Ancient Egyptian literature

John Lawrence Foster

earliest edition we have, 2001 University of Texas Press, 2001 272 pages

"This anthology offers an extensive sampling of all the major genres of ancient Egyptian literature. It includes all the texts from John Foster's previous book Echoes of Egyptian voices, along with selections from his Love songs of the new kingdom and Hymns, prayers, and songs: an anthology of ancient Egyptian lyric poetry, as well as previously unpublished translations of four longer and two short poems."--Cover.

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Ancient Egyptian Literature edition · 2009 · de Gruyter GmbH, Walter · 9780292798137
Ancient Egyptian Literature edition · 2009 · University of Texas Press · 9780292781931
Ancient Egyptian literature edition · 2001 · University of Texas Press · 272 pages

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