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Whoa. What A Great Idea

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:00 pm
by Minimalist
I recall checking through James Henry Breasted's translations of Egyptian writings but I think that was dated like 1905. There have been a century of discoveries since then.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016...first-time
Ancient Egyptian works to be published together in English for first time
Words of wisdom in a text called The Teaching of Ani remain as true today as in the 16th century BC: “Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered in the mouth of the reader.”

Re: Whoa. What A Great Idea

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:38 am
by circumspice
Minimalist wrote:I recall checking through James Henry Breasted's translations of Egyptian writings but I think that was dated like 1905. There have been a century of discoveries since then.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016...first-time
Ancient Egyptian works to be published together in English for first time
Words of wisdom in a text called The Teaching of Ani remain as true today as in the 16th century BC: “Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered in the mouth of the reader.”

That's a dead or broken link. I get a 404/not found error message.

Re: Whoa. What A Great Idea

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 7:49 am
by Minimalist

Re: Whoa. What A Great Idea

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:23 pm
by circumspice

Ah! Much better. Interesting article. Thanks!