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Přes sílící proud vědeckých informací o starém Egyptě přetrvává představa Egypta jako tajuplné země. Egypt stále přitahuje mnohé, pro něž jsou výsledky vědeckého bádání až příliš racionální. Jeden z největších soudobých znalců staroegyptského náboženství, jazyka a kultury se v této knize zabývá právě tímto "druhým Egyptem" – staroegyptskými kořeny astrologie, alchymie, ale také hermetismu a gnosticismu, rozšířením kultů božstev Isidy a Osirida, vlivem staroegyptských náboženských představ na křesťanství, renesanční učence, rosekruciány, svobodné zednáře a další tajné společnosti.

Focuses on the wall paintings and reliefs in the tombs of the Valley of the Kings, describing their appearance and interpretation, and calls attention to their potential destruction from such causes as tourism

The night-journey of the Egyptian Sungod unfolds over twelve hours, each offering profound insights into the human psyche. This exploration delves into themes of transformation, the afterlife, and the complexities of existence, revealing the intricate connections between mythology and human experience. Through its rich symbolism, the Amduat serves as a guide to understanding both the spiritual and psychological dimensions of life.

"This volume grew out of a series of lectures delivered to audiences with no special background in Egyptology. While each of the chapters and dresses a separate topic, their shared aim is to convey a sense of the richness, the variety, and the fundamental character of the ancient Egyptian imagination. The book is an introduction to the Mind of Egypt.". "As far back as the third millennium B.C. the Egyptians were investigating questions that concern us still - questions about being and non-being, about the meaning of death, about the nature of the cosmos and of man, about the basis of human society and the legitimization of power. The Egyptians knew that their answers could never be definitive, and this flexible and pluralistic approach is the essence of their philosophical position. The idea that there is no single answer, that everything is flow and every answer provisional, is worth exploring today in an age that has focused attention on fragmentation while continuing to cling to a history of absolutes." "Idea into Image also includes a number of black-and-white photographs by Bill Barrette, which illustrate in concrete visual terms the abstract concepts explored in Hornung's essays."--BOOK JACKET.

Ancient Egyptians held a rich and complex vision of the afterlife and codified their beliefs in books that were to be discovered more than two millennia later in royal tombs. Erik Hornung, the world's leading authority on these religious texts...

Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV, was king of Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty and reigned from 1375 to 1358 B.C. E. Called the religious revolutionary, he is the earliest known creator of a new religion. The cult he founded broke with... schovat popis

This volume was prepared by Erik Hornung while he was working in the Department Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2012 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Department of the University of Munich (LMU). The thesis consists of four core chapters, each studying a different aspect of how human capital and technology diffusion shaped the growth and development of historical Prussia. The structure of the thesis follows a chain of causal effects from human capital, to technological diffusion, to economic growth. The econometric analysis draw on rich micro-level data, exclusively digitized for this thesis from Prussian censuses originally collected in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The four core chapters show how human capital and technology shaped the economic development of Prussia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. During this period, the basic economic environment was formed and long-term consequences of these developments may still be observed in contemporary Germany