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Through a Glass Darkly: Magic, Dreams and Prophecy in Ancient Egypt by Volume editor Kasia Szpakowska (Swansea University, UK)

Magic, dreams, and prophecy played important roles in ancient Egypt, as recent scholarship has increasingly made clear. In this volume, eminent international Egyptologists come together to explore such divination across a wide period.

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[A]n excellent collection of essays on Ancient Egyptian magic, dreams and prophesy. -- Robert D. Bates * Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin *

About Volume editor Kasia Szpakowska (Swansea University, UK)

Kasia Szpakowska is based at the University of Wales, Swansea. Previous publications include Behind Closed Eyes.

Table of Contents

The Social Context of Magic in the 3rd Millennium & Middle Kingdom - John Baines The End is Near - Leonard Lesko Corn Mummies: "Amulets of Life" - Maria Costanza Centrone The Spitting Goddess and the Stoney Eye: Divinity and Flint in Pharaonic Egypt - Carolyn Graves-Brown Magic, Dreams and Prophecy in Egyptian Narrative Literature - Alan B Lloyd Nocturnal Ciphers in the Ancient Near East: Egyptian Dream Exegesis From a Comparative Perspective - Scott Noegel In Search of the Sorcerer's Apprentice - Daniel Ogden Sinuhe's Dream - Richard B Parkinson A Black Cat From Right, and a Scarab on Your Head: New Sources for Ancient Egyptian Divination - Joachim Quack The Dreams of the Twins of St. Petersburg - John Ray 'And Each Staff Transformed Into a Snake': The Serpent Wand in Egyptian Magic - Robert K Ritner A Lost Dream Episode - Anthony J Spalinger Introduction: Tomorrow is Yesterday - Kasia Szpakowska Entangled or Connected: The Power of Knots and Knotting in Ancient Egypt - Willemina Wendrich

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NGR9781914535352
9781914535352
1914535359
Through a Glass Darkly: Magic, Dreams and Prophecy in Ancient Egypt by Volume editor Kasia Szpakowska (Swansea University, UK)
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Paperback
Classical Press of Wales
2023-10-31
288
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