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British Archaeological Reports The Lower Palaeolithic of the Mahgreb
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Threshold Publishing The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx The Essential Handbook to the Monuments of Giza Great Sacred Sites
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eBook Alchemy Pty Ltd The Lalibela Handbook A Guide to the 13th Century Rock Sanctuaries in Ethiopia Understanding their Features and Mystical Meaning Great Sacred Sites
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AuthorHouse The Complete Pyramid Sourcebook
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AuthorHouse Hatshepsuts Temple at Deir el Bahari
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Unknown Tutankhamun Bloomsbury Egyptology
Book SynopsisMarianne Eaton-Krauss is an Egyptologist who has taught at universities in Berlin, Muenster, and Marburg, Germany, and written more than 50 articles about Tutankhamun and the Amarna Period. Her publications on objects from the king's tomb include, most recently, The Thrones, Chairs, Stools, and Footstools from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (2008).Trade ReviewPacked with important information and attractively produced ... [This book] is an important critical review of many of the key topics and theories relating to the reign of Tutankhamun, and as such is a 'must have' for anyone with a serious interest in the Amarna Period and its aftermath. * Egyptian Archaeology *A useful discussion of the evidence relating to a pivotal figure in the history of ancient Egypt. * Ancient Egypt *[The book offers] careful interpretation of inscriptions and artistic trends. * AramcoWorld *Eaton-Krauss has provided a fine service by gathering together so much information [from foreign-language studies] ... She has produced a book that is extremely fascinating for anyone interested in Tutankhamun and at the same time, with copious notes, providing valuable material for professional Egyptologists. * Classics for All *A most welcomed monograph on the reign of king Tutankhaten/Tutankhamun. It provides both professional and general audiences with up-to-date information, detailed discussions that in some points do not lack Eaton-Krauss's necessary criticism, and well organised chapters. This work challenges deeply-ingrained associations of wealth, mystery and curses with the king by providing readers with a study of his parentage, childhood, accession, architectural and sculptural projects. * Orientalistische Literaturzeitung *As a leading expert on the monuments, texts, and images relating to Tutankhamun, Marianne Eaton-Krauss has provided a fascinating account of the young king’s reign that is both engaging and scholarly. Drawing on a wide range of material known only to specialists, the author goes far beyond the endlessly repeated and often sensationalised narratives about the young king and the discovery of his tomb to truly tell the story of the unknown Tutankhamun. -- Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History, Emory University, USADr Eaton-Krauss’s thoroughly researched book restores ‘King Tut’ to his true historical significance. It presents a complete picture of a fascinating personality which intrigues as well as charms. Young Tutankhamun was on the Egyptian throne during an exciting period when the country was recovering from the effects of a profound political, economic and ideological revolution instigated by the ‘heretic’ king Akhenaten. Tutankhamun’s childhood and the ‘restoration period’ during which he reigned are described and analysed. The King’s extensive building activities and the intensive production of sculptures of the traditional deities are discussed in detail. His premature death and the difficulties accompanying the preparation of his burial are explained. This is a book which will satisfy specialists as well as amateurs. -- Jaromir Malek, Senior Research Associate, Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, UK, and author of The Treasures of Tutankhamun (2012)Marianne Eaton-Krauss has been recognized as a scholar of Tutankhamun and a truth-teller for decades. When she applies her careful and incisive powers of reason to the hundreds of recently published books and articles on this king, the reader learns what is what, without the drama so frequently draped over everything Tutankhamun. -- Betsy M. Bryan, Alexander Badawy Professor of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Johns Hopkins University, USATable of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1 Prince Tutankhaten Chapter 2 King Tutankhaten Chapter 3 Tutankhamun and the Restoration Chapter 4 Statues for Amun Chapter 5 Tutankhamun’s Building Projects Chapter 6 Tutankhamun’s Funerary Temple, his Tomb and the Sarcophagus found in it Chapter 7 Tutankhamun’s Death and Burial Epilogue Map Chronology Abbreviations Endnotes Selected Bibliography
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Basic Books Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
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Scholars Press Letters from Ancient Egypt
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Society of Biblical Literature Texts from the Pyramid Age
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Orations of the Fatimid Caliphs: Festival Sermons of the Ismaili Imams
