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Ancient Egypt and Early China
The first comparative study of these two early empiresAlthough they existed more than a millennium apart, the great civilizations of New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1548-1086 BCE) and Han dynasty China (206 BCE-220 CE) shared intriguing similarities. Both were centered around major, flood-prone rivers-the Nile and the Yellow River-and established complex hydraulic systems to manage their power. Both spread their territories across vast empires that were controlled through warfare and diplomacy and underwent periods of radical reform led by charismatic rulers-the \"heretic king\" Akhenaten and the vilified reformer Wang Mang. Universal justice was dispensed through courts, and each empire was administered by bureaucracies staffed by highly trained scribes who held special status. Egypt and China each developed elaborate conceptions of an afterlife world and created games of fate that facilitated access to these realms.This groundbreaking volume offers an innovative comparison of these two civilizations. Through a combination of textual, art historical, and archaeological analyses, Ancient Egypt and Early China reveals shared structural traits of each civilization as well as distinctive features.
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Egypt of the Saite pharaohs, 664-525 BC
In the 660s BC Egypt was a politically fragmented and occupied country. However, this was to change when a family of local rulers from the city of Sais declared independence from the Assyrian Empire, and in a few short years succeeded in bringing about the reunification of Egypt. The Saites established central government, reformed the economy and promoted trade. The country became prosperous, achieving a pre-eminent role in the Mediterranean world. This is the first monograph devoted entirely to a detailed exploration of the Saite Dynasty. It reveals the dynamic nature of the period, the astuteness of the Saite rulers and their considerable achievements in the political, economic, administrative and cultural spheres. It will appeal not only to students of Egyptology but also, because of the interactions of the Saite Dynasty with the Aegean and Mesopotamia worlds, to anyone interested in ancient history.
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Current Research in Egyptology 2019
Current Research in Egyptology 2019 presents the papers
and posters from the twentieth meeting of the prestigious
international student Egyptology conference, on this occasion held
at the University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. The
conference took place 17-21 June 2019 at the Major College of San
Ildefonso, the historic centre of the University of Alcalá, with
almost 200 participants from various countries and institutions all
over the world. The conference addressed a wide range of topics
including all periods of ancient Egyptian History and different
aspects of its material culture, archaeology, history, society,
religion and language. Fifteen wide-ranging papers are published
here with wider information on the scientific and cultural
programme of the conference.
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When the Greeks ruled Egypt : from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra
The catalogue examines the interactions between Greek and Egyptian cultures during the nearly three hundred year period when Egypt was under Greek rule. It reveals how Egypt's Ptolemaic rulers used longstanding cultural traditions as a means of asserting power and promoting loyalty among the conquered population. It also looks at the intense familial intrigue and jockeying for position that characterized the Ptolemies.
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Households in Context
Households in Context shifts
the focus from monumental temples, tombs, and elite material and
visual culture to households and domestic life to provide a crucial
new perspective on everyday dwelling practices and the interactions
of families and individuals with larger social and cultural
structures. A focus on households reveals the power of the
everyday: the critical role of quotidian experiences, objects, and
images in creating the worlds of the people who live with them.
The contributors to this book share contemporary research on
houses and households in both Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt to reshape
the ways we think about ancient people's lived experiences of
family, community, and society. Households in Context
places the archaeology and history of Greco-Roman Egypt in dialogue
with research on dwelling, daily practice, and materiality to
reveal how ancient households functioned as laboratories for
social, political, economic, and religious change.
Contributors: Youssri Abdelwahed, Richard Alston, Anna Lucille
Boozer, Paola Davoli, David Frankfurter, Jennifer Gates-Foster,
Melanie Godsey, Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, Sabine R. Huebner,
Gregory Marouard, Miriam Müller, Lisa Nevett, Bérangère Redon,
Bethany Simpson, Ross I. Thomas, Dorothy J. Thompson
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Current Perspectives in Sudanese and Nubian Archaeology
This book brings together papers presented at the 2nd Sudan Studies Research Conference, held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2018. The papers collected here focus on early administrative and mortuary material culture in the Nile valley and adjacent areas.
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