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This study presents an articulated historical interpretation of Egyptian 'animal worship' from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom, and offers a new understanding of its chronological development through a fresh review of pertinent archaeological and textual data.
Animal worship --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Animaux --- Culte --- Egypt --- Égypte --- Religious life and customs. --- Religion. --- History --- Antiquities. --- Histoire --- Antiquités.
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Egyptian coffins stand out in museum collections for their lively and radiant appearance. As a container of the mummy, coffins played a key role by protecting the body and, at the same time, integrating the deceased in the afterlife. The paramount importance of these objects and their purpose is detected in the ways they changed through time. For more than three thousand years, coffins and tombs had been designed to assure in the most efficient way possible a successful outcome for the difficult transition to the afterlife. This book examines eight non-royal tombs found relatively intact, from the plains of Saqqara to the sacred hills of Thebes. These almost undisturbed burial sites managed to escape ancient looters and so their discoveries, from Mariette’s exploration of the Mastaba of Ti in Saqqara to Schiaparelli’s discovery of the Tomb of Kha and Merit in Deir el-Medina, were sensational events in Egyptian archaeology. Each one of these sites unveils before our eyes a time capsule, where coffins and tombs were designed together as part of a social, political and religious order. From Predynastic times to the decline of the New Kingdom, this book explores each site revealing the interconnection between mummification practices, coffin decoration, burial equipment, tomb decoration and ritual landscapes. Through this analysis, the author aims to point out how the design of coffins changed through time in order to empower the deceased with different visions of immortality. By doing so, the study of coffins reveals a silent revolution which managed to open to ordinary men and women horizons of divinity previously reserved for the royal sphere. Coffins thus show us how identity was forged to create an immortal and divine self.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --- Coffins --- To 332 B.C. --- Egypt --- Égypte --- Egypt. --- Antiquities. --- History --- Antiquités. --- Histoire
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"Could the Great Pyramid of Giza be a repository of ancient magical knowledge? Or perhaps evidence of a vanished pre-Ice Age civilization? Misinformation and myths have attached themselves to the Egyptian pyramids since ancient Greece and Rome. While many Americans believe that the pyramids were built by aliens, archaeologists understand that the Giza pyramids were built by the pharaohs of the fourth dynasty, around 2450 BCE. So why is there such a disconnect between scholarly opinion and the popular view of Egypt? In The Legends of the Pyramids, Jason Colavito takes us back to Late Antique Egypt, where the replacement of polytheism with Christianity gave rise to local efforts to rewrite the stories of Egyptian history in the image of the Bible. When the Arab conquest absorbed Egypt into the Islamic ummah, these stories then passed into Islamic historiography and reentered the West. Colavito's The Legends of the Pyramids lays open pop culture's view of Egypt in movies, TV shows, popular books, and New Age beliefs, detailing how the "hidden" history of Egypt has grown alongside the official history of archaeology and Egyptology"--
Pyramides --- Pyramids --- Egypt. --- Égypte --- Egypt --- Egypt --- Egypt --- Histoire --- Historiographie. --- History --- Errors, inventions, etc. --- In popular culture. --- History --- Historiography.
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Detailed presentation of geoarchaeological and palaeo-environmental analyses of Pleistocene palaeolake sediments and other deposits at Dakhleh and Karga Oases, Western Desert of Egypt.
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In Die Gräberfelder von Sedment im Neuen Reich , Henning Franzmeier presents and reassesses the complete results of the previously only partially published excavations undertaken by W.M.F. Petrie and G. Brunton in the New Kingdom cemeteries of Sedment, Middle Egypt, from 1920 to 1921. Through his research, Franzmeier has expanded the corpus of known New Kingdom tombs at Sedment from about 50 to more than 250, including burials of high-ranking officials, and identified a wide range of previously unknown objects. Presenting the development of an important provincial cemetery, this publication provides a valuable contribution to our understanding of New Kingdom Egyptian funerary archaeology and, as a case study, highlights the potentials of reassessing the results of past excavations.
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Der Band versammelt rund 70 Beiträge zu aktuellen ägyptologischen Forschungen und Fragestellungen; charakteristisch für diese ist, dass sie nur in einem engen Austausch von archäologischen Befunden und philologischen Quellen gewinnbringend entwickelt und weitergedacht werden können. Dabei werden Beispiele aus nahezu allen Epochen der ägyptischen Geschichte sowie zahlreichen Regionen des Landes am Nil berücksichtigt.
Egyptology. --- Egypt --- Égypte --- Egypt. --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités. --- Ancient Egyptian texts. --- Egyptian archaeology. --- ancient Egyptian magic and medicine. --- history of Egyptology.
