The Ancient Egypt Site - Translations of Ancient Egyptian Texts

The Ancient Egypt Bibliography is a growing list of over 550 books on Ancient Egypt, written in different languages.

This list is intentionally eclectic: some books will be highly scientific, some are meant for a more general audience and others yet are intended for children.

Several books in this list hold a link to the world's largest on-line bookshops: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, enabling you to expand your personal library with your favourite books on Ancient Egypt.

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	Text Publications

An Anthology of Texts & Pictures, vol. 1-2

Author(s): Pritchard, James B.
Published: Princeton, vol. 1 published in 1958 and vol. 2 in 1975

Ancient Egyptian Literature: History and Forms

Author(s): Loprieno, Antonio
Published: Brill Academic Publishers, 1996

This book deals with the development and the characteristics of the literature of Ancient Egypt over a period of more than two millennia, from the monumental origins of autobiography at the end of the Old Kingdom down to the latest literary compositions in Demotic during the Graeco-Roman period.

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Ancient Egyptian Literature. Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdom

Author(s): Lichtheim, Miriam
Published: Los Angeles, 1975

This work includes a fine selction of Ancient Egyptian texts, translated in a comprehensive English and an interesting and concise introduction to the literary genres and styles of Old and Middle Kingdoms.

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Ancient Egyptian Literature. Volume II: The New Kingdom

Author(s): Lichtheim, Miriam
Published: Los Angeles, 1976

A continuation of the translation by the respected authority that appeared in the previous volume, this second volume contains the literature of the age of empire and reflects the resulting universalism that pervaded thought of that time.

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Ancient Egyptian Literature. Volume III: The Late Period

Author(s): Lichtheim, Miriam
Published: Los Angeles, 1980

This third and last volume completes the selection of Ancient Egyptian texts. It spans the last millennium of the Pharaonic age and reflects the profound changes that took place in and around Egypt during that era.

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De Blinde Harpenaar - Oudegyptische poëzie

Author(s): Aafjes, Bertus
Published: Swolgen, 1974

De zinloze reis van Wenamon

Author(s): Tadema Sporry, Bob
Published: Bussum, 1979

Die Weisheitsbücher der Ägypter. Lehren für das Leben

Author(s): Brunner, Hellmut
Published: Zürich, 1991

Egyptische sagen en verhalen

Author(s): Borghouts, J.F.
Published: Fibula-Van Dishoeck, Bussum, 1974

Feiere enen Schonen Tag: Altägyptische Dichtung

Author(s): Brunner-Traut, Emma
Published: Neske, 1996

Textes sacrés et textes profanes de l'ancienne Egypte

Author(s): Lalouette, Claire
Published: Paris, 1984

Voices from Ancient Egypt

	Author(s): Parkinson, R. B. Published: London, 1991