Marcella Trapani is an archaeologist and museum curator at the Italian Ministry of Culture, Italy.

• PrefaceBrief Chronology of the New KingdomAbbreviations and Symbols1. Selection Procedures and Identification of the Elite Groups1.1. A Theoretical Discussion about the Elite1.2. The Meaning of the Term ‘Elite’ in New Kingdom Egypt1.3. Titles and Offices as Elite Status Symbols2. Society and Administration during the 18th Dynasty2.1. The Soldiers2.2. The Officials2.3. The Priesthood3. The State Control on the Local Elites3.1. Relationships between the Core of the State and the Court Dignitaries: Some Practical Cases3.2. Life in the Central Court and Life in the Periphery3.3. New Military Acquisitions and the Mechanism of Governance4. Social Organization and Elites in the Deir el-Medina Microcosm4.1. The Scribes4.2. The Foremen4.3. The Architects4.4. Self-Presentation of the Elites in Deir el-Medina4.5. Ancestor Worship and Religious Cults4.6. Elites, Workmen and Divine Justice5. Economic Crisis and Elites under the Ramessides5.1. Self-Presentation of the Officials in the Ramesside Texts5.2. Soldiers, Officials and Priests: A New Iconography5.3. Attempting an Interpretation6. Aspects of Elites and Feminine Power in the New Kingdom 6.1. Royal Court and Noble Women6.2. Feminine Priests and Temple Employees6.3. The ‘God’s Wife of Amon’: Privileges and Prestige7. Relationships between Local Elites and the Pharaoh: Imitation and InterpretationFinal Remarks: Hypothesis and Open QuestionsGlossarySuggested ReadingBibliography Index

Marcella Trapani is an archaeologist and museum curator at the Italian Ministry of Culture, Italy.

• PrefaceBrief Chronology of the New KingdomAbbreviations and Symbols1. Selection Procedures and Identification of the Elite Groups1.1. A Theoretical Discussion about the Elite1.2. The Meaning of the Term ‘Elite’ in New Kingdom Egypt1.3. Titles and Offices as Elite Status Symbols2. Society and Administration during the 18th Dynasty2.1. The Soldiers2.2. The Officials2.3. The Priesthood3. The State Control on the Local Elites3.1. Relationships between the Core of the State and the Court Dignitaries: Some Practical Cases3.2. Life in the Central Court and Life in the Periphery3.3. New Military Acquisitions and the Mechanism of Governance4. Social Organization and Elites in the Deir el-Medina Microcosm4.1. The Scribes4.2. The Foremen4.3. The Architects4.4. Self-Presentation of the Elites in Deir el-Medina4.5. Ancestor Worship and Religious Cults4.6. Elites, Workmen and Divine Justice5. Economic Crisis and Elites under the Ramessides5.1. Self-Presentation of the Officials in the Ramesside Texts5.2. Soldiers, Officials and Priests: A New Iconography5.3. Attempting an Interpretation6. Aspects of Elites and Feminine Power in the New Kingdom 6.1. Royal Court and Noble Women6.2. Feminine Priests and Temple Employees6.3. The ‘God’s Wife of Amon’: Privileges and Prestige7. Relationships between Local Elites and the Pharaoh: Imitation and InterpretationFinal Remarks: Hypothesis and Open QuestionsGlossarySuggested ReadingBibliography Index

Marcella Trapani is an archaeologist and museum curator at the Italian Ministry of Culture, Italy.

• PrefaceBrief Chronology of the New KingdomAbbreviations and Symbols1. Selection Procedures and Identification of the Elite Groups1.1. A Theoretical Discussion about the Elite1.2. The Meaning of the Term ‘Elite’ in New Kingdom Egypt1.3. Titles and Offices as Elite Status Symbols2. Society and Administration during the 18th Dynasty2.1. The Soldiers2.2. The Officials2.3. The Priesthood3. The State Control on the Local Elites3.1. Relationships between the Core of the State and the Court Dignitaries: Some Practical Cases3.2. Life in the Central Court and Life in the Periphery3.3. New Military Acquisitions and the Mechanism of Governance4. Social Organization and Elites in the Deir el-Medina Microcosm4.1. The Scribes4.2. The Foremen4.3. The Architects4.4. Self-Presentation of the Elites in Deir el-Medina4.5. Ancestor Worship and Religious Cults4.6. Elites, Workmen and Divine Justice5. Economic Crisis and Elites under the Ramessides5.1. Self-Presentation of the Officials in the Ramesside Texts5.2. Soldiers, Officials and Priests: A New Iconography5.3. Attempting an Interpretation6. Aspects of Elites and Feminine Power in the New Kingdom 6.1. Royal Court and Noble Women6.2. Feminine Priests and Temple Employees6.3. The ‘God’s Wife of Amon’: Privileges and Prestige7. Relationships between Local Elites and the Pharaoh: Imitation and InterpretationFinal Remarks: Hypothesis and Open QuestionsGlossarySuggested ReadingBibliography Index