Oedipus Aegyptiacus

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Oedipus Aegyptiacus is a 17th-century encyclopedic work by Athanasius Kircher that attempts to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs and synthesize ancient esoteric knowledge.

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Oedipus Aegyptiacus canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
encyclopedic work ⓘ
esoteric treatise ⓘ
aim decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
synthesize ancient esoteric knowledge ⓘ
author Athanasius Kircher ⓘ
authorOccupation Jesuit scholar ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
circulation printed in folio format ⓘ
completionYear 1654 ⓘ
contains comparisons with Hebrew and Chaldean characters ⓘ
engravings of Egyptian obelisks and inscriptions ⓘ
tables of hieroglyphic signs ⓘ
countryOfPublication Italy ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1652 ⓘ
genre occult literature ⓘ
scholarly work ⓘ
hasPart Volume I ⓘ
Volume II ⓘ
Volume III ⓘ
historicalAssessment considered largely incorrect in its decipherment of hieroglyphs ⓘ
historicalSignificance important milestone in the history of Egyptology ⓘ
influential in early modern esotericism ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theology ⓘ
Hermetic Corpus ⓘ
linked to: Corpus Hermeticum

Neoplatonism ⓘ
Renaissance occultism ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
modernAvailability accessible in digital facsimiles from major libraries ⓘ
notableFor early attempt to interpret Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
extensive use of allegorical and symbolic interpretation ⓘ
synthesis of Egyptian, Greek, Jewish, and Christian traditions ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 3 ⓘ
placeOfPublication Rome ⓘ
publicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
publisher Ludovico Grignani ⓘ
relatedWork Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae ⓘ
Obeliscus Pamphilius ⓘ
linked to: Obelisk of Domitian
subject Christian symbolism ⓘ
Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
Egyptology ⓘ
Hermeticism ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ
alchemy ⓘ
ancient mythology ⓘ
comparative religion ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

biblical antiquity ⓘ
volumeCount three-volume work ⓘ

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Athanasius Kircher → notableWork → Oedipus Aegyptiacus ⓘ
Athanasius Kircher → notableWork → Oedipus Aegyptiacus ⓘ
subject linked to: Athanasius