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The literature of ancient Egypt : an anthology of stories, instructions, stelae, autobiographies, and poetry

This updated anthology presents translations of ancient Egyptian literature from the classical to the Demotic periods. It contains twenty-five new entries alongside an extensive bibliography.

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Accession Number: 1513

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Autobiography/Biography as a literary form/Authorship Inscriptions/Paleography/Writing/Language and languages/Communication/Sociology/Social sciences/Civilisation Literature/Philology Narration (Rhetoric)/Rhetoric/Authorship Poetry/Literature/Philology

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