EGYPTIAN MYSTERIES Lucie Lamy 1989
The knowledge and art of the ancient Egyptians springs, highly advanced, from a shadowy and unrecorded background some 5000 years ago. Intensively studied, it is still enigmatic. The Egyptian view of creation, life and death can be understood only in the light of other traditions of spiritual growth and development, and in that of modern science. The mummy is a cocoon, enshrining the mystery of transformation, and the ‘Book of the Dead’ echoes the universal message of shamanism. …
Art and Imagination General Editor: Jill Purce
Translated from the French by Deborah Lawlor
Picture research by Vanessa Whinney
Reprinted 1989
Printed in Japan
Dimensions: 28 x 20 cm
NEW LIGHT ON ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE – Thames and Hudson London – Printed in Japan. ISBN 0-500-81024-9. With 173 illustrations, 14 in colour. Condition: previous ownership stamp name and address inside cover.
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