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Affairs and Scandals in Ancient Egypt

By David Lorton (trans) and Pascal Vernus

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9780801440786 | Cornell Univ Pr, November 26, 2003, cover price $46.50

Akhenaten and the Religion of Light

A fascinating study of the Egyptian king who created his own cult devoted to the sun god Aten focuses on the rein of Amenhotep IV, who ruled from 1375 to 1358 B.C. and became known as a religious revolutionary for breaking with the traditions of previous pharaohs. (view table of contents)

By Erik Hornung and David Lorton (trans)

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9780801436581 | Cornell Univ Pr, November 1, 1999, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A fascinating study of the Egyptian king who created his own cult devoted to the sun god Aten focuses on the rein of Amenhotep IV, who ruled from 1375 to 1358 B.

Paperback:

9780801487255 | Reprint edition (Cornell Univ Pr, January 1, 2001), cover price $19.95

Ancient Egypt in 101 Questions and Answers

By David Lorton (trans)

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9780801452543 | Cornell Univ Pr, September 24, 2013, cover price $26.00

The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife

Product Description: 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, surveys what is known about them today...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Erik Hornung and David Lorton (trans)

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9780801435157 | Cornell Univ Pr, June 1, 1999, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: 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.

Paperback:

9780801485152 | Cornell Univ Pr, June 1, 1999, cover price $23.95

The Book of the Pharaohs

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By David Lorton (trans), Pascal Vernus and Jean Yoyotte

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9780801440502 | Cornell Univ Pr, April 1, 2003, cover price $55.50

Cleopatra: Beyond the Myth

Attempts to correct the myths surrounding Cleopatra's personal and public lives by discussing such issues as her relationship with Mark Antony and the efforts she and others made to romanticize her own life.

By Michel Chauveau and David Lorton (trans)

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9780801438677 | Cornell Univ Pr, February 1, 2002, cover price $37.00 | About this edition: Attempts to correct the myths surrounding Cleopatra's personal and public lives by discussing such issues as her relationship with Mark Antony and the efforts she and others made to romanticize her own life.

Paperback:

9780801489532 | Cornell Univ Pr, October 31, 2004, cover price $24.95

Death And Salvation In Ancient Egypt

By Jan Assmann and David Lorton (trans)

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9780801442414 | Cornell Univ Pr, January 31, 2006, cover price $69.95

Paperback:

9780801479731 | Abr upd edition (Cornell Univ Pr, October 21, 2014), cover price $34.95

Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra: History and Society Under the Ptolemies

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By Michel Chauveau and David Lorton (trans)

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9780801435973 | Cornell Univ Pr, March 1, 2000, cover price $45.00

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9780801485763 | Cornell Univ Pr, March 1, 2000, cover price $23.50

Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids

Product Description: Recreates the golden age of ancient Egypt. Here, for example, the pyramids and the sphinx are construction sites teeming with workers. Administrators bustle to fulfil their assignments from the Pharaoh's court. Scribes draft the necessary letters in hieroglyphics...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Guillemette Andreu and David Lorton (trans)

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9780801432224 | Cornell Univ Pr, May 1, 1997, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Recreates the golden age of ancient Egypt.

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9780801483134 | Cornell Univ Pr, May 1, 1997, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The Golden Age of Ancient Egypt comes alive as Guillemette Andreu recreates the details of daily life.

Gods and Men in Egypt: 300 BCE to 395 CE

By Francoise Dunand, David Lorton (trans) and Christiane Zivie-Coche

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9780801441653 | Cornell Univ Pr, April 1, 2004, cover price $76.95

Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 BCE To 395 CE

By Francoise Dunand, David Lorton (trans) and Christiane Zivie-Coche

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9780801488535 | Cornell Univ Pr, January 13, 2005, cover price $29.95

The Gods of Egypt

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By David Lorton (trans) and Claude Traunecker

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9780801438349 | Cornell Univ Pr, June 28, 2001, cover price $51.95

History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction

Surveys the development of ancient Egypt, from the time of the first recorded pharaoh to the conquest by Alexander the Great, and describes the many changes that occurred in a society that was not as static as it seemed. (view table of contents)

By Erik Hornung and David Lorton (trans)

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9780801434716 | Cornell Univ Pr, May 1, 1999, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Surveys the development of ancient Egypt, from the time of the first recorded pharaoh to the conquest by Alexander the Great, and describes the many changes that occurred in a society that was not as static as it seemed.

