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Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity

A study of Athanasius Kircher's seventeenth-century scholarship on ancient Egypt and hieroglyphics, examining his interpretation of Hermetic and Egyptian wisdom traditions.

Author: Daniel Stolzenberg
Type: Book
Written: 2013
Edition: 2013
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Tradition: Egyptian
Identifiers: ISBN9780226924144 (cloth); 9780226273273 (paper, 2015); 9780226924151 (e-book)