Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research

Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research
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Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9781784915858
ISBN-13 : 1784915858
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Synopsis Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research by : Mladen Tomorad

This volume presents proceedings from the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists, Zagreb, Croatia 2015.

Egypt and Austria XII - Egypt and the Orient: The Current Research

Egypt and Austria XII - Egypt and the Orient: The Current Research
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Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 9781789697650
ISBN-13 : 1789697654
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Synopsis Egypt and Austria XII - Egypt and the Orient: The Current Research by : Mladen Tomorad

The 12th Egypt and Austria conference (Zagreb, September 2018) saw 39 presentations on current research related to the interactions between Egypt and the states of the former Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire up to the middle of the 20th century. 26 papers are presented in this proceedings volume.

Egypt in Croatia: Croatian Fascination with Ancient Egypt from Antiquity to Modern Times

Egypt in Croatia: Croatian Fascination with Ancient Egypt from Antiquity to Modern Times
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Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9781789693409
ISBN-13 : 1789693403
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Synopsis Egypt in Croatia: Croatian Fascination with Ancient Egypt from Antiquity to Modern Times by : Mladen Tomorad

Elements from Ancient Egypt have been present in Croatia ever since Antiquity. 'Egypt in Croatia' considers artefacts discovered in present-day Croatia, 16th-20th century travellers, Egyptian collections and early collectors (1820s-1950s), the development of Egyptology as a field of study as well as the various elements of ‘Egyptomania’.

The Soul in the Axiosphere from an Intercultural Perspective, Volume Two

The Soul in the Axiosphere from an Intercultural Perspective, Volume Two
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 9781527550094
ISBN-13 : 1527550095
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Synopsis The Soul in the Axiosphere from an Intercultural Perspective, Volume Two by : Joanna Jurewicz

This volume gathers together a broad spectrum of evaluations of the soul from different perspectives, including artistic (from literature and the arts), mystic and theological reflections on spirituality from the Christian religion, as well as from the Orient and Ancient Egypt. The contributions in this book will afford the reader a wider perspective on the concept of the soul in its ethical, emotional and theological dimensions, in both European and Non-European cultures and languages, and in artistic, philosophical and religious texts.

The Saqqara Necropolis through the New Kingdom

The Saqqara Necropolis through the New Kingdom
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 559
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ISBN-10 : 9789004467149
ISBN-13 : 9004467149
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Synopsis The Saqqara Necropolis through the New Kingdom by : Nico Staring

This book is the first comprehensive monographic treatment of the New Kingdom (1539–1078 BCE) necropolis at Saqqara, the burial ground of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, and addresses questions fundamental to understanding the site’s development through time. For example, why were certain areas of the necropolis selected for burial in certain time periods; what were the tombs’ spatial relations to contemporaneous and older monuments; and what effect did earlier structures have on the positioning of tombs and structuring of the necropolis in later times? This study adopts landscape biography as a conceptual tool to study the long-time interaction between people and landscapes.

Environment and Religion in Ancient and Coptic Egypt: Sensing the Cosmos through the Eyes of the Divine

Environment and Religion in Ancient and Coptic Egypt: Sensing the Cosmos through the Eyes of the Divine
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Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages : 582
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ISBN-10 : 9781789696400
ISBN-13 : 1789696402
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Synopsis Environment and Religion in Ancient and Coptic Egypt: Sensing the Cosmos through the Eyes of the Divine by : Alicia Maravelia

Proceedings of a conference held in Athens in 2017, this volume presents 34 fresh and original papers (plus 2 abstracts) on ancient Egyptian religion, environment and the cosmos. Papers connect many interdisciplinary approaches including Egyptology, archaeology, archaeoastronomy, geography, botany, zoology, ornithology, theology and history.