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9780801484759 | Cornell Univ Pr, May 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Surveys the development of ancient Egypt, from the time of the first recorded pharaoh to the conquest by Alexander the Great, and describes the many changes that occurred in a society that was not as static as it seemed.

History of Ancient Egypt: Translated by David Lorton

This work offers a chronological history of the civilization of ancient Egypt from its foundation some 5000 years ago to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE. It includes a look at the nature and evolution of the Egyptians' at times iconoclastic relations with their complex deities.

By David Lorton (trans)

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9780748613427 | Edinburgh Univ Pr, May 14, 1999, cover price $55.95 | About this edition: This work offers a chronological history of the civilization of ancient Egypt from its foundation some 5000 years ago to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE.

Mummies And Death in Egypt

By Francoise Dunand, Roger Lichtenberg, David Lorton (trans) and Jean Yoyotte (foreword by)

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9780801444722 | Cornell Univ Pr, October 10, 2006, cover price $39.95

The Priests of Ancient Egypt

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By David Lorton (trans) and Serge Sauneron

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9780801486548 | New edition (Cornell Univ Pr, May 1, 2000), cover price $24.95

The Priests of Ancient Egypt: New Edition

Product Description: The gods were everywhere in Ancient Egypt. Represented by statues, bas-reliefs, and funerary paintings, they even walked among the Egyptians in the person of Pharaoh, considered to be a living god, son of the divine Ra. What better way to understand that distant culture than by becoming familiar with the people who served those gods? Using as his sources the Egyptian texts and the testimony of classical authors, Serge Sauneron illuminates the role of the priesthood in Ancient Egypt...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Jean-Pierre Corteggiani (foreword by), David Lorton (trans) and Serge Sauneron

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9780801436857 | New sub edition (Cornell Univ Pr, May 1, 2000), cover price $55.95 | About this edition: The gods were everywhere in Ancient Egypt.

The Search for God in Ancient Egypt

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By Jan Assmann and David Lorton (trans)

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Hardcover:

9780801437861 | Cornell Univ Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $73.95

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9780801487293 | Cornell Univ Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $24.95

The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus: Hermeticism from Ancient to Modern Times

By Jan Assmann (foreword by), Florian Ebeling and David Lorton (trans)

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Hardcover:

9780801445460 | Cornell Univ Pr, June 1, 2007, cover price $29.95

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9780801477492 | Reprint edition (Cornell Univ Pr, November 1, 2011), cover price $19.95

The Secret Lore of Egypt: Its Impact on the West

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By Erik Hornung and David Lorton (trans)

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9780801438479 | Cornell Univ Pr, January 1, 2002, cover price $39.95

Sphinx: History of a Monument

By David Lorton (trans) and Christiane Zivie-Coche

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Hardcover:

9780801439629 | Cornell Univ Pr, October 1, 2002, cover price $29.95

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9780801489549 | Cornell Univ Pr, October 31, 2004, cover price $23.95

The Twilight of Ancient Egypt: 1st Millennium B.C.

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By David Lorton (trans) and Karol Mysliwiec

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9780801486302 | Cornell Univ Pr, December 1, 2000, cover price $29.95

The Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B. C. E.

Product Description: Karol Mysliwiec surveys a turbulent time in Ancient Egyptian culture and history--the eight hundred years between the eleventh century B.C.E. and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.E., after which Egypt became part of the Hellenistic world...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By David Lorton (trans) and Karol Mysliwiec

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9780801437168 | Cornell Univ Pr, December 1, 2000, cover price $62.95 | About this edition: Karol Mysliwiec surveys a turbulent time in Ancient Egyptian culture and history--the eight hundred years between the eleventh century B.

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