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Community and Identity in Ancient Egypt
This book examines an elite Old Kingdom cemetery at the southern boundary of ancient Egypt, where the local community developed a unique visual expression of texts, images, and architecture in their tombs. Deborah Vischak argues that localized communities are an important source of identity in ancient Egypt.
The Nile River
This volume offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Nile River, which is the main source of water in Egypt. The respective chapters examine the Nile journey; the Aswan High Dam Reservoir; morphology and sediment quality of the Nile; threats to biodiversity; fish and fisheries; rain-fed agriculture, rainfall data, and fluctuations in rainfall; the impact of climate change; and hydropolitics and legal aspects. The book closes with a concise summary of the conclusions and recommendations provided in the preceding chapters, and discusses the requirements for the sustainable development of the Nile River and potential ways to transform conflicts into cooperation. Accordingly, it offers an invaluable source of information for researchers, graduate students and policymakers alike.
Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel
Galilee has been a crossroads of cultures, religions, and languages for centuries, as illustrated in these fascinating Bedouin folktales, which offer excellent examples of the Arabic narrative tradition of the Middle East. Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel collects nearly 60 traditional folktales, told mostly by women, that have been carefully translated in the same colloquial style in which they were told. These stories are grouped into themes of love and devotion, ghouls and demons, and animal stories. The work also includes phonetic transcription and linguistic annotation. Accompanying each folktale is a comprehensive ethnographic, folkloristic, and linguistic commentary, placing the tales in context with details on Galilee Bedouin dialects and the tribes themselves. A rich, multifaceted collection, Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel is an invaluable resource for linguists, folklorists, anthropologists, and any reader interested in a tradition of storytelling handed down through the centuries.
Texts from the Pyramid Age
Strudwick's helpful introduction to the history and literature of this seminal period provides important background for reading and understanding these historical texts. Like other volumes in the Writings from the Ancient World series, this work will soon become a standard with students and scholars alike."--BOOK JACKET.
The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials
"In The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials Lubica Hudáková offers an in-depth analysis of female iconography in the decorative programme of Middle Kingdom non-royal tombs, highlighting changes and innovations in comparison to the Old Kingdom. Previously considered too uniform, the study represents the first systematic investigation of two-dimensional images of women and reveals their variability in space and time. Hudáková examines the roles appointed to women by analyzing how they are depicted in a variety of contexts. Taking into account their postures, gestures, garments, hairstyles, size of the body, age as well as attributes and tools used by them, along with the scene orientation, she traces diachronic and diatopic developments and regional traditions in the Middle Kingdom tomb decoration"--
Die Felsgräbernekropole der Qubbet el Hawa bei Assuan
Die 11. Abteilung der Publikation der Felsgräber der Qubbet el Hawa, der der vor liegende Band angehört, ist zur Entlastung der für die I. Abteilung vorgesehenen Bände gedacht, die die Architektur, Reliefs, Inschriften und sonstigen Beigaben dieser Gräber bringen sollen; in den Bänden der H. Abteilung werden dagegen wegen ihrer enormen Menge die althieratisch beschrifteten Töpfe zusammengestellt und kommentiert, die sich in diesen Gräbern gefunden haben. Auf diesen Töpfen werden die Art der als Grabbeigaben in diesen Töpfen mitgegebenen Früchte und vielfach auch die Titel, Namen und Filiations angaben der Spender - in manchen Fällen auch des Bestatteten - angegeben. Gerade die mi...
Descendants of a Lesser God
A new perspective on the dynamics of dynastic rule in the southernmost province of Egypt, from the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom The First Upper Egyptian nome, with its capital, Elephantine, was important in ancient times, as it stood on the southern border between Egypt and the Nubian provinces above the First Cataract. Since 2008, Alejandro Jiménez-Serrano has led an archaeological mission at the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa, where Elephantine’s high officials are buried. In Descendants of a Lesser God, he draws on textual records and archaeological data, together with new evidence from his work at the tombs, to cast fresh historiographical light on the dynastic dynamics of these rulin...
Funde aus dem Grab 88 der Qubbet el-Hawa bei Assuan (Die Bonner Bestände)
Die Qubbet el-Hawa bei Assuan ist ein Graberberg, der hauptsachlich zwischen 2300 und 2000 v. Chr. fur Beisetzungen von hohen Beamten genutzt wurde. Fest mit der Entdeckungs- und Forschungsgeschichte dieses Areals verknupft ist der Name des ehemaligen Bonner Professors fur Agyptologie Elmar Edel (1914 -1997), der zwischen 1952 und 1981 archaologische Arbeiten auf der Qubbet el-Hawa leitete. 1972 entdeckte er das dekorationslose Felsengrab Nr. 88. Uber 700 Objekte konnten dort geborgen werden, von denen mehr als die Halfte nach Bonn gelangte. Eine adaquate Publikation dieser Funde stand jedoch bislang aus. Die aktuelle Untersuchung erbrachte uberraschende Erkenntnisse - so konnten beispielsweise mithilfe von beschrifteten Gefassen aus diesem Grab sowohl der einstige Besitzer als auch weitere in den Schachten beigesetzte Personen namentlich identifiziert werden. Erstmals liegt nun ein reprasentativer Querschnitt durch das erhaltene Inventar eines Grabes der Qubbet el-Hawa vor, das einen Eindruck von den Beigaben einer Familie von Provinzbeamten gewinnen lasst, die am Ende des Alten Reiches am aussersten Sudende Agyptens gelebt und gewirkt hatte.
Current Research in Egyptology 2022
The present volume collects thirty-two papers on various topics from the history of Egyptology to archaeology and material culture, from the Predynastic to the Roman period, through history and epigraphy, as well as new technologies.
The Iconography of Family Members in Egypt’s Elite Tombs of the Old Kingdom
In The Iconography of Family Members in Egypt’s Elite Tombs of the Old Kingdom, Jing Wen offers a comprehensive survey of the depiction of family members and provides a new perspective to explain its meaning.
