Mark D. Janzen is Associate Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History at Lipscomb University. He received his PhD from the University of Memphis (ancient history). His primary research interests are Egyptian epigraphy and archaeology, New Kingdom military history, and the Israelite exodus.

“Mark D. Janzen has written the most welcomed first monographic study on the bound prisoner motif in New Kingdom Egyptian art. He goes beyond mere descriptive account of the available evidence by seriously taking into account the corporeality of binding. Janzen considers the painful experiences binding must have caused to Egyptian enemies and urges us to see the images of bound foreigners in a new light.” - Uroš Matić, University of Innsbruck.

• 1. Introducing the Iconography and its Discontents; 2. Ideology, Politics, and Propaganda: The Role of Foreigners in Royal Legitimization; 3. The Ubiquity of the Motif: Rhetorical Depictions of Artifacts from the Tomb of Tutankhamun and Related Objects; 4. The Creativity of the Motif: Interactive Depictions; 5. Bound Foreigners in 18th Dynasty Reliefs; 6. Bound Foreigners in the Battle Reliefs of Seti I and Ramesses II; 7. Chasing Greatness: Bound Foreigners in the Reliefs of Merneptah and Ramesses III; 8. The Textual Record and the Fate of Prisoners of War; 9. Cross-Cultural Parallels and Modern Sensibilities; Conclusion.

Mark D. Janzen is Associate Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History at Lipscomb University. He received his PhD from the University of Memphis (ancient history). His primary research interests are Egyptian epigraphy and archaeology, New Kingdom military history, and the Israelite exodus.

“Mark D. Janzen has written the most welcomed first monographic study on the bound prisoner motif in New Kingdom Egyptian art. He goes beyond mere descriptive account of the available evidence by seriously taking into account the corporeality of binding. Janzen considers the painful experiences binding must have caused to Egyptian enemies and urges us to see the images of bound foreigners in a new light.” - Uroš Matić, University of Innsbruck.

• 1. Introducing the Iconography and its Discontents; 2. Ideology, Politics, and Propaganda: The Role of Foreigners in Royal Legitimization; 3. The Ubiquity of the Motif: Rhetorical Depictions of Artifacts from the Tomb of Tutankhamun and Related Objects; 4. The Creativity of the Motif: Interactive Depictions; 5. Bound Foreigners in 18th Dynasty Reliefs; 6. Bound Foreigners in the Battle Reliefs of Seti I and Ramesses II; 7. Chasing Greatness: Bound Foreigners in the Reliefs of Merneptah and Ramesses III; 8. The Textual Record and the Fate of Prisoners of War; 9. Cross-Cultural Parallels and Modern Sensibilities; Conclusion.