M.G. Hawking
ASIN: B01DEA9J9K
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 220
Penetrate one of the Supreme Mysteries of the Ancient Ages.Few puzzles have captured the fascination of enlightened minds so much as the incredible majesty and achievements of the civilization of Ancient Egypt. No one knows from whence the early Egyptians came, yet no people, ancient or modern, have conceived of building a civilization on a scale so sublime, so great, so grandiose, as the Ancient Egyptians. Their technology of architecture, agriculture, metallurgy, and engineering; the invention of glass and linen, of paper and ink, of the calendar and the clock, of geometry and the alphabet; the excellence and sublimity of sculpture and the arts; the advancement of writing and literature, of science and medicine; the first clear formulation known to us of public conscience, the first emergence of social justice, the first widespread monogamy, the first monotheism . . . all elevated to ...