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Thebes in the First Millennium BC

Author : Julia Budka,Kenneth Griffin,Elena Pischikova
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781443859639

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Thebes in the First Millennium BC by Julia Budka,Kenneth Griffin,Elena Pischikova Pdf

Thebes in the First Millennium BC is a collection of articles, based mostly, but not entirely, on the talks given at the conference of the same name organised by the team of the South Asasif Conservation Project, an Egyptian-American Mission working under the auspices of the Ministry of State for Antiquities, Egypt, in Luxor in 2012. The organisers of the conference and editors of the volume, Elena Pischikova, Julia Budka, and Kenneth Griffin, brought together a group of prominent scholars to share and discuss the results of their recent field research in the tombs and temples of the Twenty-fifth – Twenty-sixth Dynasties in Thebes, Abydos, and Saqqara. This volume assembles current studies on royal and elite monuments of the Libyan, Kushite, and Saite Periods, and places them in a wider context. This volume investigates such aspects of research as tomb and temple architecture, burial assemblages, religious texts, paleography, artistic styles, iconography, local workshops, and archaism, providing a new perspective to the current scholarship and future exploration of these topics. The volume is further enriched by the inclusion of chapters on the conservation and preservation of monuments representing the present-day approach to the development of archaeological sites.

The Twilight of Ancient Egypt

Author : Karol Myśliwiec
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0801486300

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The Twilight of Ancient Egypt by Karol Myśliwiec Pdf

Karol Mysliwiec surveys a turbulent time in Ancient Egyptian culture and history -- the eight hundred years between the eleventh century B.C.E. and the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.E., after which Egypt became part of the Hellenistic world. It was a time when Libyans, Kushites, Persians, and Greeks ascended to the throne more frequently than did indigenous kings. The history of this phase of pharaonic Egypt, marked by rapid changes in rule, has been relatively neglected until now. Egypt had become increasingly involved in the affairs of its Near Eastern neighbors (Assyria, Babylon, and Persia) and of the Mediterranean world. These many cultures greatly enriched and influenced pharaonic traditions. At the same time, Egyptian civilization extended far beyond the borders of Egypt itself. One of the most important cultural products of this period is the Old Testament, called here "an inestimable source of information on daily life in pharaonic Egypt". Mysliwiec perceives in recent archaeological discoveries clear evidence that the First Millennium B.C.E. was witness to more than a slow, progressive dying out of the pharaonic past; new and creative elements profoundly altered the culture of Ancient Egypt. Originally published in Polish, The Twilight of Ancient Egypt appeared in 1998 in a German edition. The Cornell edition has been updated by the author and also contains previously unpublished photographs of recently discovered treasures.

The History of Ancient Greece: 3rd millennium B.C. - 323 B.C.

Author : John Bagnell Bury
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066051563

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The History of Ancient Greece: 3rd millennium B.C. - 323 B.C. by John Bagnell Bury Pdf

J. B. Bury's History of Ancient Greece has been one of the most influential authorities on the Ancient Greece for over one century. This book presents the complete political history of Ancient Greece from its earliest beginnings in 3rd millennium B.C. all the way until the death of Alexander the Great. Contents: Greece and the Aegean The Beginnings of Greece and the Heroic Age The Expansion of Greece Growth of Sparta - Fall of the Aristocracies The Union of Attica and the Foundation of the Athenian Democracy Growth of Athens in the Sixth Century The Advance of Persia to the Aegean The Perils of Greece - the Persian and Punic Invasions The Foundation of the Athenian Empire The Athenian Empire Under the Guidance of Pericles The Decline and Downfall of the Athenian Empire The Spartan Supremacy and the Persian War The Revival of Athens and Her Second League The Hegemony of Thebes The Syracusan Empire and the Struggle With Carthage The Rise of Macedonia The Conquest of Persia The Conquest of the Far East

Thebes in the Fifth Century (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Nancy Demand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317695370

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Thebes in the Fifth Century (Routledge Revivals) by Nancy Demand Pdf

In the fifth century BC Thebes, faced with the challenges presented by defeat and disgrace in the Persian Wars – it had sided with the invaders – succeeded not only in regaining its former prominence, but also in laying the groundwork for its hegemony of Greece in the early part of the fourth century. In Thebes in the Fifth Century, first published in 1982, Nancy Demand examines the political and military history of this renowned city, as well as a number of other aspects of Theban culture and society: its physical layout, religious cults, poetry and music, arts, crafts and philosophy. Other topics of special interest include a chapter on Pythagoreanism in Thebes, an appendix on the evidence for the participation of women in Pythagoreanism, and an investigation, extending throughout the book, of the role of women in Theban society.

Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis

Author : Elena Pischikova
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781649030382

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Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis by Elena Pischikova Pdf

The third volume of reports on the excavations of noblemen’s tombs from the Kushite Period This is the third and final volume in the Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis series dedicated to the ongoing work of the Egyptian–American South Asasif Conservation Project, under the auspices of the Ministry of Antiquities and directed by Elena Pischikova. The project was founded in 2006 to restore and reconstruct the early Kushite tombs of Karabasken (TT 391) and Karakhamun (TT 223) and the Saite tomb of Irtieru (TT 390). Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis: Art and Archaeology 2015–2018 focuses on the conservation work in the tomb of Karakhamun and new discoveries in the tomb of Karabasken, which include the burial chamber of Karabasken, its monumental granite sarcophagus found in situ, and the Twenty-sixth Dynasty chapel and burial compartment of Padibastet built in the pillared hall of the tomb of Karabasken. Discussion of finds includes canopic jars, stelae, pottery, and animal bones among many others. Ongoing art historical research is reflected in the chapters on the artistry of the decoration of the tomb of Karakhamun and its uniquely preserved twenty-one-square grid. This volume also introduces new research on the name and titles of Irtieru. Contributors: Abdelrazk Mohamed Ali, Ramadan Ahmed Ali, Mariam Ayad, Louise Bertini, John Billman, Marion Brew, Julia Budka, Katherine Blakeney, Dieter Eigner, Hayley Goddard , Erhart Graefe, Kenneth Griffin, Salima Ikram, Fathy Yaseem Abd el Karim, Ezz El Din Kamal El Noby, Elena Pischikova, Manon Shutz

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia

Author : Geoff Emberling,Bruce Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1217 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197521830

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The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia by Geoff Emberling,Bruce Williams Pdf

The cultures of Nubia built the earliest cities, states, and empires of inner Africa, but they remain relatively poorly known outside their modern descendants and the community of archaeologists, historians, and art historians researching them. The earliest archaeological work in Nubia was motivated by the region's role as neighbor, trade partner, and enemy of ancient Egypt. Increasingly, however, ancient Nile-based Nubian cultures are recognized in their own right as the earliest complex societies in inner Africa. As agro-pastoral cultures, Nubian settlement, economy, political organization, and religious ideologies were often organized differently from those of the urban, bureaucratic, and predominantly agricultural states of Egypt and the ancient Near East. Nubian societies are thus of great interest in comparative study, and are also recognized for their broader impact on the histories of the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia brings together chapters by an international group of scholars on a wide variety of topics that relate to the history and archaeology of the region. After important introductory chapters on the history of research in Nubia and on its climate and physical environment, the largest part of the volume focuses on the sequence of cultures that lead almost to the present day. Several cross-cutting themes are woven through these chapters, including essays on desert cultures and on Nubians in Egypt. Eleven final chapters synthesize subjects across all historical phases, including gender and the body, economy and trade, landscape archaeology, iron working, and stone quarrying.

The Oxford Handbook of Egyptian Epigraphy and Palaeography

Author : Vanessa Davies,Dimitri Laboury
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190083731

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The Oxford Handbook of Egyptian Epigraphy and Palaeography by Vanessa Davies,Dimitri Laboury Pdf

The unique relationship between word and image in ancient Egypt is a defining feature of that ancient culture's records. All hieroglyphic texts are composed of images, and large-scale figural imagery in temples and tombs is often accompanied by texts. Epigraphy and palaeography are two distinct, but closely related, ways of recording, analyzing, and interpreting texts and images. This Handbook stresses technical issues about recording text and art and interpretive questions about what we do with those records and why we do it. It offers readers three key things: a diachronic perspective, covering all ancient Egyptian scripts from prehistoric Egypt through the Coptic era (fourth millennium BCE-first half of first millennium CE), a look at recording techniques that considers the past, present, and future, and a focus on the experiences of colleagues. The diachronic perspective illustrates the range of techniques used to record different phases of writing in different media. The consideration of past, present, and future techniques allows readers to understand and assess why epigraphy and palaeography is or was done in a particular manner by linking the aims of a particular effort with the technique chosen to reach those aims. The choice of techniques is a matter of goals and the records' work circumstances, an inevitable consequence of epigraphy being a double projection: geometrical, transcribing in two dimensions an object that exists physically in three; and mental, an interpretation, with an inevitable selection among the object's defining characteristics. The experiences of colleagues provide a range of perspectives and opinions about issues such as techniques of recording, challenges faced in the field, and ways of reading and interpreting text and image. These accounts are interesting and instructive stories of innovation in the face of scientific conundrum.

Handbook of Ancient Nubia

Author : Dietrich Raue
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1133 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110420388

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Handbook of Ancient Nubia by Dietrich Raue Pdf

Numerous research projects have studied the Nubian cultures of Sudan and Egypt over the last thirty years, leading to significant new insights. The contributions to this handbook illuminate our current understanding of the cultural history of this fascinating region, including its interconnections to the natural world.

