Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt by Jan Assmann

Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt

Jan Assmann with David Lorton (Translator)

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 images o...

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