The Tale of Sinuhe is the best-known text from ancient Egypt, and
equally the one about which the most has been written. And yet its
depths have not been fully fathomed, in respect neither to its cultural
and literary value, nor to its grammar and lexicon. The present volume
originates in a conference held at Leiden University which took as its
starting point two passages from the famous story: one from the
beginning of the Tale, and one from the end. The idea was that the text
could be opened up through them, from the inside out. The ten essays of
this volume discuss the Tale from many different viewpoints, bringing
new insights to its grammar, its literary ambition, and its cultural
setting.