Current Research in Egyptology 2018

Author : Marie Peterková Hlouchová,Dana Belohoubková,Jirí Honzl,Vera Nováková
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789692150

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Current Research in Egyptology 2018 by Marie Peterková Hlouchová,Dana Belohoubková,Jirí Honzl,Vera Nováková Pdf

Current Research in Egyptology 2018 is a collection of papers and posters presented at the nineteenth symposium of the prestigious international student conference, held at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague on 25th–28th June 2018.

From the Delta to the Cataract

Author : Alejandro Jiménez-Serrano,Cornelius von Pilgrim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004293458

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From the Delta to the Cataract by Alejandro Jiménez-Serrano,Cornelius von Pilgrim Pdf

This volume in honour of Mohamed el-Bialy offers 22 contributions by his friends and colleagues. The articles deal with a wide range of topics that include unpublished objects and texts as well as results of the most recent field research

The Oxford Handbook of the Egyptian Book of the Dead

Author : Rita Lucarelli,Martin Andreas Stadler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780190210007

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The Oxford Handbook of the Egyptian Book of the Dead by Rita Lucarelli,Martin Andreas Stadler Pdf

"Among the broad spectrum of ancient Egyptian religious literature, the Book of the Dead is the most representative of the mortuary religion and of the magical and ritual practices belonging to it. Moreover, its rich corpus of texts and images provides unique information on the scribal practices, mortuary traditions, myths, and priestly rituals in ancient Egypt from the 2nd Millennium BCE to the Roman Period. "Book of the Dead" is the conventional name given by Egyptologists to a collection of magical compositions called in ancient Egyptian "Book for coming forth by day". This title refers to the main wish of the deceased, who wished to be able to leave his tomb and move freely between this world and the next. Each Book of the Dead manuscript is unique, although we know of the existence of workshops where the papyri were bought and therefore a few common stylistic features can be recognized according to different regional traditions of writing and manufacture. The spells also present many and various parallels with other magical and ritual texts attested in temples, on magical objects, and amulets, showing that the mortuary literature had in fact a strong link with the daily religious life and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. This Handbook is the first guide to all the aspects and topics of research both in relation to the Book of the Dead itself and to broader research on ancient Egyptian religion and magic"--

Body, Cosmos and Eternity

Author : Rogério Sousa
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784910037

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Body, Cosmos and Eternity by Rogério Sousa Pdf

This volume collects papers from the symposium 'Body, Cosmos and Eternity: the Symbolism of Coffins in Ancient Egypt', convened at the historical building of the University of Port, February 2013.

The Archaeology of Egypt in the Third Intermediate Period

Author : James E. Bennett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108482080

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The Archaeology of Egypt in the Third Intermediate Period by James E. Bennett Pdf

This book is aimed at students, teachers, and academics who have an interest in the study of urbanism in Egypt and the ancient world. This book provides for the first time, an up-to-date, comprehensive analysis of Egyptian urbanism during the Third Intermediate Period (1076-664 BCE).

The Excavations at Mut al-Kharab II

Author : Richard J. Long
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789257144

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The Excavations at Mut al-Kharab II by Richard J. Long Pdf

For over a century our knowledge of Egypt’s Western Desert during the Third Intermediate Period relied almost entirely on the Greater and Smaller Dakhleh Stelae. These two significant documents were purchased by Henry Lyons in 1894 in Dakhleh Oasis and indicated the existence of a substantial temple at Mut al-Kharab dedicated to the god Seth. Apart from these sources, very little information from the Western Desert could be dated to this period. Excavations at Mut al-Kharab began in 2000 and in recent years, evidence from the Third Intermediate Period temple has grown considerably. A range of artefacts has been unearthed, including decorated temple blocks, stelae, ostraka, in situ architectural remains, other small finds, and a large collection of well-dated ceramics. The scale of evidence suggests Mut al-Kharab was probably the most significant Third Intermediate Period site in the Western Desert. In light of this new material, a re-examination of activity in the Western Desert during this period has been possible. This volume presents all the available evidence relating to the western oases during the Third Intermediate Period, with a particular focus on the ceramics. Occupation appears to have been more widespread than the limited evidence previously suggested, and these oasis communities were closely connected to the populations in the Nile Valley. The Egyptian central administration continued to be interested in the Western Desert, although political control does not seem to have been consistent. Moreover, subtle yet distinct variations in the material record, including aspects of pottery traditions and religious practices, may reveal the existence of an oasis culture. As such, we are developing a much clearer picture of activity in this region.

The Family of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy from Thebes (TT 414) Revisited

Author : Julia Budka,Tamás Mekis
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781803271637

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The Family of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy from Thebes (TT 414) Revisited by Julia Budka,Tamás Mekis Pdf

This book identifies a key figure in the family that reused the Saite tomb of Ankh-Hor (TT 414) in the Asasif: Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu. Examining the funerary assemblage revealed not only details of Late Dynastic and Ptolemaic burial customs in Thebes but also additional information on the priesthood of Khonsu and of the sacred baboons in this era.