Henri Frankfort Books

Focusing on the preservation of historical knowledge, this work reprints significant antique texts that detail the emergence of civilization in the Near East. The book features high-quality reproductions of original text and artwork, ensuring clarity and readability. By reformatting and retyping the content, it aims to make these scarce and valuable works accessible to current and future generations, safeguarding their legacy in human history.

The people in ancient times the phenomenal world was teeming with life; the thunderclap, the sudden shadow, the unknown and eerie clearing in the wood, all were living things. This unabridged edition traces the fascinating history of thought from the pre-scientific, personal concept of a "humanized" world to the achievement of detached intellectual reasoning.The authors describe and analyze the spiritual life of three ancient the Egyptians, whose thinking was profoundly influenced by the daily rebirth of the sun and the annual rebirth of the Nile; the Mesopotamians, who believed the stars, moon, and stones were all citizens of a cosmic state; and the Hebrews, who transcended prevailing mythopoeic thought with their cosmogony of the will of God. In the concluding chapter the Frankforts show that the Greeks, with their intellectual courage, were the first culture to discover a realm of speculative thought in which myth was overcome.

Fascinating study finds underlying unity in Egyptian religions — the concept of the changeless. Relation of religion to Egyptian society, government, art, more. 32 halftones.