Wisdom of the Egyptians Author:Brian Brown 1923. The story of the Egyptians, the religion of the ancient Egyptians, the Ptah-Hotep and the Ke'gemini (the oldest books in the world), the Book of the Dead, the Wisdom of Hermes Trismegistus, Egyptian magic and the Book of Truth. Also contains the vision of Hermes; the Story of the Book of Thoth; hymn and litany to Osiris; and Egyptian occul... more »tism and symbolism. Illustrated.« less