal to anyone interested in how new light is shed on old masters by a great contemporary mind.

Bundel korte, populaire stukjes over diverse aspecten van de Nederlandse taal.