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THE OLDEST BOOK IN THE WORLD: PHILOSOPHY IN THE AGE OF THE PYRAMIDS

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“A thought-provoking history that encompasses philosophy, society, language and beyond”

In Egyptologist Dr Bill Manley presents a new translation of . 4,000 years old, and composed 2,000 years before Plato was born, is perhaps astonishing to many simply for its age.

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