The Silver Eye

About the author

Susan Brind Morrow studied Classics, Arabic and Egyptology at Columbia University. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship for her work on the Pyramid Texts.

Summary

The first proper translation of the Egyptian Pyramid Texts (The Book of the Dead) reveals their beauty as literature and their profound importance.

Additional text

The translation is quite magnificent ... an ideal book for anyone with a fascination in the Egyptian period' Nudge Book.

Product details

• Authors: Adam LeBor, Susan Brind Morrow, Morrow Susan Brind
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.01.2016, delayed
• EAN: 9781784972387
• ISBN: 978-1-78497-238-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 242 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Non Fiction, Ancient Egypt