Book SynopsisThe Fatimid empire was a highly sophisticated and cosmopolitan regime that flourished from the beginning of the 10th to the end of the 12th century. Under the enlightened rule of the Fatimid Caliphs, Cairo was founded as the nucleus of an imperium that extended from Arabia in the east to present-day Morocco in the west. Dynamic rulers like the the fourth caliph al-Mu'izz (who conquered Egypt and founded his new capital there) were remarkable not only for their extensive conquests but also for combining secular with religious legitimacy. As living imams of the Ismaili branch of Shi'ism, they exercised authority over both spiritual and secular domains. The sacred dimension of their mandate was manifested most powerfully twice a year, when the imam-Caliphs personally delivered sermons, or khutbas, to their subjects, to co-incide with the great feasts and festivals of fast-breaking and sacrifice.While few of these sermons have survived, those that have endured vividly evoke both of the atmosphere of the occasion and the words uttered on it. Paul E Walker here provides unique access to these orations by presenting the Arabic original and a complete English translation of all the khutbas now extant. He also offers a history of the festival sermons and explores their key themes and rhetorical strategies.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements PART ONE A History of the Fatimid khutba Rhetoric and Themes in the Surviving khutbas PART TWO Translations The khutbas of al-Qa’im The khutbas of al-Mansur The khutbas of al-Mu’izz The khutbas of Qirwash The khutbas of al-Amir PART THREE Arabic Texts Glossary Bibliography Arabic and English indexes
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Library of Alexandria: Centre of Learning in the Ancient World
Book SynopsisThe Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world, containing thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature and art and artefacts of ancient Egypt. This book demonstrates that Alexandria became - through the contemporary reputation of its library - a point of confluence for Greek, Roman, Jewish and Syrian culture that drew scholars and statesmen from throughout the ancient world. It also explores the histories of Alexander the Great and of Alexandria itself, the greatest city of the ancient world. This new paperback edition offers general readers an accessible introduction to the history of this magnificent yet still mysterious institution from the time of its foundation up to its tragic destruction.Trade Review"These fascinating, far-ranging essays should appeal to the general as well as the academic reader" -Arthur Foss, Anglo-Hellenic Review
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Kismet Press Llp The Crusades: An Epitome
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Aset Ka Asetian Bible
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Headline Publishing Group The Treasures of Tutankhamun
Book SynopsisOn 26 November 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. This book puts Tutankhamun's short life into context by describing and explaining the complexities of life in Ancient Egypt and details the actual discovery and original expedition, drawing on the personal archives of Howard Carter himself.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Maps; Egyptian Chronology; Ancient Egypt: The Land and the People; Ancient Egypt: Society, Religion and the Arts; The Pharoahs; King Akhenaten and the Amarna Period; The Reawakening of Interest in Ancient Egypt in the West; Jean-Francois Champollion and the Decipherment of the Hieroglyphs; Rediscovering Monuments of Ancient Egypt; Recording Monuments of Ancient Egypt; Early Photography in Egypt; C & C: Carter and Carnarvon; Back in the Valley; The Antechamber; The Tomb; The Excavators; Recording the Contents of Tutankhamun's Tomb; Harry Burton; Opening the Burial Chamber; The Burial Chamber; The Sarcophagus and Coffins; The King's Mummy; The Treasury; The Annexe; The Contents of the Tomb; Safeguarding Tutankhamun's Afterlife; Maintaining Tutankhamun's Royal Status in the Afterlife; Mementoes of this World; King Tutankhamun 13371327 BC; And 80 Years Later; Index; Translations; Credits.
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Darf Publishers Ltd Upper Egypt: Its Peoples and its Products. A
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Oxford University Press Rulers Warriors Traders Clerics
Book SynopsisWhat do we learn if we look in parallel at the past of two distinct parts of the world? Anne Haour weighs this question by considering both the central Sahel of West Africa and the European countries around the North Sea, for the period 800-1500. This is a time for which historical records are scarce, and to which archaeology is making ever-increasing contributions. It is also, and foremost, a time when the central Sahel and northern Europe alike were undergoing far-reaching changes that were to define key aspects of their identity today. New monotheistic religions were replacing the animist faiths, states and empire becoming consolidated, new trading networks being set up, new towns emerging, fortifications being erected as symbols and in defence against raiders and invaders. Do these elements of convergence mean that we can unpick much wider themes of similarity between northern Europe and Sahelian West Africa? This volume''s central argument is that we can understand one area betterTrade Review[A] thoughtful and intriguing book ... highly original. * Journal of African History *...there is much in this volume to be inspired by. The boldness of the topic is exciting and thought-provoking, as id the idea of the collision of the local and the global. * Ceri Ashley, African Achaeological Review *In an easy-to-read writing style,[Haour] has employed an innovative and challenging approach that brings in a welcome fresh ideas to a current and future archaeological and historical research * Carlos Magnavita, Journal of African Archaeology *...interesting volume...a welcome exercise in trying to extend intellectual horizons through comparative studies * David Edwards The Society for Medieval Archaeology *
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The University of Chicago Press The Egyptians
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the people who lived along the Nile for almost 35 centuries, this collection of essays presents studies of ancient Egyptians arranged by social type - slaves, craftsmen, priests, bureaucrats, pharaohs, peasants and women - representing Egyptian culture, state and society.
