Aegyptische Urkunden Aus Den Koeniglichen Museen Zu Berlin, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

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The great series of granite stelae at San have suffered severely every one of them having been used up for building material in later times, and all but one being broken. Their loss, however, is not so much due to this injury as to the severe weathering, which had before they were thus used up, scaled off the surface from most of them. For a statement of their dimensions see Part I., sect. 24, where the plan number of the largest is misprinted 161 for 164. The inscriptions, so far as they are legible, are given here in Nos. 69 to 82. No 78 bis I had supposed might be the missing piece of No. 78, but on comparing them together this is seen not to be the case for several reasons. The upper part of stele 196 (plan) may be seen in the foreground of the photograph, pl. Xiv. 5, in Part I. The fragments (inscrips. 83 to 86)

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Mars Hill was born in Arkansas. He received a BA in Architectural Engineering from a University of Illinois and an MA in African-American Studies as well as a DA in Humanistic Studies from the State University of New York at Albany. He lives with his wife, Alvania, in Albany, New York.

Riassunto

The window shades to the outside world began to rise. I would soon be eight. I searched the heavens on starlit nights for the Dippers...I searched for the North Star and found it. Papa knew exactly where it was. If I had had to think about it at all, I'm sure I would have thought it would remain that way. I knew no other way, but at home with Mama and Papa. I had heard Uncle Pet say that he had taken his money out of the banks. I hadn't lived long enough to recognize the real meaning of those warnings. The Moaner's Bench is a powerful novel that distills a lifetime of experience into the story of an African-American boy coming of age in the Depression-era South. Sun Hughes is the youngest child in a middle-class Baptist family. Protected by his parents' affluence, his life is sheltered and full of wonder--but when the Depression hits, the family's fortunes wane, and Sun's innocence is lost as well. Sent to live with his Uncle Pet, a proud and zealous Baptist who decides to make sure his nephew "gets religion," Sun grows up--and grows wise--as the world his Mama and Papa kept at a distance slowly comes into focus, in stark black and white. A moaner's bench, literally, is a bench on which sinners must kneel in the Baptist church while waiting for the Spirit to strike them into repentance. To repent--and to understand what one is repenting for--one must first acknowledge that a sin has been committed at a given place and time, and then wrestle with the truth of the evidence. This experience of searching for the truth is the first step toward healing. The Moaner's Bench is ultimately a story of healing--healing within oneself, healing between oneself and another, and healing within a nation. Rendered in lyrical prose and suffused with a sly sense of humor, The Moaner's Bench brings to life a time and place that has had a profound impact upon this nation and enables us, through the eyes of Sun Hughes, to understand our past--and ourselves--more clearly.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Konigliche Museen Zu Berlin, Königliche Museen Zu Berlin
• Editore: Fb&c Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2018
• Pagine: 700
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 36 mm
• Peso: 921 g
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità