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Erik Hornung

Born

in Riga, Latvia

January 28, 1933

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History, Egyptology

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Hornung was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1933 and gained his PH.D. at the University of Tübingen in 1956.
He was Professor of Egyptology at the University of Basel from 1967 to 1998.
His main research field has been funerary literature, the Valley of the Kings in particular.
He published the first edition of the Book of Amduat in three volumes between 1963 and 1967.
J. Gwyn Griffiths described Hornung as the foremost authority in such literature.
His book Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt, The One and the Many has become his best-known work, in which he concludes, whilst acknowledging previous work by Henri Frankfort and his "multiplicity of approaches" and John A. Wilson's "complementary" treatment of Egyptian modes of thought, that "Anyone w ...more

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	Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many by Erik Hornung, John Baines (Translator) 4.23 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1971 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Akhenaten and the Religion of Light by Erik Hornung, David Lorton (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1998 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife by Erik Hornung, David Lorton (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 101 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction by Erik Hornung, David Lorton (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Lore of Egypt: Its Impact on the West by Erik Hornung, David Lorton (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Idea into Image: Essays on Ancient Egyptian Thought 4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1992 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Egyptian Amduat: The Book of the Hidden Chamber 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt by Erik Hornung (Editor), Betsy Morrell Bryan (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mısırbilime Giriş 3.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Egyptian Book of Gates by Erik Hornung, Theodor Abt (Translation) 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Whatever the nature of the gods may or may not be, in whatever system of concepts or network of associations we may place them, all attempts to "explain" them have been attempts to express the information they convey in a different, less ambiguous language. We sense that they say something valuable about the world and about mankind. But no language has been found whose expansive richness can compare with that of the gods themselves. Again and again they refer us back to themselves, revealing to us the limits of our conceptual universe. If we are to comprehend the world we still need the gods.”
― Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many

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“Whoever reduces the destruction of the environment, even in a very limited way, helps promote survival and improves the quality of life; whoever does so increases rather than decreases maat.”
― Erik Hornung, Idea into Image: Essays on Ancient Egyptian Thought

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“Whatever the nature of the gods may or may not be, in whatever system of concepts or network of associations we may place them, all attempts to 'explain' them have been attempts to express the information they convey in a different, less ambiguous language. We sense that they say something valuable about the world and about mankind. But no language has been found whose expressive richness can compare with that of the gods themselves. Again and again they refer us back to themselves, revealing to us the limits of our conceptual universe. If we are to comprehend the world we still need the gods.”
― Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many

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