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Mysterious lands

Author: David B O'Connor; Stephen Quirke; University College, London. Institute of Archaeology.
Publisher: London : UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology ; Portland, Or. : Cavendish Pub., 2003.
Series: Encounters with ancient Egypt (London, England)
Edition/Format: Book : Conference publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Conference publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: David B O'Connor; Stephen Quirke; University College, London. Institute of Archaeology.
ISBN: 1844720047 9781844720040
OCLC Number: 55220515
Notes: Includes extensively revised and updated papers originally presented at a conference held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in December 2000.
Description: xvi, 245 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Mapping the unknown in ancient Egypt / David O'Connor and Stephen Quirke -- 2. The Egyptian concept of the world / James P. Allen -- 3. Travel and fiction in Egyptian literature / Antonio Loprieno -- 4. Locating punt / Dimitri Meeks -- 5. Interpreting punt: geographic, cultural and artistic landscapes / Stephen P. Harvey -- 6. the emergence of Libya on the horizon of Egypt / Steven Snape -- 7. The mystery of the 'sea peoples' / Eric H. Cline and David O'Connor -- 8. "As for them who know them, they shall find their paths": speculations on ritual landscapes in the 'Book of the two ways' / Peter Robinson -- 9. Measuring the underworld / Stephen Quirke -- 10. The 'book of the Fayum': mystery in a known landscape / John Tait -- 11. Mysterious lands - the wider context / Robert Layton.
Series Title: Encounters with ancient Egypt (London, England)
Responsibility: edited by David O'Connor and Stephen Quirke.
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