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04383aam a2200577Ii 4500 001 576BE28AF05511E7964A246697128E48 003 SILO 005 20180103010226 008 150514t20152015enkab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1784532754 020 $a 9781784532758 035 $a (OCoLC)909251115 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c ERASA $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d NLE $d OCLCO $d CDX $d BDX $d NYP $d NDD $d JHE $d MUU $d OCLCF $d NGU $d VVC $d MEAUC $d OCL $d CHVBK $d OVY $d S3O $d MNY $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a f-ua--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/f-ua 050 4 $a DT83 $b .D47 2015 082 04 $a 932-933 082 04 $a 939.4 $2 23 100 1 $a Derricourt, Robin M., $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83070814 245 10 $a Antiquity imagined : $b the remarkable legacy of Egypt and the Ancient Near East / $c Robin Derricourt. 264 1 $a London ; $b I.B. Tauris, $c 2015. 300 $a xi, 288 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 505 0 $a Mystical roles for ancient Egypt -- Pyramidologies and myramid mysteries -- Mummies and their changing reputation -- Egyptocentrism : illusions of global influence -- The blight of 'race' -- Race reversed : the Afrocentric challenge -- Creating narratives of 'the Holy Land' -- Conflicted pasts of Israel : politics, religion, identity -- Lost tribes -- Distant links : Apostolic travellers -- Changing images : history and prehistory in Egypt and the ancient Near East. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-280) and index. 520 $a Explores how the past of Egypt and the Middle East have been creatively interpretated by later ages. 520 8 $a Outsiders have long attributed to the Middle East, and especially to ancient Egypt, meanings that go way beyond the rational and observable. The region has been seen as the source of civilization, religion, the sciences and the arts; but also of mystical knowledge and outlandish theories, whether about the Lost City of Atlantis or visits by alien beings. In his exploration of how its past has been creatively interpreted by later ages, Robin Derricourt surveys the various claims that have been made for Egypt -- particularly the idea that it harbours an esoteric wisdom vital to the world's survival. He looks at 'alternative' interpretations of the pyramids, from maps of space and time to landing markers for UFOs; at images of the Egyptian mummy and at the popular mythology of the 'pharaoh's curse'; and at imperialist ideas of racial superiority that credited Egypt with spreading innovations and inventions as far as the Americas, Australia and China. Including arcane ideas about the Lost Ten Tribes of biblical Israel, the author enlarges his focus to include the Levant. His book is the first to show in depth how ancient Egypt and the surrounding lands have so continuously and seductively tantalised the Western imagination. 651 0 $a Egypt $x History $y To 640 A.D. $v Miscellanea. 651 0 $a Palestine $x History $y To 70 A.D. $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Civilization, Western $x Egyptian influences. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026490 650 0 $a Civilization, Western $x Middle Eastern influences. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96000788 650 7 $a Civilization, Western $x Egyptian influences. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00863147 650 7 $a Civilization, Western $x Middle Eastern influences. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00863159 651 7 $a Egypt. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208755 651 7 $a Middle East $z Palestine. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01207534 650 7 $a Rezeption. $0 (DE-588)4049716-1 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Moderne. $0 (DE-588)4039827-4 $2 gnd 651 7 $a AÌgypten. $0 (DE-588)4068430-1 $2 gnd 651 7 $a Alter Orient. $0 (DE-588)4001451-4 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Historieforskning $x historia. $2 sao 650 7 $a Historiografi. $2 sao 650 7 $a Egyptiska influenser. $2 sao 650 7 $a Antika influenser. $2 sao 651 4 $a Egypten. 651 4 $a Mesopotamien. 651 4 $a MellanoÌstern. 648 7 $a To 640 $2 fast 648 7 $a Forntiden $2 sao 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 655 7 $a Miscellanea. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423854 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423854 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020012537.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=576BE28AF05511E7964A246697128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search