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Yale University Press Pharaoh
Book SynopsisA fresh look at the British Museum's celebrated and extensive ancient Egyptian collection from across three thousand yearsTrade Review“The book includes 180 marvelous color photographs of objects such as sculptures, funerary objects, jewelry and papyri. Essays accompanying the plates explore Egyptian kingship and images illustrating the pharaoh’s connection with various gods. . . . The plates throughout the book are striking and the accompanying discussion of Egyptian customs is excellent and very interesting.”—Richard Weigel, Bowling Green Daily News -- Richard Weigel * Bowling Green Daily News *"The variety of the artefacts and the quality of the illustrations, combined with the book’s thoughtful text, make this well worth a place in anyone’s Egyptological library.”—Hilary Forrest, Ancient Egypt -- Hilary Forrest * Ancient Egypt *
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Amenhotep III
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University of California Press Tensions of Empire
Book SynopsisStarting with the premise that Europe was made by its imperial projects as much as colonial encounters were shaped by events and conflicts in Europe, this volume investigates metropolitan-colonial relationships. It shows how "civilizing missions" often provided new sites for a bourgeois order.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Between Metropole and Colony: Rethinking a Research Agenda Ann Laura Stoler and Frederick Cooper Part I Framings 1 Liberal Strategies of Exclusion Uday S. Mehta 2 Imperialism and Motherhood Anna Davin 3 Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse Homi Bhabha Part II Making Boundaries Contents 4 Images of Empire, Contests of Conscience: Models of Colonial Domination in South Africa John L. Comaroff 5 Sexual Affronts and Racial Frontiers: European Identities and the Cultural Politics of Exclusion in Colonial Southeast Asia Ann Laura Stoler 6 "The Conversion of Englishmen and the Conversion of the World Inseparable": Missionary Imperialism and the Language of Class in Early Industrial Britain Susan Thorne 7 Race, Gender, and Citizenship in the German Colonial Empire Lora Wildenthal Part III Colonial Projects 8 "Le bebe en brousse": European Women, African Birth Spacing, and Colonial Intervention in Breast Feeding in the Belgian Congo Nancy Rose Hunt 9 Tradition in the Service of Modernity: Architecture and Urbanism in French Colonial Policy, 190G-1930 Gwendolyn Wright 10 Educating Conformity in French Colonial Algeria Fanny Colonna Part IV Contesting the Categories of Rule 11 The Difference-Deferral of a Colonial Modernity: Public Debates on Domesticity in British Bengal Dipesh Chakrabarty 12 The Dialectics of Decolonization: Nationalism and Labor Movements in Postwar French Africa Frederick Cooper 13 Cars Out of Place: Vampires, Technology, and Labor in East and Central Africa Luise White Notes on Contributors Index
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University of California Press Cleopatra
Book SynopsisCleopatra - a brave, astute, and charming woman - continues to fascinate centuries after she ruled Egypt. This title includes essays that explore such topics as Cleopatra's controversial trip to Rome, her suicide by snake bite, and the afterlife of her love potions.Trade Review"After reading, and perhaps re-reading, the contributions to this remarkable set off essays, the reasons contributing to the posthumous super-status of Cleopatra VII become self-evident." Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) "Supplements our current understanding of a rich tradition with new layers." -- Alastair Blanshard Prudentia
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University of California Press Egypt Dictionaries of Civilization Pharaonic
Book SynopsisPresents ancient Egypt in photographs and textual descriptions of Egyptian art, culture, and government. This book provides a view of the civilization as a whole, and includes a section on the history of Egyptology, the invasions and excavations, and a section on where the artifacts can be seen today.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ramesside Inscriptions Ramesses II His
Book SynopsisThis volume presents a vast number of monuments and documents from almost all levels of Egyptian society during the long reign of Ramesses II.Table of ContentsAbbreviations and Sigla. Preface. Introduction. RAMESSES II. Category I: Viziers. 1. Theban Tomb 106; brick, MMA.14.426/7. 2. Delta Monument: Qantir, Louvre E.25980, Vleeshius. 3. Memphis, Middle Egypt: Cairo CGC 630; Abydos, pen-case, L'poo. 4. Medamud & E. Thebes: BM954; cair, JdE 38062, CGC 42164. 5. W. Thebes, Excluding Deir el-Medina: Philadelphia E. 534+(14-15); BM 687 (15); CGC 561 (15-16); Copenhagen AEIN 50 (17); Wadiyein, graffiti (17-18); Tombs 93, 311, graffiti (18); stelae, W. Thebes, Copenhagen AEIN 1553 (18). 6. Deir el-Medina, stelae: Turin Cat. 50095, 50116, 50149; Boston MFA 09.287, etc. 7. Deir el-Medina, stature, set of swallows. 8. Deir El-Medina, architectural elements, Khenu, etc. 9. Deir el-Medina, draft titles, correspondence, etc. 10. Southern Upper Egypt: Silsila, Sehel, epigraphs. 11. Unplaced stelae: Vatican fragment. 12. Unplaced statues: BM 510, tell Roba, etc. 13. Minor Objects: Berlin 17276, 19742, Louvre, Ward, Turin, UCL. 14. Funerary Objects: CGC 4325, 4326, Berlin 367, UCL 93-95. 15. Northern Monuments Megiddo, Qantir, Abydos. 16. E. Thebes, statuary: CGC 42165, 42166. 17. W. Thebes, statuary: CGC 42165, 42166. 18. Deir el-Medina, statue-base, stela Turin 50098. 19. Deir el-Medina, drafts, correspondence, etc. 20. W. Silsila in Speos: Dedication, titles. 21. Statuary: CGC 713, 1034. 22. W. Silsila, scene in Speos. 23. Lesser Monuments: BM 108; Berlin 2290; pyramidion, Liverpool; O CGC 25747; UCL; Amherst; BM 4104; Brugsch. 24. Cairo stela JdE 19775; Brussels canopic jar, AE. 5901.; cross-references. 25. Delta, Memphis: Munich, G1. 287; Cairo J. 48845; Saqqara; BM 183. 26. Sedment, statuary, stela, tomb, burial-goods: CC 605; sarcophagus; base; Cairo JdE 47001; Philadelphia Inv. 15413; various fragments; Chicago 1736. 27. Abydos: Mariette, Cat. 1138 Boston MFA 03.1891; Cairo J.32024. 28. Other Statuary : Aberdeen 1393; BM 712 Villa Melzi. 29. Subordinates: Nebuhotep, Tjay. 30. Sedment, statue-group. Category II: Viceroys of Nubia. 32. Cross-references.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ramesside Inscriptions Addenda
