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Archibald Henry Sayce was an expert on the ancient Near East, and his work, The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia is an expansive history of these two ancient religions. Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great... Read Full Overview

The Gifford Lectures on the Ancient Egyptian and Babylonian Conception of the Divine. Delivered in Aberdeen by Archibald Henry Sayce, Professor of Assyriology.

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It is through its temples and tombs that ancient Egypt is mainly known to us. It is true that the warm and rainless climate of Upper Egypt has preserved many of the objects of daily life accidentally buried in the ruins of its cities, and that even fragments of fragile papyrus... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

""The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia"" is a book written by Archibald H. Sayce that explores the ancient Egyptian and Babylonian conception of the divine. The book is based on the Gifford Lectures that Sayce delivered in Aberdeen in 1902. The lectures were given to... Read Full Overview

"The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia" from Archibald Sayce. British Assyriologist and linguist (1846-1933).

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""The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia"" is a book written by Archibald H. Sayce, which delves into the ancient Egyptian and Babylonian conception of the divine. The book is a compilation of the Gifford Lectures delivered by Sayce in Aberdeen in 1902. Sayce provides a... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Archibald Henry Sayce (1845-1933) became interested in Middle Eastern languages and scripts while still a teenager. Old Persian and Akkadian cuneiform had recently been deciphered, and popular enthusiasm for these discoveries was running high when Sayce began his academic career... Read Full Overview

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