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Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia
A century in review
Av Ryan Metcalfe, Jenefer Metcalfe m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
401 kr
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The study of human remains from ancient Egypt and Nubia has captured the imagination of many people for generations, giving rise to the discipline of palaeopathology and fostering bioarchaeological research. This book contains 16 papers that cover material presented at a workshop entitled …
Ägyptens wirtschaftliche Grundlagen in der mittleren Bronzezeit
Av Rainer Nutz
Häftad, 2014
511 kr
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In der Ägyptologie werden ökonomische Fragen stiefmütterlich behandelt. Diese Studie beschreibt die Ökonomie der ersten Hälfte des 2. Jahrtausends und die Umwelt, in die diese Ökonomie eingebettet ist, als Mosaik. Die Metapher ‚Mosaik‘ verwendet Mosaiksteine, welche Teile eines Bildes darstellen …
Role of the Lector in Ancient Egyptian Society
Häftad, 2014
495 kr
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The lector is first attested during the 2nd Dynasty and is subsequently recognised throughout ancient Egypt history. In previous studies the lector is considered to be one of the categories of the ancient Egyptian priesthood. He is perceived to be responsible for the correct performance of rites, …
Prepared for Eternity
A study of human embalming techniques in ancient Egypt using computerised tomography scans of mummies
Häftad, 2015
669 kr
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This publication brings together personal analyses of sixty CT scans of ancient Egyptian human mummies collected from many museums throughout the UK and continental Europe. The effect is that of performing ‘virtual autopsies’ (‘virtopsies’) allowing techniques of mummification to be examined. The …
Royal Statues in Egypt 300 BC-AD 220
Context and Function
Häftad, 2015
605 kr
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The aim of this book is to approach Ptolemaic and Imperial royal sculpture in Egypt dating between 300 BC and AD 220 (the reigns of Ptolemy I and Caracalla) from a contextual point of view. To collect together the statuary items (recognised as statues, statue heads and fragments, and inscribed …
Production, Use and Importance of Flint Tools in the Archaic Period and the Old Kingdom in Egypt
Häftad, 2016
574 kr
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This book seeks to explore the issues of production, use and importance of flint tools in the Archaic Period, known also as the Early Dynastic Period, and the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the epoch immediately following the unification of pre-state organisms of Upper and Lower Egypt into one political …
Tomb Security in Ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to the Pyramid Age
Av Reg Clark
Häftad, 2016
1109 kr
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Egyptians went to great lengths to protect their dead from the omnipresent threat of robbery by incorporating specially developed architectural features in their tombs. However, the architecture of tomb security has rarely been studied as a subject in its own right and is usually treated as a …
Studies on the Vignettes from Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead
I: The Image of mś.w Bdšt in Ancient Egyptian Mythology
Häftad, 2016
479 kr
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Among the numerous deities in the ancient Egyptian mythology, whose nature and function are still vague and obscure, are mś.w Bdšt – ‘Children of Weakness’. These beings are twice mentioned in the Book of the Dead chapter 17. The text fragments contain two local versions of the myth with mś.w Bdšt …
Chronological Developments in the Old Kingdom Tombs in the Necropoleis of Giza, Saqqara and Abusir
Toward an Economic Decline during the Early Dynastic Period and the Old Kingdom
Av Leo Roeten
Häftad, 2016
464 kr
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At the end of the 6th dynasty the 500 year old established order of the Old Kingdom fell apart, which, according to the interpretation given to various contemporary literary sources, started a period of social unrest and economic decline.The magnitude of the economic investment bestowed by the …
Liber Amicorum–Speculum Siderum: Nūt Astrophoros
Papers Presented to Alicia Maravelia
Häftad, 2017
888 kr
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In this volume, a pleiade of Egyptologists, Archaeologists, Archaeoastronomers, Archaeoanthropologists, Historians and other scholars from fifteen countries (Hellas, Egypt, France, Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Turkey, Australia) have …
Proceedings of the XI International Congress of Egyptologists, Florence, Italy 23-30 August 2015
