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Egyptian Tales - Series 1

W. M. Flinders Petrie

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Egyptian Tales - Series 1 | W. M. Flinders Petrie
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Brief stories of magic from ancient Egypt. Egyptian stories translated from ancient, often incomplete, documents

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Dedi, that I have not yet seen thee?" And Dedi answered, "He who is called it is that comes; the king (life, wealth, and health) calls me, and behold I come," And his majesty said, "Is it true, that which men say, that thou canst restore the head which is smitten off?" And Dedi replied, "Truly, I know that, O king (life, wealth, and health), my lord." And his majesty said, "Let one bring me a prisoner who is in prison, that his punishment may be fulfilled." And Dedi said, "Let it not be a man, O king, my lord; behold we do not even thus to our cattle." And a duck was brought unto him, and its head was cut off. And the duck was laid on the west side of the hall, and its head on the east side of the hall. And Dedi spake his magic speech. And the duck fluttered along the ground, and its head came likewise; and when it had come part to part the duck stood and quacked. And they brought likewise a goose before him, and he did even so unto it. His majesty caused an ox to be bro. . . Read More

Community Reviews

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- Jim - Apr 14, 2014

Written towards those with more than your average history of ancient Egypt in mind, nonetheless appears to be faithful translations of some truly ancient stories. Commentaries do a great job pointing out historical trends in Egyptian storytelling, and applying these thoughts to storytelling in gener

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- William - Mar 31, 2024

My first and biggest complaint is that there just aren’t enough tails in this book, but that is the falt of the pitiless deserts of Egypt, and not of the translator. This book is very fun and informative, but the copy I read had some irregularities in the printing that made it a bit confusing at tim

4.00
- Josiah - Jun 06, 2018

This was a fascinating read on the popular stories during the 5th dynasty of the Egyptian empire. Their fascination with all things magic made me think of Moses and his adventures with the Egyptian magicians.

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- ميقات - Mar 14, 2016

The importance of this was a very old story of ancient Egyptian Pharaonic era stage and history, which are numerous stories of a social life in Egypt at that time

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