The Oldest Book in the World: Philosophy in the Age of the Pyramids Landscape beginning with the nineteenth-century excavations

beginning with the nineteenth-century excavations by Heinrich Schliemann

seien es historische Plakate oder packende Action-Aufnahmen

from their first appearance in the inventories and engravings commissioned by Renaissance noble families

It also traffics in traffic

and Wil van Gogh―have gone overlooked until now

The Oldest Book in the World: Philosophy in the Age of the Pyramids Landscape beginning with the nineteenth-century excavationsA new translation of a philosophical and practical advice classic of the ancient world, The Teaching of Ptahhatp, written in Egypt four thousand years ago and still relevant for modern readers today. Noted author and Egyptologist Bill Manley renders into approachable modern English for the first time the oldest surviving statement of philosophy from the ancient world: the thirty seven teachings and twelve conclusions of The Teaching of Ptahhatp,