Eternal Glory (Ancient Egyptian Civilization)

Author: Jin Shoufu
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Egypt has always been a country that piques our curiosity. Its long history is like a foreign beauty with an innate, exotic fragrance, filling the air with allure and inspiring endless imagination. Jin Shoufu's "Eternal Splendor—Ancient Egyptian Civilization" is a genuine book with simple language and sentences, but beneath its plain exterior lies an enticing core—familiarity and understanding of the distant land of Egypt. The concept of unity between humans and gods makes Egypt particularly mysterious. The history of Egypt is an epic of kings' conquests, and the tone of narration and remembrance must be one of reverence for the saints. The charm of Egypt lies in her relentless display of her own culture, from the Pyramids of Giza, the Karnak Temple of Amun, and the Valley of the Kings to the Ramesseum of Ramses II in Abu Simbel. These distant structures continue to stubbornly demonstrate their existence and the right to endure to this day. Jin Shoufu believes that the artifacts and ruins of ancient Egypt are the result of the ancient Egyptians' pursuit of eternal life. For the ancient Egyptians, any attempt to make their lives last forever in this world was worth trying. They left behind tombs, stelae, statues, and even their bodies were preserved as mummies. Although the history of ancient Egypt has ended, through the artifacts and texts left by the ancient Egyptians, we can not only see their external manifestations of activities at that time but also understand their thoughts and emotions. The splendor of ancient Egypt was unparalleled, and as one of the four great ancient civilizations, it is remembered to this day.