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Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
ISBN
9781684351480

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Red Lightning Performance Books
ISBN-10
1684351480
ISBN-13
9781684351480
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5050397401

Product Key Features

Book Title
Legends of the Pyramids : Myths and Misconceptions about Ancient Egypt
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Archaeology, Africa / General, Popular Culture, Ancient / Egypt
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Author
Jason Colavito
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-002617
Reviews
"This highly recommended book is well researched, entertaining and original. Five stars."-- Fortean Times
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
932.01
Table Of Content
Note on the TextIntroduction1. Ancient Testimonia2. Why Are the Pyramids Not in the Bible?3. Late Antiquity4. The Early Middle Ages5. Pyramid Legends in Medieval Islam6. The Meaning Behind the Myth7. The Translation of Pyramid Legends8. The Romance of the Pyramids9. The Great Mistake10. The Curse of King Tut11. Mummies in Outer Space12. Race and ReligionConclusionIndex
Synopsis
* In the vein of the Prothero titles, which have sold well. * Well-researched book which traces the origins of popular myths surrounding the pyramids. * It examines Egypt from the point of view of pop culture and myth rather than academic history. * It is one of the first books to fully explore the influence of medieval Islam on modern myths of Egypt. * It connects stories from Classical Antiquity down to modern movies to show they are part of a continuous whole. * It includes discussion and translation of rare ancient and medieval texts almost never discussed in the West., Could the Great Pyramid of Giza be a repository of ancient magical knowledge? Or perhaps evidence of a vanished pre-Ice Age civilization? Misinformation and myths have attached themselves to the Egyptian pyramids since ancient Greece and Rome. While many Americans believe that the pyramids were built by aliens, archaeologists understand that the Giza pyramids were built by the pharaohs of the fourth dynasty, around 2450 BCE. So why is there such a disconnect between scholarly opinion and the popular view of Egypt? In The Legends of the Pyramids , Jason Colavito takes us back to Late Antique Egypt, where the replacement of polytheism with Christianity gave rise to local efforts to rewrite the stories of Egyptian history in the image of the Bible. When the Arab conquest absorbed Egypt into the Islamic ummah , these stories then passed into Islamic historiography and reentered the West. Colavito's The Legends of the Pyramids lays open pop culture's view of Egypt in movies, TV shows, popular books, and New Age beliefs, detailing how the "hidden" history of Egypt has grown alongside the official history of archaeology and Egyptology., Could the Great Pyramid of Giza be a repository of ancient magical knowledge? Or perhaps evidence of a vanished pre-Ice Age civilization? Misinformation and myths have attached themselves to the Egyptian pyramids since ancient Greece and Rome. While many Americans believe that the pyramids were built by aliens, archaeologists understand that the Giza pyramids were built by the pharaohs of the Fourth Dynasty around 2450 BCE. So why is there such a disconnect between scholarly opinion and the popular view of Egypt? In The Legends of the Pyramids , Jason Colavito takes us back to Late Antique Egypt, where the replacement of polytheism with Christianity gave rise to local efforts to rewrite the stories of Egyptian history in the image of the Bible. When the Arab conquest absorbed Egypt into the Islamic community, these stories then passed into Islamic historiography and reentered the West. Colavito's The Legends of the Pyramids lays open pop culture's view of Egypt in movies, TV shows, popular books, and New Age beliefs, detailing how the hidden history of Egypt has grown alongside the official history of archaeology and Egyptology.
LC Classification Number
DT63.C568 2021

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