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Iron from Tutankhamun's Tomb
A comprehensive study of the iron objects found in Tutankhamun’s tomb that include daggers, quivers, arrows, and an elaborately decorated bow case A century after Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon’s sensational discovery in 1922 of the virtually intact tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, the boy-king and his treasures continue to fascinate people all over the world. Although nearly 5,400 objects accompanied the young pharaoh on his journey to the afterlife, many of them have not been investigated in detail. Iron from Tutankhamun’s Tomb analyzes iron artifacts from the tomb in depth for the first time. This group consists of small iron chisels set into wooden handles, an Eye ...
Recycling for Death
A meticulous study of the social, economic, and religious significance of coffin reuse and development during the Ramesside and early Third Intermediate periods, illustrated with over 900 images Funerary datasets are the chief source of social history in Egyptology, and the numerous tombs, coffins, Books of the Dead, and mummies of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Dynasties have not been fully utilized as social documents, mostly because the data of this time period is scattered and difficult to synthesize. This culmination of fifteen years of coffin study analyzes coffins and other funerary equipment of elites from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-second Dynasties to provide essential windows int...
Tutankhamun and Carter
First scholarly, multi-disciplinary re-assessment of Howard Carter’s discovery and excavation of Tutenkhamun’s tomb and the impact of the find on our understanding of the material culture of Ancient Egypt. The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922 stands out as one of the most important finds of modern archaeology, revealing an enormous wealth of objects encapsulating techniques, vestiges of uses and re-uses of materials, as well as unrivalled clues regarding the complex set of beliefs associated with the pharaonic funerary material culture. Once cleared from the tomb, these objects have captivated the world with their irresistible charm and beauty ending up playing a role in cont...
Treasured
'Impeccably researched and beautifully written' David Wengrow 'Utterly original' Paul Strathern When it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world, turning the boy-king into a household name overnight and kickstarting an international media obsession that endures to this day. From pop culture and politics to tourism and heritage, and from the Jazz Age to the climate crisis, it's impossible to imagine the twentieth century without the discovery of Tutankhamun - yet so much of the story remains untold. Here, for the first time, Christina Riggs weaves compelling historical analysis with tales of lives touched by an encounter with Tutankhamun, including her own. Treasured offers a bold new history of the young pharaoh who has as much to tell us about our world as his own. 'Searching, masterful and eloquent' James Delbourgo
Ancient Egyptian Statues
A fascinating, richly illustrated study of the role and significance of ancient statues in Egyptian history and belief Why do ancient Egyptian statues so often have their noses, hands, or genitals broken? Although the Late Antiquity period appears to have been one of the major moments of large-scale vandalism against pagan monuments, various contexts bear witness to several phases of reuse, modification, or mutilation of statues throughout and after the pharaonic period. Reasons for this range from a desire to erase the memory of specific rulers or individuals for ideological reasons to personal vengeance, war, tomb plundering, and the avoidance of a curse; or simply the reuse of material fo...
Meteoriten
Seit mehr als 4 Milliarden Jahren stürzen immer wieder Stein- oder Eisenbrocken auf die Erde. Der imposanteste von ihnen war vielleicht rund 50 Kilometer groß und schuf in der Antarktis einen fast 500 Kilometer messenden Krater. Viele dieser Himmelskörper rasten mit einem Höllentempo bis zu 70.000 km/h zu unserem "Blauen Planeten". Teilweise explodierten sie bereits in der Luft. Ein Bolide schlug in Südafrika einen Krater mit maximal 320 Kilometern Durchmesser. Eines der Geschosse aus dem All löschte offenbar durch seinen Treffer in Mexiko vor 66 Millionen Jahren die Dinosaurier aus. Mit diesen und anderen Einschlägen befasst sich das E-Book "Meteoriten. Die wichtigsten Funde und Krater". Es stellt sich die bange Frage, ob sich ein solches Inferno mit Erdbeben, Tsunami, Impaktwinter und Massensterben auch heute ereignen kann.
Wiesbaden vor 600.000 Jahren
Wiesbaden vor 600.000 Jahren ist das Thema des gleichnamigen E-Books des Wiesbadener Wissenschaftsautors Ernst Probst. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Tierarten, deren Knochen und Zähne in eiszeitlichen Flussablagerungen des Ur-Mains und Ur-Rheins gefunden wurden. Die nach dem ehemaligen Dorf Mosbach zwischen Wiesbaden und Biebrich benannten Mosbach-Sande gelten als eine der bedeutendsten Fossilienfundstätten Europas. Teilweise erinnert die dort überlieferte Tierwelt aus einer Warmphase mit Löwen, Leoparden, Geparden, Hyänen, Flusspferden, Waldelefanten, Waldnashörnern und Affen an Verhältnisse wie in Afrika. Andererseits stammen Steppenmammute, Moschusochsen und Rentiere aus einer Kaltphase des von starken Klimaschwankungen geprägten Eiszeitalters.
Transformation eines Königs
Der Mumienschmuck des Tutanchamun ist der einzige geschlossene Befund an einer Königsmumie des Neuen Reichs. Die Autorin untersucht ihn als aussagekräftiges Zeugnis für den nach-amarnazeitlichen theologisch-kultischen Wandel und lässt die schwer fassbaren Jenseitsvorstellungen dieser Periode erahnen. Zum einen rekonstruiert sie auf Grundlage der Artefakte ein materialbasiertes Bestattungsritual: Die rituellen Handlungen sollten die vierzehn zentralen Transformationsstufen erwirken, deren Ziel die posthume Gottwerdung des Königs war, und mit spielerischen Namensschreibungen wird die Person des Königs mit den Himmelsgestirnen Sonne und Mond in eine direkte Relation gestellt. Zum anderen ordnet die Autorin die Beigaben in den religionshistorischen Kontext ein und zeigt, dass nach der Reform der Amarnazeit ein Bemühen heranreift, die Unterwelt mit all ihren wichtigen Komponenten wiedereinzurichten und um neue Elemente zu erweitern.
'Ain el-Gedida
The fourth volume in the Amheida series, ‘Ain el-Gedida: 2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert (Amheida IV) presents the systematic record and interpretation of the archaeological evidence from the excavations at ‘Ain el-Gedida, a fourth-century rural settlement in Egypt's Dakleh Oasis uniquely important for the study of early Egyptian Christianity and previously known only from written sources. Nicola Aravecchia (Washington University), the Deputy Field Director of NYU's Amheida Excavations, offers a history of the site and its excavations, followed by an integrated topographical and archaeological interpretation of the site and its significance for the history of Christianity in Egypt. In the second half of the volume a team of international experts presents catalogs and interpretations of the archaeological finds, including ceramics (Delphine Dixneuf, CRNS), coins (David M. Ratzan, NYU), ostraca and graffiti (Roger S. Bagnall, NYU and Dorota Dzierzbicka, University of Warsaw), small finds (Dorota Dzierzbicka, University of Warsaw), and zooarcheological remains (Pamela J. Crabtree, NYU and Douglas Campana).
The Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb (Illustrated Edition)
Through this fascinating story we experience the adventure, the painstaking work, the magic, the excitement and the awe through the eyes of the "tomb raider" himself, archaeologist Howard Carter. This book tells the story of one of the greatest archeological discoveries ever, the discovery of the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, Tutankhamun (colloquially known as "King Tut" and "the boy king"), in November 1922.