Ramesses II, Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh

Ramesses II, Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh
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Publisher : Lockwood Press
Total Pages : 700
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ISBN-10 : 9781957454962
ISBN-13 : 1957454962
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Synopsis Ramesses II, Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh by : Peter J. Brand

Warrior, mighty builder, and statesman, over the course of his 67-year-long reign (1279-1212 BCE), Ramesses II achieved more than any other pharaoh in the three millennia of ancient Egyptian civilization. Drawing on the latest research, Peter Brand reveals Ramesses the Great as a gifted politician, canny elder statesman, and tenacious warrior. With restless energy, he fully restored the office of Pharaoh to unquestioned levels of prestige and authority, thereby bringing stability to Egypt. He ended almost seven decades of warfare between Egypt and the Hittite Empire by signing the earliest international peace treaty in recorded history. In his later years, even as he outlived many of his own children and grandchildren, Ramesses II became a living god and finally, an immortal legend. With authoritative knowledge and colorful details Brand paints a compelling portrait of this legendary Pharaoh who ruled over Imperial Egypt during its Golden Age.

Golden Mummies of Egypt

Golden Mummies of Egypt
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9781526172709
ISBN-13 : 1526172704
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Synopsis Golden Mummies of Egypt by : Campbell Price

Golden Mummies of Egypt presents new insights and a rich perspective on beliefs about the afterlife during an era when Egypt was part of the Greek and Roman worlds (c. 300 BCE–200 CE). This beautifully illustrated book, featuring photography by Julia Thorne, accompanies Manchester Museum’s first-ever international touring exhibition. Golden Mummies of Egypt is a visually spectacular exhibition that offers visitors unparalleled access to the museum’s outstanding collection of Egyptian and Sudanese objects – one of the largest in the UK.

From House Societies to States

From House Societies to States
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Publisher : Oxbow Books
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9781789258646
ISBN-13 : 1789258642
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Synopsis From House Societies to States by : Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia

The organization and characteristics of early and ancient states have become the focus of a renewed interest from archaeologists, ancient historians and anthropologists in recent years. On the one hand, neo-evolutionary schemas of political transformation find it difficult to define some of their most basic concepts, such as ‘chiefdom’, ‘complex chiefdom’ and ‘state’, not to mention the transition between them. On the other hand, teleological interpretations based on linear dynamics, from less to increasingly more complex political structures, in successive steps, impose biased and too rigid views on the available evidence. In fact, recent research stresses the existence of other forms of socio-political organization, less vertically integrated and more heterarchical, that proved highly successful and resilient in the long term in tying together social groups. What is more, such forms quite often represented the basic blocks on which states were built and that managed to survive once states collapsed. Finally, nomadic, maritime and mountain populations provide fascinating examples of societies that experienced alternative forms of political organization, sometimes on a seasonal basis. In other cases, their consideration as ‘marginal’ populations that cultivated specialized skills ensured them a certain degree of autonomy when living either within or at the borders of states. This book explores such small-scale socio-political organizations, their potential and the historical trajectories they stimulated. A selection of historical case studies from different regions of the world may help rethink current concepts and views about the emergence and organization of political complexity and the mechanisms that prevented, occasionally, the emergence of solid polities. They may also cast some light over trajectories of historical transformation, still poorly understood as are the limits of effective state power. This book explores the importance of comparative research and long-term historical perspectives to avoid simplistic interpretations, based on the characteristics of modern Western states abusively used retrospectively.

The Walking Dead at Saqqara

The Walking Dead at Saqqara
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9783110706833
ISBN-13 : 3110706830
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Synopsis The Walking Dead at Saqqara by : Lara Weiss

Funerary rituals and the cult of the dead are classics of research in religious studies, especially for ancient Egypt. Still, we know relatively little about how people interacted in daily life at the city of Memphis and its Saqqara necropolis in the late second millennium BCE. By focussing on lived ancient religion, we can see that the social and religious strategies employed by the individuals at Saqqara are not just means on the way to religious, post-mortem salvation, nor is their self-representation simply intended to manifest social status. On the contrary, the religious practices at Saqqara show in their complex spatiality a wide spectrum of options to configure sociality before and after one's own death. The analytical distinction between religion and other forms of human practices and sociality illuminates the range of cultural practices and how people selected, modified, or even avoided certain religious practices. As a result, pre-funerary, funerary and practices of the subsequent mortuary cults, in close connection with religious practices directed towards other ancestors and deities, allow the formation of imagined and functioning reminiscence clusters as central social groups at Saqqara, creating a heuristic model applicable also to other contexts.