Book SynopsisA useful companion to the seventh volume of K. A. Kitchen's seminal Ramesside Inscriptions Ramesside Inscriptions: Translated and Annotated Notes and Comments, Volume VII complements the seventh volume of Kitchen's seminal hieroglyphic texts (KRI VII) and its companion volume of translations (KRITA VII) that cover the period between Ramesses I and Ramesses XI. This newly published reference work contains the supplementary inscriptions which were not included in the original publication (vols. I-VI), as well as improved readings in KRI VII that reflect a better understanding of the ancient sources. Following a practical and efficient format, each text is presented in its historical context and includes a list of principal references, succinct introductory notes, and comments on specific points of historical, biographical, and philological interest. Provides detailed notes and comments on the wide range of inscriptions in Kitchen's Ramesside Inscriptions, Volume VII and Translations, Volume VIIFeatures new readings based on current scholarship, such as the detailed accounts of mining expeditions during the first years of the reign of Ramesses VIIContains inscriptions relating to members of the Ramesside royal family, as well as civil, military, and ecclesiastical administrators. Includes discussions of graffiti, funerary monuments, and personal documents from the royal workmen's village of Deir el-MedinaA unique source of knowledge for understanding Ancient Egypt, Ramesside Inscriptions: Translated and Annotated Notes and Comments, Volume VII, is a must-have for academic scholars and advanced students of Egyptology.Table of ContentsAbbreviations xxxi Preface xli Ramesses I Sethos I Ramesses II Merenptah Setnakht Ramesses IV Ramesses V Ramesses VI Ramesses VII Ramesses VIII Ramesses IX Ramesses X Ramesses XI
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A History of Ancient Egypt
Book SynopsisRanging from the first human settlement in the Nile Valley (c. 120,000 BC) to the appearance of Alexander the Great (c. 331 BC), this history blends archaeological and textual evidence into an informed narrative. Numerous quotes from the original documentary sources are included.Trade Review"Very up-to-date . . . The index, the illustrations, the bibliography and the tables make this book an excellent reference tool." La Croix. "The range of recent revisions, particularly chronological, and the ever increasing amount of archaeological material demanded a new synthesis. Here it is, both lively and well written." Le Quotidien de Paris.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations. Introduction. Part I: The Formative Period:. 1. From Prehistory to History. 2. Religion and History. 3. The Thinite Period. Part II: The Classical Age:. 4. The Old Kingdom. 5. Funerary Ideas. 6. The Struggle for Power. 7. The Middle Kingdom. 8. The Invasion. Part III: The Empire:. 9. The Tuthmosids. 10. Akhenaten. 11. The Ramessid Period. 12. The Domain of Amun. Part IV: The Final Phase: . 13. The Third Intermediate Period. 14. Nubians and Saites. 15. Persians and Greeks. Conclusion. Appendix. Glossary. Bibliography. Guide to Further Reading by Kent R. Weekes. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Prehistory of Egypt
Book Synopsis* Provides an accessible narrative history of Egypt from earliest human settlement to the time of the first pharoahs. * Explores prehistoric foundations of many traditions evident in Ancient Egypt. * Includes chronology, glossary, bibiliography and numerous illustrations -- ideal for student use. .Trade Review"Egyptologists frequently have little understanding of the prehistoric past, especially the paleolithic periods, and it is commendable that Midant-Reynes has included this overview." International Journal of African Historical Studies "... integrate[s] the prehistory of Egypt and Nubia through into the (Egyptian) Unification period, thus investigating the entire united Nile region and its flanking deserts in a logical but rarely encountered attempt to develop a cohesive picture ... In this the book succeeds admirably." Journal of African HistoryTable of ContentsIllustrations. Preface. Acknowledgements. Translator's Note. Introduction. Part I: The Land of Egypt:. 1. Between the River and the Desert. Part II: The Palaeolithic Period: . 2. The Earliest Evidence for Humans in the Nile Valley. 3. The Beginnings of Cultural Diversity. 4. Diversity or Nilotic Adaptation. Part III: The Neolithic Period:. 5. The Process of 'Neolithicization'. 6. The Neolithic Period (Fifth Millennium BC). Part IV: The Approach to the Pharaonic Period (Fourth Millennium BC): . 7. The Predynastic Period (c. 4000-3000 BC). 8. The First Pharaohs and the Unification of the Two Lands. Conclusion. Appendix 1: Relative Chronology and the Traditional Dating Systems. Appendix 2: 'Absolute Dates'. Glossary. Abbreviations. Bibliography. Index.