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Alexandrie était la deuxième ville de l'Empire romain et un centre culturel et technique unique jusqu'aux premiers siècles de notre ère.Les ruines de la ville, en partie sous-marines, sont très difficiles d'exploitation et sont loin d'avoir livré leurs informations. Les techniques modernes de l'archéologie (instrumentation, méthodes numériques, pluridisciplinarité) apportent depuis quelques décennies des informations qui ne cessent d'étonner.L'utilisation des papyrus, l'amélioration des encres, le développement des pigments, l'art de la céramique, l'amélioration et la diversification du verre comme matériau... On est stupéfait de voir la parfaite maîtrise des artisans d'Alexandrie.La chimie et la physico-chimie permettent de dévoiler la composition fine des matériaux mis en œuvre, de comprendre les procédés de fabrication, les origines des composants et leur évolution avec les époques. C'est alors toute l'activité de cet impressionnant fleuron de l'Antiquité qui apparaît : l'exploration des pays voisins, les voyages, le commerce, l'importation des techniques et la puissance de leurs inventions.Les meilleurs spécialistes, en particulier provenant du Centre d'Études Alexandrines, présentent de façon scientifique et très claire les points forts d'Alexandrie et les enseignements tirés par l'archéologie de ces travaux effectués dans des conditions si particulières ; ils ont ainsi conduit à l'introduction de nouvelles techniques de conservation, par exemple pour l'archéologie sous-marine.
Chemistry --- Archaeological chemistry. --- Antiquities --- Chimie --- Chimie en archéologie. --- Antiquités --- History. --- Analysis. --- Histoire. --- Analyse. --- Alexandria (Egypt) --- Alexandrie (Égypte) --- Technology --- Archaeological chemistry --- Science, Ancient --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- History --- Collection and preservation --- Commerce --- Fouilles archéologiques --- Égypte --- Egypt --- Antiquities. --- Égypte --- Fouilles archéologiques --- Antiquités --- Chimie en archéologie. --- Alexandrie (Égypte)
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Richard A. Fazzini has inspired and mentored many scholars of Egyptology through his tireless efforts as curator and then chairman of the Brooklyn Museum's Deptartment of Egyptian, Classical and Ancient Middle Eastern Art (ECAMEA); field archaeologist of the Pricinct of Mut at Karnak; scholar; and teacher, The 35 contributions to this volume in his honor represent the variety of Professor Fazzini's own research interests namely in ancient Egyptian art, religious iconography, and archaeology, particularly of the New Kingdom, Third Intermediate Period, and Late Period. Reflections on Professor Fazzini's scholarship and teaching are accompanied by an extensive bibliography of his works.
Art, Egyptian. --- Egyptian art --- Mut --- Maut --- Mout --- Egypt --- Antiquities. --- Religion. --- Mut (Egyptian deity) --- Art, Egyptian --- Mut - (Egyptian deity) --- Egypt - Antiquities --- Egypt - Religion --- Art égyptien --- Égypte --- Religion égyptienne --- Antiquités --- Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C.
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Hauptbeschreibung Die Verwaltung Ägyptens in ptolemaiischer Zeit ist insbesondere aufgrund von zahlreichen Papyrusfunden relativ gut bezeugt. Dennoch bleiben viele Fragen - nicht zuletzt im Hinblick auf die Verwaltung der Provinzen und der Einflussgebiete. Trotz der angedeuteten Schwierigkeiten wird hier zum ersten Mal der Versuch unternommen, ein Gesamtbild der Verwaltung des ptolemaiischen Reichs zu erstellen. Die Arbeit gliedert sich in zwei große Teile: Im ersten Teil werden die Verwaltungskompetenzen der Funktionäre untersucht, im zweiten Teil werden die Verwaltungsmaßnahme
Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C. -- Chronology. --- Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C. --- Chronology, Greek. --- History & Archaeology --- Regions & Countries - Africa --- Egypt --- History --- Administrative agencies --- History. --- Ptolemaic dynasty, --- Politics and government --- Officials and employees. --- Egypt - History - 332-30 B.C. --- Ägypten --- Ptolemäer --- Funktionäre --- Verwaltung --- Administration locale --- Égypte --- Antiquité --- Politique et gouvernement --- 332-30 av. J.-C. Égypte --- Administration --- Égypte --- 332-30 av. J.-C. Égypte
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The practice to supply textiles with inscriptions is well known in Egypt from Pharaonic times onwards. Nevertheless systematic studies on inscribed fabrics have been neglected until the middle of the 1990s when they almost simultaneously caught the interest of various scholars. This richly illustrated volume is a first compilation of what is known on the subject so far. It concentrates on textiles of the first millennium AD, a period of changing cultures, religions and languages in Egypt, mirrored by the Greek, Coptic and Arabic inscriptions on the fabrics. The emphasis lies on the historical, linguistic, sociological and artistic aspects of these textiles. Numerous fabrics from international collections are introduced. Further articles deal with the radiocarbon dating and technical aspects.
Textile fabrics, Ancient --- Textiles et tissus antiques --- Textile fabrics [Ancient ] --- Egypt --- Congresses --- Textile fabrics --- Inscriptions --- Mass media --- History. --- Cloth --- Fabrics --- Textile industry and fabrics --- Textiles --- Ancient textile fabrics --- History --- Decorative arts --- Dry-goods --- Weaving --- Textile fibers --- Médias --- Histoire --- Égypte --- Manufacturing technologies --- inscriptions --- textile materials
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