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Author Harris, J. R. (John Richard)

Title The legacy of Egypt / edited by J. R. Harris.

Publication Info. Oxford [Eng.] : Clarendon Press, 1971.

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 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  932 LEG    Check Shelf
Edition Second edition.
Description 510 pages : 24 plates. ; 19 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographies.
Note First ed. by S. R. K. Glanville.
Contents The calendars and chronology / by Richard A. Parker -- Mathematics and astronomy / by G.J. Toomer -- The canonical tradition / by Erik Iversen -- Technology and materials / by J.R. Harris -- Mystery, myth, and magic / by A.A. Barb -- The hieroglyphic tradition / by Erik Iversen -- Language and writing / by J. Černý -- Literature / by Georges Posener -- Egypt and Israel / by Ronald J. Williams -- The concept of law in ancient Egypt / by Aristide Théodoridès -- Graeco-Roman Egypt / by Claire Préaux -- The Greek papyri / by C.H. Roberts -- Christian and Coptic Egypt / by A.F. Shore -- The legacy to Africa / by P.L. Shinnie -- The contribution to Islam / by Bernard Lewis.
Subject Egypt -- Civilization.
Civilization -- history -- Egypt.
History of Medicine -- Egypt.
Added Author Glanville, S. R. K. (Stephen Ranulph Kingdon), 1900-1956, editor. Legacy of Egypt.
ISBN 0198219121
9780198219125
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