About this site: an introduction
This site is dedicated to the history of ancient Egyptian culture: its
emergence, development and ultimate decline.
Main objectives
To learn
about the ancient Egyptians to the point where we can look through their eyes,
to see their world as they saw it.
To put our own culture
in perspective, by
comparing it to theirs.
Approach
Methodologically sound,
critical, and self-reliant.
Perspective
Interested in ancient Egypt
for its own sake, not primarily as a source of answers for modern
problems. Our future lies ahead: not in the past.
Secondary
objectives
To promote the study of ancient Egypt,
along the guidelines just mentioned.
To provide reliable information about ancient Egypt,
as well as some grip on matters through an understanding of the
operation of cultural mechanisms.
And to provide some resources that are not readily
available for amateurs.
If you want to know
whether this site is likely to agree with your own
views, you can take a short
Quiz.
For a list of those scholars who influenced me, see
Suggested readings.
This website is 100 % free of
commercial ties.
Some other general remarks
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