Av Gloria Rosati, M. Cristina Guidotti
Häftad, 2017
1423 kr
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The Egyptian Museum of Florence, in collaboration with the University of Florence, hosted the Eleventh International Congress of Egyptologists which took place from 23rd to 30th August 2015, under the patronage of the IAE – International Association of Egyptologists. This volume publishes 136 …
Egyptian and Imported Pottery from the Red Sea port of Mersa Gawsis, Egypt
Häftad, 2018
511 kr
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The unique site of Mersa Gawasis was a base for seaborne trade along the Red Sea coast during the Middle Kingdom. The Egyptians’ purpose was to trade with Punt for incense and other exotic materials. There is little evidence of any permanent structures at the site apart from man-made caves in which …
Tekenu and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Ritual
Häftad, 2019
873 kr
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What is the Tekenu? What was its function? What are its origins? These are questions upon which Egyptologists have long pondered. However, Egyptologists, until now, have avoided any major work on the topic. Previous treatments of the Tekenu largely adopt a selective approach focusing on a specific …
Hypocephalus: An Ancient Egyptian Funerary Amulet
Av Tamás Mekis
Häftad, 2020
873 kr
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The hypocephalus is an element of Late Period and Ptolemaic funerary equipment – an amuletic disc placed under the head of mummies. Its shape emulates the sun’s disc, and its form is planar, although it occasionally has a concave shape (in such cases, it protects the head as a funerary cap). The …
Egypt in Croatia: Croatian Fascination with Ancient Egypt from Antiquity to Modern Times
Häftad, 2019
794 kr
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At first sight, it seems that ancient Egyptian history and culture have no meaningful ties with present-day Croatia. However, when we scratch beneath the surface of the common idea of Egypt, that of a distant and ancient civilisation, we notice that its elements have been present in Croatia ever …
‘Scènes de Gynécées’ Figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt
Iconography and Intent
Häftad, 2020
448 kr
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‘Scènes de Gynécées’ Figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt: Iconography and intent examines images of women and children drawn on ostraca from Deir el-Medina, referred to in previous scholarship as ‘Scènes de Gynécées’. The images depict women with children either sitting on beds in a domestic …
I templi del Fayyum di epoca tolemaico-romana: tra fonti scritte e contesti archeologici
Per una classificazione degli edifici sacri nell’Egitto tolemaico e romano
Häftad, 2020
700 kr
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During the Ptolemaic period, Egyptian temples were divided into three ranks: first, second and third class. There was no trace of this classification of sacred buildings in the papyri of the Roman period when only the most important temples were classified by the epithet logima hiera. This work …
Festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year
Their Socio-Religious Functions
Häftad, 2020
715 kr
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The Festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year: Their socio-religious functions compares the religious and social functions of these three Festivals, the first two of which were often regarded by the Egyptians as a pair; the New Year Festival stands out on account of its corpus of surviving …
Environment and Religion in Ancient and Coptic Egypt: Sensing the Cosmos through the Eyes of the Divine
Proceedings of the 1st Egyptological Conference of the Hellenic Institute of Egyptology: 1-3 February 2017
Av Alicia Maravelia, Nadine Guilhou
Häftad, 2020
1423 kr
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Environment and Religion in Ancient and Coptic Egypt: Sensing the Cosmos through the Eyes of the Divine presents the proceedings of a conference held in Athens between 1st-3rd February 2017. The Hellenic Institute of Egyptology, in close collaboration with the Writing & Scripts Centre of …
Tomb of Kha-em-hat of the Eighteenth Dynasty in Western Thebes (TT 57)
Häftad, 2022
873 kr
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This volume presents a study of the tomb of Kha-em-hat TT 57 at Qurna, West Luxor, which dates back to the 18th Dynasty – the reign of King Amenhotep III. It is considered one of the most important Egyptian tomb discoveries, containing rare scenes and revealing development of the religious rituals …
Invisible Connections: An Archaeometallurgical Analysis of the Bronze Age Metalwork from the Egyptian Museum of the University of Leipzig