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Harvard University Press The Black Kingdom of the Nile
Book SynopsisFor centuries, Egyptian civilization has been at the origin of the story we tell about the West. But Charles Bonnet's archaeological excavations have unearthed extraordinary sites in modern Sudan that challenge this notion and compel us to look to black Africa and the Nubian Kingdom of Kush, where a highly civilized state existed 25001500 BCE.Trade ReviewA splendid summary of [Bonnet’s] life’s research…This well-illustrated volume will be of interest to Egyptologists and Nubiologists, as well as a wider audience without expert knowledge…Bonnet’s excavations and his studies, as well as his contributions to the new Kerma site museum discussed in this book, allow a more balanced assessment of this African civilization which has long been hidden in the shadow of Egypt. -- Julia Budka * African Archaeological Review *Bonnet presents the extensive results of his five decades of excavations at Kerma, Sudan…This book’s greatest strength is its highly detailed architectural descriptions that capture the grand scale and extraordinary complexity of the site. For a researcher interested in architecture and urbanism in the Nubian Nile Valley, this volume would be an important and valuable resource. -- Aaron M. de Souza * Journal of Near Eastern Studies *
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MY - University of Toronto Press Imagination of a Monarchy
Book SynopsisScholars have long known that the Egyptian Ptolemaic monarchy underwent a transformation between 323 and 30 BC, but the details of this change have proven problematic. This book presents a clear argument based on the author's theories.
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University of Toronto Press Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa
Book SynopsisCemetery and landscape studies have been hallmarks of North African archaeology for more than one hundred years. Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa is the first book to combine these two fields by considering North African cemeteries within the context of their wider landscapes. This unique perspective allows for new interpretations of notions of identity, community, imperial influence, and sacred space. Based on a wealth of material research from current fieldwork, this collection of essays investigates how North African funerary monuments acted as regional boundaries, markers of identity and status, and barometers of cultural change. The essays cover a broad range in terms of space and time from southern Libya to eastern Algeria, and from the seventh century BCE to the seventh century CE. A comprehensive introduction explains the importance of the ''landscape perspective'' that these studies bring to North African funerary monuments, while individual case-s
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MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma In the Shadow of the Pyramids Egypt during the
Book SynopsisDescribes life during ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom, discusses their economy, government, religion, and art, and indicates the reasons for the society's collapse.
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University of Pennsylvania Press Violence in Roman Egypt
Book SynopsisDrawing on over a hundred papyrus petitions, one of the only sources of personal narrative from the Roman world, Ari Z. Bryen investigates how people living in Roman Egypt negotiated their relationships to local communities and the Empire through legal stories.Trade Review"An extremely important study that will fundamentally change how we think about violence in Egypt and elsewhere in the Roman Empire-in fact, the way we conceive Roman rule in the provinces altogether." * Noel Lenski, University of Colorado *"A substantial contribution to the field of papyrology, Violence in Roman Egypt contributes an interesting analysis of the only extant documentation of this kind in antiquity, which has never before been studied from this perspective." * Sofia Torallas Tovar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life PART I. THE TEXTURE OF THE PROBLEM Chapter 1. Ptolemaios Complains Chapter 2. Violent Egypt Chapter 3. Violence, Modern and Ancient PART II. FROM THE LANGUAGE OF PAIN TO THE LANGUAGE OF LAW Chapter 4. Narrating Injury Chapter 5. The Work of Law Chapter 6. Fission and Fusion Conclusion: Nomos and Its Narratives Appendix A: The Papyrus on the Page Appendix B: Translations of Petitions Concerning Violence List of Papyri in Checklist Order Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection North Africa under Byzantium and Early Islam
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd War in Ancient Egypt
Book SynopsisThis book is an introduction to the war machine of New Kingdom Egypt from c. 1575 bc1100 bc. Focuses on the period in which the Egyptians created a professional army and gained control of Syria, creating an Empire of Asia. Written by a respected Egyptologist. Highlights new technological developments, such as the use of chariots and siege technology. Considers the socio-political aspects of warfare, particularly the rise to power of a new group of men. Evaluates the military effectiveness of the Egyptian state, looking at the logistics of warfare during this period. Incorporates maps and photographs, a chronological table, and a chart of dynasties and pharaohs Trade Review"For anyone interested in Egyptian military history, and wanting to learn more than the simple dry facts and the well-known major battles, then this book is an absolute must. The author is to be congratulated on this major contribution to our knowledge of warfare in ancient Egypt, presented in a very readable book, suitable for the beginner as well as the real enthusiast." Ancient Egypt "A very handy and innovative introduction on the war machine of New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1550-1070 BC)... shows a thorough familiarity with the ancient sources and relevant literature on military topics, ancient and modern... Spalinger's book is a stimulating and highly competent study no one who deals with New Kingdom warfare should overlook." Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures viii List of Maps x Acknowledgements xi Preface xiii Chronology xvi 1 Prelude to New Kingdom Warfare 1 2 The System of Early Dynasty XVIII: Technological and Physical Constraints 32 3 Southern and Northern Expansion 46 4 Social and Religious Implications of the New Military system 70 5 The Battle of Megiddo and its Result 83 6 The Pharaoh on Campaign: Ideal and Real 101 7 The Later Military Situation in Asia and at Home 110 8 Egyptian Imperialism and Thutmose III 130 9 Dynasty XVIII: Warfare and Economy 140 10 The Amarna Letters and War 160 11 The Influence of the Egyptian Military from Late Dynasty XVIII to Dynasty XIX 169 12 Early Dynasty XIX 187 13 To Kadesh and After 209 14 Merenpath and Ramesses III 235 15 Egypt on the Defensive 249 16 The Social System of the Military in the Ramesside Period 264 General Bibliography 278 Index 282
