Narrative Literature from the Tebtunis Temple Library: Volume 10

by Kim Ryholt

Centuries before the Library of Alexandria, ancient Egypt was home to numerous temple libraries, but only a single large-scale one has survived: the Tebtunis Temple library. Abandoned around 200 CE--but rediscovered by archaeologists in 1900--the library's contents include an array of scientific, religious, and narrative literature from the first centuries of the Common Era. This collection offers some of the narrative literature found there, translated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8763507803
• ISBN13: 9788763507806
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 11.8"