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In the House of Heqanakht
In the House of Heqanakht: Text and Context in Ancient Egypt gathers Egyptological articles in honor of James P. Allen, Charles Edwin Wilbour Professor of Egyptology at Brown University.
Naref and Osiris Naref
The ancient Egyptian toponym Naref and the god Osiris Naref have hitherto been the subject of brief discussions. This study gathers for the first time all data available on these issues, revises traditionally accepted ideas, and offers integral interpretations — contextualizing them in the local milieu. The book aims to approach the funerary, legal, and royal mythological associations developed around Naref (an important landmark of the Herakleopolitan territory), attested for the first time in the so-called Coffin Texts and enduring until the Roman Period. It also seeks to analyse the characteristics of Osiris Naref, a prominent deity in the Herakleopolitan pantheon from the New Kingdom o...
Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas
In Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas, Laurent Bricault, one of the principal scholars of the cults of Isis, presents a new interpretation of the multiple sources that present Isis as a goddess of the seas. Bricault discusses a wealth of relatively unknown archaeological and textual data, drawing on a profound knowledge of their historical context. After decades of scholarly study, Bricault offers an important contribution and a new phase in the debate on understanding the “diffusion” as well as the “reception” of the cults of Isis in the Graeco-Roman world. This book, the first English-language monograph by the leading French scholar in the field, underlines the importance of Isis Studies for broader debates in the study of ancient religion.
The Complete Encyclopedia of Egyptian Deities
Presenting modern devotional perspectives that are rarely covered in other works, this premium hardcover offers comprehensive profiles of more than one hundred Egyptian gods, goddesses, and other divine beings. This thoroughly researched, full-color tome provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of well-known deities, like Anubis, Horus, Isis, Ra, and Sekhmet. It also features demigods, spiritual beings, and deities of neighboring regions who were also honored by the Egyptians, such as Menhyt (the lioness-headed goddess of Nubia) and Harmachis (the spirit that resides in the Giza Sphinx). Each entry includes a remarkable cache of information, including the deity's name in hieroglyphs, festivals, relatives, personality, domain, and more. Also featuring photographs of important sites and antiquities, this impressive collection is the only resource on Egyptian deities you will ever need.
Following Osiris
Osiris, god of the dead, was one of ancient Egypt's most important deities. The earliest secure evidence for belief in him dates back to the fifth dynasty (c.2494-2345BC), but he continued to be worshipped until the fifth century AD. Following Osiris is concerned with ancient Egyptian conceptions of the relationship between Osiris and the deceased, or what might be called the Osirian afterlife, asking what the nature of this relationship was and what the prerequisites were for enjoying its benefits. It does not seek to provide a continuous or comprehensive account of Egyptian ideas on this subject, but rather focuses on five distinct periods in their development, spread over four millennia. ...
Clinton's Foreign Policy in Russia
Some of Bill Clinton's most basic foreign policy elements - democratic peace, the post-Cold War peace dividend, geopolitics and state-society relations - are epitomized in the US-Russian Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Purchase Agreement. It was one of the most remarkable initiatives of Clinton's presidency, but oddly one of the most obscure that still continues under George W. Bush. This agreement illustrates how successfully the US and Russia could work together to reduce global nuclear fears but also how a series of decisions pitted global designs over American domestic interests. Illustrating one of the most compelling decisions Clinton made as President, this remarkable book elucidates the theory of democratic peace and demonstrates a new and more advanced nuclear restraint regime, from reduction to elimination. The story behind Clinton's decision has repercussions for our understanding of arms control, foreign policy decision making and US-Russian relations. This is a book about the intersection of levels of analysis, international security concerns and domestic political economy, and as such is ideal as a supplementary text for advanced courses in security and foreign policy.
Polis und Metropolis im römischen Ägypten
Hermupolis Magna, die Stadt des Gottes Thot/Hermes, war nach römischer Auffassung keine echte Polis. Überhaupt wird dem antiken Ägypten von der modernen Forschung ein Stadtproblem attestiert. Im. 3. Jh. n. Chr. werden Hermupolis wie auch andere Gaumetropolen der Provinz allerdings selbstverständlich zu den Poleis der Mittelmeerwelt gezählt. Wie lässt sich diese Diskrepanz erklären? Wie ist die Kategorie „Stadt" vor einem solchen Hintergrund zu bewerten? Anhand eines Blicks auf die gesellschaftlich-mentalen Strukturen der lokalen Einwohnerschaft von Hermupolis, ihrer repräsentativen Ansprüche und einer akteursorientierten Perspektive auf den Ort wird die städtische Entwicklung der Gaumetropole zwischen ptolemäischer Zeit und dem 5. Jh. n. Chr. nachgezeichnet. Der Begriff „Stadt" erweist sich dabei als fluide und wird je nach Standpunkt und gesellschaftlichen Umständen anhand neuer Kriterien definiert. Mit diesem Ansatz wird zugleich die Definition der Kategorie „Polis" am Beispiel Hermupolis aus einer unkonventionellen Perspektive betrachtet.
La splendeur des dieux: Quatre études iconographiques sur l’hellénisme égyptien (2 vols)
Dans La Splendeur des dieux, Gaëlle Tallet aborde la question de la transformation des divinités égyptiennes à l’époque gréco-romaine et de l’hellénisation de leur iconographie en interrogeant les enjeux de l’élaboration d’un hellénisme proprement égyptien, et les stratégies qu’il recouvre. In La Splendeur des dieux, Gaëlle Tallet provides a full reappraisal of the transformation of Egyptian deities and of their Hellenized depiction in Graeco-Roman times, and questions the issues and strategies at stake behind the elaboration of an Egyptian Hellenicity.
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Cultes et Textes Sacres dans l'Egypte Tardive
Far from being isolated units, ancient Egyptian temples were places of numerous points of contact among deities and among men. While these links are well known and tend to show a measure of universality in Egyptian religion throughout the country, each local clergy was intent on modifying this common background to adapt it to the specificity of its own pantheon and sanctuaries. Indeed, it is often difficult to determine with any certainty the precise origin of this or that influence, to postulate the existence of an original source (Urtext), or even to distinguish in each tradition which part proceeds from the "norm" and which is the product of an adaptation. The aim of this book is to contribute to a better understanding of such relationships as well as of the underlying ritual practices in order to highlight the workings of Egyptian religion in the later periods-torn as they are between two apparently contradictory movements: standardization on the one hand and local singularization on the other.