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
Book SynopsisUsing the life of a young girl and her family as a model, this book recreates the daily life of the middle-class residents of the ancient town of Lahun during Egypt's Middle Kingdom period. This perfect snapshot in time has been painstakingly recreated using recently published textual data and archaeological findings. Provides an illuminating and engaging re-construction of what daily life was like in ancient Egypt Describes the main issues of everyday life in the town - from education, work, and food preparation to religious rituals, healing techniques, marriages, births, and deaths Authentically recreated through the use of recently published textual data and archaeological findings directly from the settlement of Lahun and other sites Includes photographs and illustrations of actual artifacts from the settlement of Lahun Trade Review"This volume breaks new ground in how we need to examine Egyptian culture." (Journal of World History, March 2010) "The author brings a contemporary academic understanding of ancient Egyptian society and culture to a general audience, successfully overturning widely-held preconceptions and offering new research and methodologies in an accessible and lucid manner. As such, it will serve both general interest readers and students of the subject." (Egyptian Archaeology, Spring 2009) "The book will be attractive to anyone who wishes to read an appealing and original introduction to the Egyptian mind." (Scholia Reviews, 2009) "Books dealing with the daily lives of the ancient Egyptians abound ... .I'd not gotten far into Szpakowska's contribution when I realized that hers was something special, and needful. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction ... which the author fleshes out with a highly detailed and readable survey. This approach brings the mundane world ... to life in a way real and vital, and is sure to appeal to Szpakowska's intended audience: university students, the general public, and scholars. Daily Life is at once a good read and an excellent reference book." (KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, December 2008) "In this interesting addition to the growing body of scholarship on the social and cultural history of ancient Egypt, Szapkowska treats in succession birth, home life, personal possessions, crafts and trades, learning and related topics, religion, sickness, death, and love. What sets her book apart from other similar works is its restriction to the Middle Kingdom town of Lahun and the author's reliance primarily on material from that site. The focus on Middle Kingdom Lahun ... does allow readers to get a clearer sense of life in a particular place than other similarly titled works provide. Recommended." (CHOICE, December 2008) "Szpakowska's book is well-written, and a valuable addition to books on the topic of daily life in ancient Egypt. It tells a wonderful story of life in an ancient Egyptian town." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, September 2008) "A magnificent undergraduate textbook, because of the focus on the actual record." (Times Higher Education Supplement)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 The Setting. 2 Birth. 3 Close to Home. 4 The Stuff of Life. 5 Crafts and Trades. 6 Learning Earning and Leisure. 7 Religion. 8 Sickness. 9 Death. 10 Love. Bibliography
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Ransoming Prisoners in Precolonial Muslim Western
Book SynopsisExamines African debates on captivity, legal and illegal enslavement, and religious and ethnic identity in the era of West African jihads. In this pioneering study—the first to cover ransoming, or the release of a prisoner prior to enslavement for cash or kind, in African regions south of the Sahara—Jennifer Lofkrantz focuses on a broad temporal and geographical area ranging from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries and including present-day Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Morocco. The work concentrates particularly on the nineteenth-century jihad era and on the Sokoto Caliphate and the Umarian States. The overall period was a time of intense intellectual debate over the questions of who was and who was not a Muslim, how Islamic law could and should be implemented, what rights and protections recognized freeborn Muslims should have, and what role governments should play in ensuring those rights especially during a time when slavery was legal. Ransoming discourses and procedures expose Muslim West African answers to these questions as well as providing a lens on broader issues and ideas on slavery, freedom, and religious and ethnic identity. Based on research conducted mostly in Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and France and on Arabic-, French-, and English-language archival sources, treatises, personal correspondence, oral sources and testimony, biographical data, travel reports, and early colonial documents, this study approaches the question of ransoming of captives through an examination, first, of intellectual debates among pre-nineteenth-century West African scholars on issues of ransoming; second, of nineteenth-century policies based on understandings of those intellectual debates in the context of the jihads; and, finally, of West African practices of ransoming in the nineteenth century.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Tables Introduction Chapter 1 - Islamic Discourse on Slavery and Ransoming before 1800 Chapter 2 - The Policy and Practice of Ransoming in the Maghrib Chapter 3 - Jihad, the Sokoto Caliphate, and Ransoming Chapter 4 - The Jihad of 'Umar Taal and its Ransoming Non-Policies Chapter 5 - The Negotiation and Practice of Ransoming Prisoners Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Wits University Press Archives of Times Past: Conversations about South
