Red and Black World
The red and black formed in Egypt a système antinomique (B. Mathieu). Desheret (the desert) represented the sphere of the wild and the natural, while kemet (alluvial land) signified cultivated and civilised areas. These were not the only opposites involved. The red desert was seen as the source, bas...
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| Language: | English |
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Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/3084 |