Egypt category: 1199 books

From a noted journalist who has spent much of his life in Cairo, here is a dazzling cultural excavation of that most ancient, colorful, and multifaceted of cities. The seat of pharaohs and sultans, the prize of conquerors from Alexander to Saladin to Napoleon, Cairo--nicknamed "the Victorious"--has...

November 4, 1922. For six seasons the legendary Valley of the Kings has yielded no secrets to Howard Carter and his archeological team: "We had almost made up our minds that we were beaten,” he writes, “and were preparing to leave The Valley and try our luck elsewhere; and then--hardly had we...

"61000+ Arabic - English English - Arabic Vocabulary" is a list of more than 61000 words translated from Arabic to English, as well as translated from English to Arabic. Easy to use- great for tourists and Arabic speakers interested in learning English. As well as English speakers interested in learning Arabic.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Discoverers demonstrates the truth behind the aphorism that if Cleopatra's nose had been shorter, the face of the world would have been changed. Boorstin goes on to uncover the elements of accident, improvisation and contradiction at the core of American institutions and beliefs.

"Perhaps Hermeticism has fascinated so many people precisely because it has made it possible to produce many analogies and relationships to various traditions: to Platonism in its many varieties, to Stoicism, to Gnostic ideas, and even to certain Aristotelian doctrines. The Gnostic, the esoteric,...

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have been lost to us until now. Journey with me as we look at the history behind one of the Great wonders the Lighthouse of Alexandria. In this book you will discover the history, construction and destruction of this iconic tower.

The Book of Abraham was a purported translation of Abrahams writing by Joseph Smith. This work, by the LDS church leader George Reynolds, is a defense of the writings authenticity. Egyptologists in the 20th century would later identify the piece of papyrus as parts of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.A table of contents is also included for easier navigation.

Il y a, au moment où nous écrivons cette ligne, dix-neuf cents ans environ, qu’une cange magnifiquement dorée et peinte descendait le Nil avec toute la rapidité que pouvaient lui donner cinquante rames longues et plates rampant sur l’eau égratignée comme...

Champollion inconnu - Lettres inédites Jean-François Champollion, égyptologue français et découvreur des hiéroglyphes (1790-1832) Ce livre numérique présente «Champollion inconnu - Lettres inédites», de Jean-François...

‘Socrates was one of that small number of adventurers who, from time to time, have enlarged the horizon of the human spirit.’ In this book, F. M. Cornford explains why the life and work of Socrates stand out as marking a turning-point in the history of thought. He shows how Socrates revolutionized...

SACRED MYSTERIES AMONG THE MAYAS AND QUICHES, 11,500 YEARS AGO By Augustus Le Plongeon Synopsis There are authors who attribute the origin of modern Free Masonry to the followers of Pythagoras, because some of the speculations of that Philosopher concerning the meaning of the numbers are to...

Since the death of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1970 there has been no ideology to capture the imagination of the Arab world except Islamic fundamentalism. Any sense of completely secular Arab states ended with him and what we see today happening in the Middle East is a direct result of...

In The Ethics of Rhetoric, Richard M. Weaver evaluates the ethical and cultural role of rhetoric and its reflection on society. Weaver draws upon classical notions of rhetoric in Plato’s Phaedrus, and he examines the effectiveness and implications of the manipulation of language in the works of...

On June 24, 2005, after nearly ten years of supporting liberal reform, the people of Iran surprised the world by electing the conservative mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as their new president. Soon after, the new president announced Iran would restart its uranium enrichment program, drawing...