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The Oldest Book in the World: Philosophy in the Age of the Pyramids Maps and the creator of theA new translation of a philosophical and practical advice classic of the ancient world, The Teaching of Ptahhatp, written in Egypt four thousand years ago and still relevant for modern readers today. Noted author and Egyptologist Bill Manley renders into approachable modern English for the first time the oldest surviving statement of philosophy from the ancient world: the thirty seven teachings and twelve conclusions of The Teaching of Ptahhatp,