Oedipus Aegyptiacus
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Oedipus Aegyptiacus is Athanasius Kircher's supreme work of Egyptology.
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Author | Athanasius Kircher |
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Original title | Oedipus Aegyptiacus: hoc est, Universalis hieroglyphicæ veterum doctrinæ temporum iniuria abolitæ instauratio |
Country | Italy |
Language | Latin |
Genre | Egyptology |
Publisher | Vitale Mascardi |
Publication date | 1652–1654 |
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The three full folio tomes of ornate illustrations and diagrams were published in Rome over the period 1652–54. Kircher cited as his sources Chaldean astrology, Hebrew kabbalah, Greek mythology, Pythagorean mathematics, Arabian alchemy and Latin philology.