William J. Murnane (1945–2000)

Auteur de The Penguin Guide to Ancient Egypt

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William J. Murnane was born in New York in 1945 and studied at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A prolific writer, he became Professor of Ancient History at the University of Memphis, Tennessee, and field director of an ongoing project devoted to recording and publishing the afficher plus reliefs and inscriptions in the Great Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Karnak. He died suddenly in 2000. afficher moins

Crédit image: William J. Murnane [credit: University of Memphis]

Œuvres de William J. Murnane

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The Penguin Guide to Ancient Egypt (1983) 96 exemplaires

Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (1994) 54 exemplaires

United with eternity : a concise guide to the monuments of Medinet Habu (1980) 11 exemplaires

The Ancient Egypt Guide (2012) 8 exemplaires

The Road to Kadesh: A Historical Interpretation of the Battle Reliefs of King Sety I at Karnak (Studies in Ancient… (1985) 6 exemplaires

The boundary stelae of Akhenaten (1993) 5 exemplaires

Ancient Egypt (2012) 3 exemplaires

Causing His Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane (2009) 3 exemplaires

Ancient Egyptian coregencies (1977) 2 exemplaires

The Mummy in Ancient Egypt [periodical article] 1 exemplaire

Boundary Stelae Of Akhentaten (2016) 1 exemplaire

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A lire (2) Akhénaton (3) Amarna (4) Amarna Age (1) Ancient Egyptian (2) Ancient Egyptian writing (1) Ancient Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent (1) Ancient Near Eastern Texts (1) Antiquité (6) AR-M (1) Archéologie (8) Archéologie--Égyptienne (1) Cisjordanie (1) Coregencies (1) DT (1) DT87.4.M87 1994 (1) Egipto - Antigüedades - Arqueología - Guías (1) Egyptian civilization (2) Egyptian Sites (2) guide touristique (3) Guide touristique (4) Histoire (15) Histoire de l'art (1) Histoire de l'Égypte (5) Logos (2) Monde ancien (2) Médinet Habou (2) non-fiction (6) nonfiction: history--ancient--Egypt--Amarna (1) Politique (1) Ramsès III (1) Society of Biblical Literature Writings of the Ancient World Series ( Volume 5) (1) SPU-70 (1) Thèbes (1) under bed (1) Voyage (7) Égypte (23) Égypte antique (12) Égyptien (2) Égyptologie (11)

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Nom légal: Murnane, William Joseph
Date de naissance: 1945-03-22
Date de décès: 2000-11-17
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: White Plains, New York, USA
Lieu du décès: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Études: University of Chicago
Saint Anselm College
Professions: Egyptologist
historian
epigraphist
Organisations: University of Memphis
Chicago House
University of California, Berkeley
Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project

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Guide to Ancient Egypt par William J. Murnane

Itineraries include significant pharaonic remains, Christian sites, and (new to this edition) the Islamic monuments around Cairo. This updated classic by a distinguished Egyptologist also covers sites only recently opened to visitors, such as the Nubian temples on the shores of Lake Nasser. Advises on food, lodging, transportation, and local custom. 189 figures. 25 b&w photos. 19 maps. 528 pp

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