John L. Foster, Susan Tower Hollis, "Hymns, Prayers and Songs: An Anthology of Ancient Egyptian Lyric Poetry"
English | 1996 | ISBN: 0788501577 | PDF | pages: 230 | 12,4 mb
Writings from the Ancient World is designed to provide up-to-date, readable, English translations of writings recovered from the ancient Near East.
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