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Internet Ancient History Sourcebook:
Egypt
See Main Page for a guide to
all contents of all sections.
Contents
General
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The Old Kingdom (2705-2213 BCE)
[Dynasties 3-8]
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The New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE)
[Dynasties 18-20]
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Akhnaten [Amenhotep IV](r. 1363-1347 BCE)
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Post
Imperial Egypt (1070-332 BCE) [Dynasties 21-31]
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Religion
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WEB Egyptian Religion [Website-At Internet Archive, from Mankato]
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2ND Two Approaches to an Egyptian Pantheon [At
Internet Archive, from UNT]
- Origin Myths
- The Memphite Theology
- Isis and Osiris
- Death and Resurrection
- The
Dead Pharaoh Ascends to Heaven from Pyramid Texts (Ca. 2425-2300 B.C.) [At
Eliade Site]
Among the oldest Egyptian religious texts. At this stage survival is for the pharoah.
- The
Dead Pharaoh Becomes Osiris from Pyramid Texts [At Eliade Site]
- Osiris
- the Prototype of Every Soul Who Hopes to Conquer Death Coffin Texts, I, 197
[At Eliade Site]
The Coffin Texts from the interior of coffins, belong to the Middle Kingdom
(2250-1580 BCE) and indicate 'democratization' of the ancient funerary ritual - each soul
now hoped to achieve a ritual assimilation to the god. [At Eliade Site]
- Man's
Soul Identified with Osiris and Nature Coffin Texts 330 [At Eliade Site]
- Survival
as Ba, Survival in the Tomb are Complementary [At Eliade Site]
- The
Egyptian Land of Silence and Darkness [At Eliade Site]
- The Book of
Ani, or the Egyptian Book of the Dead [At Upenn][Full text in E. Wallis Budge's
translation.]
- Hymn to Ra, from the Book of Ani, [At this Site]
- Judgement of the Dead Book of
the Dead, Chapter 25 [At WSU]
- The
Egyptian Negative Confession Book of the Dead, Chapter 125 [At Eliade Site]
- Herodotus (c.490-c.425 BCE): Herodotus: Description of
Mummification, from The Histories [At this Site]
With link to a CT scan of a mummy.
- WEB Walk Like an Egyptian [Website-AOL]
An odd site in some respects, but has useful summaries of topics usch as Ma'at, Ba and Ka.
- WEB Death in Ancient Egypt [At
ABZU]
Includes an illustrated guide to various topics, including Ba and Ka.
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Art and Architecture
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Literature
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Music
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Everyday Life
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Mathematics
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Gender and Sexuality
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Nubia
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Libya and Western North
Africa
- Accounts of Ancient Mauretania, c. 430 BCE- 550 CE
[At this Site]
From Herodotus, Strabo, and Procopius of Caesarea
- Herodotus (c.490-c.425 BCE): On Libya, from The
Histories, c. 430 BCE [At this Site]
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Modern Perspectives on Egypt
- Black Athena Debate [Modern Accounts]
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NOTES:
Dates of accession of material added since July 1998 can be seen in the New Additions page..
The date of inception was
4/8/1998.
Links to files at other site are indicated by [At some indication of the site
name or location].
Locally available texts are marked by [At this Site].
WEB indicates a link to one of small
number of high quality web sites which provide either more texts or an especially valuable
overview.
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