Description
Book SynopsisDuring the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions. Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Against this background, Aidan Dodson reconsiders the evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the period. He also considers the era's art, architecture, and archaeology, including the royal tombs of Tanis, one of which yielded the intact burials of no fewer than five pharaohs. Afterglow of Empire is extensively illustrated with images of this material, much of which is little known to non-specialists.
Trade ReviewA very readable, excellent study of one of the more complicated periods of Egyptian history . . . an excellent book, well researched, well written and well illustrated throughout. . . . Every now and again there comes a book which one should buy–this is such a book. -- Egyptian Archaeology, March 2014
Table of ContentsCONTENTS
Preface ix
Abbreviations and Conventions Used in Text xiii
Maps xvii
Introduction: Imperial Egypt
1 The Fall of the House of Rameses 3
2 Of Tanis and Thebes 39
3 The House of Shoshenq 83
4 Disintegrations 113
5 Saviors from the South? 139
6 From Humiliation to Renaissance 169
Appendices 181
1 The Absolute Chronology of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period 181
2 Outline Chronology of Ancient Egypt 190
3 Correlation of Reigns, Regnal Years, and Pontificates 195
4 Hieroglyphic Titularies of Kings and God’s Wives 202
5 Genealogies 228
Sources of Images 235
Notes 237
Bibliography 285
Index 315
