Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt by David Lorton, Jan Assmann

Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt

David Lorton, Jan Assmann

490 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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"Human beings," the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, "are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, and culture is the world they create so they can live with that knowledge." In his new book, Assmann explores imag...

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