Book SynopsisArchives of Times Past explores particular sources of evidence on southern Africa’s time before the colonial era. It gathers recent ideas about archives and archiving from scholars in southern Africa and elsewhere, focusing on the question: ‘How do we know, or think we know, what happened in the times before European colonialism?’The essays by well-known historians, archaeologists and researchers engage these questions from a range of perspectives and in illuminating ways. Written from personal experience, they capture how these experts encountered their archives of knowledge beyond the textbook.The essays are written at a time when public discussion about the history of southern Africa before the colonial era is taking place more openly than at any other time in the last hundred years They will appeal to students, academics, educationists, teachers, archivists, and heritage, museum practitioners and the general public.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Editorial Note Map Part I First Thoughts about the Archive Chapter 1 Exploring the Archive of the Times before Colonialism — Cynthia Kros, John Wright, Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Helen Ludlow Chapter 2 A Young Woman’s Journey of Discovery — Cynthia Kros and John Wright Chapter 3 Where Are the Deep Conversations about the Past? — Cynthia Kros and John Wright Chapter 4 ‘Ask the Old People’; ‘Ask the Professors’ — Cynthia Kros and John Wright Part II Commentaries and Conversations Chapter 5 Notes on a Kholwa Writer’s Life: Magema Fuze — Hlonipha Mokoena Chapter 6 An Archive in an Old Tin Trunk — Rachel King Chapter 7 Making ‘Tribal Histories’: The Work of Paul-Lenert Breutz — Fred Morton and Jan Boeyens Chapter 8 Conversations with Sekibakiba Lekgoathi — Sekibakiba Lekgoathi, Cynthia Kros and John Wright Chapter 9 Unpacking Olden Times — John Wright Part III Becoming Explorers Chapter 10 From ‘Nature Study’ to ‘Nature’s Archives’: My Journey into Environmental History — Muchaparara Musemwa Chapter 11 Nervously Entering the World of Carl Hoffmann and His Interlocutors — Lize Kriel Chapter 12 Dreams and Destinies: Stepping into the World of Archaeology — Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu Chapter 13 Life with the James Stuart Archive — John Wright Part IV Engaging with Archaeology and Rock Art Chapter 14 Digging Historic Cave: An Archaeological and Historical Quest — Amanda Esterhuysen Chapter 15 Storm Shelter: Rediscovering an Archive of Rock Art — Geoffrey Blundell Chapter 16 A Lion’s Life: Tracking the Biography of an Archaeological Artefact — Justine Wintjes Part V Conflicting Opinions Chapter 17 A Neglected Archive – and an Academic Pact — Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu Chapter 18 Mapungubwe Imagined — Himal Ramji Chapter 19 Mkhize Historians Dispute the Past — Grant McNulty Part VI Further Thoughts Chapter 20 Making Journeys into the Archive — Cynthia Kros Chapter 21 The Archive in Pictures: Visual Essay — Justine Wintjes Glossary Contributors Index
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Liverpool University Press Past Imperfect: Time and African Decolonization,
Book SynopsisThis book proposes to examine French and Francophone intellectual history in the period leading to the decolonization of sub-Saharan Africa (1945-1960). The analysis favours the epistemological links between ethnology, museology, sociology, and (art) history. In this discussion, a specific focus is placed on temporality and the role ascribed by these different disciplines to African pasts, presents, and futures. It is argued here that the post-war context, characterized, inter alia, by the creation of UNESCO, the birth of Présence Africaine and the prevalence of existentialism, bore witness to the development of new regimes of historicity and to the partial refutation of a progress-based modernity. This investigation is predicated on case studies from West and Central Africa (AOF, AEF and Belgian Congo) and, whilst adopting a postcolonial methodology, it explores African and French authors such as Georges Balandier, Cheikh Anta Diop, Frantz Fanon, Chris Marker, Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Alain Resnais, Jean-Paul Sartre and Placide Tempels. This study explores the intellectual legacy of the ‘long nineteenth century’ and the difficulty encountered by these authors to articulate their anti-colonial agenda away from the modern methodologies of the ‘colonial library’. By focussing on issues of intellectual alienation, this book also demonstrates that the post-WW2 period foreshadowed twenty-first century debates on extroversion, racial inequalities, the decolonization of history, and cultural (mis)appropriation.Trade Review"This is a thoroughgoing and scholarly study of African culture, anthropology and history during the lead-up to decolonization, using the notion of temporality as a lens through which to assess this complex transitional period. It is a high quality piece of research, offering a wealth of new insight on a complex question."Jane Hiddleston, University of Oxford'Fraiture's intervention in the debate is monumental. He helps the English-speaking world see the part of the debate that, until now, lacked visibility, i.e. the de-colonialists who challenged the French colonial system. And he does it in superb English –a gift to be savoured. The reader gulps with curiosity as Fraiture opens the vaults of history for our benefit. He educates in a very dazzling way. [...] This book is a labour of love; the scholarship is a pure bravura. No one concerned about decolonization can be without this book. It is first-rate.'Paul Okojie, Africa International Network'Pierre-Philippe Fraiture’s opus is an astute book that breaks new ground in the study of decolonization in the twentieth century. An erudite tour de force that deconstructs complex and oftentimes demanding texts, Past Imperfect succeeds in bringing to the fore the intertextual dialogues among African, Antillean, and French intellectuals in their effort to unmake colonialism and the epistemologies that informed its implementation. This makes it a must-read for any scholar interested in the decolonial turn in African studies.' B. Bamba, African Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsPreludeIntroductionChapter I: ‘Pasts and Futures’Chapter II ‘Things’Chapter III: ‘Words’Chapter IV: ‘Customs’Conclusion: ‘Decolonization: a Work in Progress’Bibliography
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Liverpool University Press Ancient Egyptians: Beliefs and Practices, 2nd
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Taylor & Francis The Umayyad World
