Ancient Egyptian Magic: A Hands-On Guide - Hardcover

Riggs, Christina

 
9780500052129: Ancient Egyptian Magic: A Hands-On Guide
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0500052123 ISBN 13: 9780500052129
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Ancient Egyptian MagicReaders will learn how to cure scorpion bites, discover why you might want to break the legs off your stuffed hippopotamus toy, and uncover whether mummies really can come back to life. Readers can also learn how to save a fortune on pregnancy tests urinating on barley grains will answer that question as well as how to use the next street parade to predict the future or ensure that an annoying neighbor gets his comeuppance.Was magic harmless fun, heartfelt hope, or something darker? Featuring demons, dream interpreters, the Book of the Dead, and illustrations from tomb paintings and papyrus scrolls, Riggs breathes new life into ancient magic and uses early texts and images to illuminate the distinctions between magic, religion, and medicine.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Christina Riggs is Professor of the History of Visual Culture at Durham University and a Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford. She is the author of six books, including Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction. She writes for a range of newspapers and magazines and has appeared in radio and TV shows for the BBC, National Geographic, and the History Channel.

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In the ancient world the magicians of Egypt were considered the best. But was magic harmless fun, heartfelt hope, or something darker? Whether you needed a love charm, a chat with your dead wife, or the ability to fly like a bird, an Egyptian magician had just the thing. Christina Riggs explores how the Egyptians thought about magic, who performed it and why, and also helps readers understand why we’ve come to think of ancient Egypt in such a mystical, magical way in the first place.
This book takes Egypt

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500052123
ISBN 13 
9780500052129
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
208
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