Häftad, 2020
678 kr
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The Egyptian Museum of the University of Leipzig has the largest university collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts in Germany. It includes important objects from the excavations of the most prolific excavator among the museum’s curators, Georg Steindorff, at the sites of Abusir, Aniba, and Giza, …
Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt
Proceedings of the Conference Held in Barcelona (2018)
Av Rosa Dinarès Solà, Mikel Fernandez Georges m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
479 kr
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Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt (Barcelona, October 25-26, 2018). The conference included presentations on new research and advances in the topics covered in the first two conferences …
Tutankhamun Knew the Names of the Two Great Gods: Dt and nHH as Fundamental Concepts of Pharaonic Ideology
Häftad, 2022
452 kr
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Tutankhamun Knew the Names of the Two Great Gods offers a new interpretation of the terms Dt and nHH as fundamental concepts of Pharaonic ideology. The terms Dt and nHH have often been treated as synonyms reflecting notions related to the vastness of time. However, from the study of original source …
Prosopographic Study of the New Kingdom Tomb Owners of Dra Abu el-Naga
Häftad, 2022
558 kr
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A Prosopographic Study of the New Kingdom Tomb Owners of Dra Abu el-Naga contains the dating, kinship data and titles for each tomb owner of a total of 54 tombs located in the southern area and the beginning of the northern one of the Theban cemetery of Dra Abu el-Naga during the New Kingdom. For …
Family of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy from Thebes (TT 414) Revisited
The Case Study of Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu (G108 + G137)
Häftad, 2022
511 kr
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The Family of Pa-di-Amun-neb-nesut-tawy from Thebes (TT 414) revisited provides fresh material about the identity of one of the key figures of the family that reused the Saite tomb of Ankh-Hor (TT 414) in the Asasif from the 4th century BCE onwards. It is the woman Kalutj/Nes-Khonsu, who was …
Delta Survey Workshop: Proceedings from Conferences held in Alexandria (2017) and Mansoura (2019)
Av Ayman Wahby, Penelope Wilson
Häftad, 2022
888 kr
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The Delta Survey Workshop comprises the proceedings of two conferences organised by the Delta Survey Project and held in Alexandria in 2017 and Mansoura in 2019. The 23 papers contain the results of the latest fieldwork in the Nile Delta and Sinai, from survey work that records and documents …
Australasian Egyptology Conference 4
Papers from the Fourth Australasian Egyptology Conference Dedicated to Gillian E. Bowen
Av Colin A. Hope, Bruce E. Parr m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
479 kr
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This volume presents papers from the Fourth Australasian Egyptology Conference held at Monash University, Melbourne 16–18 September 2016. Both the conference and the papers in this volume are dedicated to Gillian E. Bowen who retired from Monash that year, and a brief tribute to her is presented at …
Personal Religion in Domestic Contexts During the New Kingdom
The Impact of the Amarna Period
Häftad, 2023
558 kr
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Personal religion in Domestic Contexts during the New Kingdom compiles artefacts and fixed emplacements in domestic settings during the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt that, from a comparative approach, are interpreted as examples of religious practices, contributing to the study of the so-called …
Archaeology and Geology of Ancient Egyptian Stones
Häftad, 2024
1911 kr
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The ancient Egyptian Civilization dominated the northeast corner of Africa—including modern-day Egypt and, at times, northern Sudan—from about 3000 BC at the beginning of the Dynastic period to AD 642 at the end of the Roman period. Most of what it left behind consists of stones of many kinds. …
Delta Reports 1
Research in the Cultural History of the Ancient Egyptian Nile Delta
Av Eva Lange-Athinodorou, Penelope Wilson
Häftad, 2025
479 kr
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Following two Delta Conferences (funded through the British Academy Special Project of the Egypt Exploration Society), the first online in 2021 and the other at Ain Shams University in 2023, selected papers have been gathered in this first volume of a new series of Delta Reports. They detail …