Book SynopsisThe Umayyad World encompasses the archaeology, history, art, and architecture of the Umayyad era (644â750 CE).This era was formative both for world history and for the history of Islam. Subjects covered in detail in this collection include regions conquered in Umayyad times, ethnic and religious identity among the conquerors, political thought and culture, administration and the law, art and architecture, the history of religion, pilgrimage and the Qurâan, and violence and rebellion. Close attention is paid to new methods of analysis and interpretation, including source critical studies of the historiography and inter-disciplinary approaches combining literary sources and material evidence.Scholars of Islamic history, archaeologists, and researchers interested in the Umayyad Caliphate, its context, and infl uence on the wider world, will find much to enjoy in this volume.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Umayyad World; Part I Political Culture; 2. Living Together: Social Perceptions and Changing Interactions of Arabian Believers and Other Religious Communities during the Umayyad Period; 3. Prophetic Dominion, Umayyad Kingship: Varieties of Mulk in the Early Islamic Period; 4. Ethnicity, Power and Umayyad Society: The Rise and Fall of the People of Maʿadd; 5. Umayyad Visual Culture and Its Models; Part II Scribes, Administration and Law; 6. Aspects of Umayyad Administration; 7. The Social and Economic Background of Provincial Administrators in Egypt; 8. The Umayyads and the Formation of Islamic Judgeship; 9. Al-Awzaʿi and the Umayyad Influence on Islamic Legal Development; 10. The Surrender Agreements – Origins and Authenticity; Part III Regions of the Umayyad World: Conquest, Society and Economy; 11.The Umayyad North (Or: How Umayyad was the Umayyad Caliphate?); 12. Elites in the Countryside: The Economic and Political Factors behind the Umayyad ‘Desert Castles’; 13. The Umayyad Red Sea as an Islamic Mare Nostrum; 14. The Umayyads and North Africa: Imperial Rule and Frontier Society; 15. Conquest and Settlement: What Al-Andalus can tell Us about the Arab Expansion at the Time of the Umayyad Caliphate; 16. Ecology, Economy and the Conquest of Khurasan; Part IV Pilgrimage in Mecca and Jerusalem; 17. The Transition from Late Antiquity to Early Islam in Western Arabia; 18. Ibn al-Zubayr, the Kaʿba and the Dome of the Rock; 19. Umayyad Jerusalem: From a Religious Capital to a Religious Town; Part V Religion and Identity in the Material Evidence20. Arabic Rock Inscriptions up to 750 CE; 21. The Written Transmission of the Qurʾan during Umayyad Times: Contextualising the Codex Amrensis 1; 22. Christian Art and Visual Culture in Umayyad Bilad al-Sham; Part VI Limits of Empire: Rebellion, Resistance and Legacy; 23. Kharijism in the Umayyad Period; 24. Qurashi Marriage and the Roots of Revolt: The Rebellion of ʿAbd Allah b. Muʿawiya, 744–747; 25. How the West was Won: Unearthing the Umayyad History of the Conquest of the Maghrib; 26. Power, Law and Ideology in Umayyad Al-Andalus
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Taylor & Francis A Global History of the Ancient World
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Archaeological Investigations of the Maldives in the Medieval Islamic Period
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Archaeological Investigations of the Maldives in
Book SynopsisThis book presents pioneering research on the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives in the medieval period. Primarily archaeological, the book has an interdisciplinary slant, examining the material culture, history, and environment of the islands.Featuring contributions by leading archaeologists and material culture researchers, the book is the first systematic archaeological monograph devoted to the Maldives. Offering an archaeological account of this island-nation from the beginnings of the Islamic period, it complements and nuances the picture presented by external historical data, which identify the Maldives as a key player in global networks. The book describes excavations and surveys at a medieval site on the island of Kinolhas. It offers a comprehensive analysis of finds of pottery, glass, and cowries, relating them to regional assemblages to add valuable new data to an under-researched field. The artefacts suggest links with India, Sri Lanka, the Middle EastTrade Review‘This landmark volume is the first systematic archaeological monograph devoted to the Maldives, an understudied crossroads of Indian Ocean circulations. Combining rigorous excavation description with substantive discussions of context and historical interpretation, it highlights a history of global connections linking the Maldives to Africa, Arabia, India, and beyond. This book should become a new standard reference for anyone interested in the history of Indian Ocean networks, economic history, and Islamic studies.’Professor R. Michael Feener, Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies/Director, Maritime Asia Heritage SurveyTable of Contents1 Introduction: An Archaeological Study of a Maldivian Island 2 An Overview of Previous Historical and Archaeological Work in the Maldives 3 Approaching the Heritage and Archaeology of Kinolhas 4 Kinolhas: The Trenches and Stratigraphy 5 The Earthenware Pottery 6 The Glazed Pottery: Asian and Islamic Imports 7 The Fauna 8 The Small Finds 9 The Archaeology of the Maldives in the Medieval Period: A Comparative Study 10 Towards an Archaeology of the Medieval Maldives
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ptolemy of Egypt
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Book SynopsisIn this compelling guide, renowned author and scholar Michael Rice introduces us to the inhabitants of Ancient Egypt, allowing us to encounter their world through their own eyes.Trade Review'A handy guide and sourcebook interesting and reliable information in compact form.' - Bryn Mawr, Classical Review'A handy guide and sourcebook interesting and reliable information in compact form.' - Bryn Mawr, Classical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface, Acknowledgements, Encountering the Ancient Egyptians, The Egyptian kingship, The gods of Egypt, Chronology, Rank, title and office in Ancient Egypt, Maps of Ancient Egypt, WHO’S WHO IN ANCIENT EGYPT, Glossary, List of abbreviations, Bibliography, Appendices, Appendix 1: entries by occupation, Appendix 2: entries in chronological sequence, Appendix 3: Ancient Egypt in museum collections
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Nile and Egyptian Civilization
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