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Miu and the Pharaoh
Miu is a palace garden cat who longs to live inside the palace, but what happens when one day he crosses paths with the Pharaoh? Find out in this beautifully told story, based on historical fact, about life in Egypt, from a cat's-eye view. Bio: Sally Wallace-Jones is fascinated by Egypt and studied archaeology at university, gaining a PhD in Egyptian archaeology. She worked for the Egypt Exploration Society and then trained as a teacher. She teaches English at Riddlesworth Hall School. She and her husband live in Norwich with two badly behaved Siamese cats.
Egyptian and Imported Pottery from the Red Sea port of Mersa Gawsis, Egypt
The unique site of Mersa Gawasis was a base for seaborne trade along the Red Sea coast during the Middle Kingdom. This volume presents the site’s wide variety of ceramic material, offering also an interpretation of what pottery reveals about activities at the site.
Seafaring Expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom
In the 12th Dynasty (ca. 1985-1773 BC) the Egyptian state sent a number of seafaring expeditions to the land of Punt, located somewhere in the southern Red Sea region, in order to bypass control of the upper Nile by the Kerma kingdom. Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis on the Red Sea coast of Egypt from 2001 to 2011 have uncovered evidence of the ancient harbor (Saww) used for these expeditions, including parts of ancient ships, expedition equipment and food – all transported ca. 150 km across the desert from Qift in Upper Egypt to the harbor. This book summarizes the results of these excavations for the organization of these logistically complex expeditions, and evidence at the harbor for the location of Punt. “[There] is no shortage of analysis relating to the Punt expeditions, much of which is likely to become the new ‘standard’ account of these voyages and of the huge logistical and ideological undertaking they represented. The volume will therefore be of immense value to scholars and students of ancient Egypt, and of ancient seafaring more generally.” - Julian Whitewright, University of Southampton, in: The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 48.2 (2019)
Redbone 2
Tim Jones had found a victory against his demonic foe Chucaree, the son of the demon werewolf Redbone. He was sure after this battle that the world would be safe from these hell-spawn demons. But as it turns out, the battle has just begun. Tim finds he is faced with the same task as he had with Chucaree. The werewolf's twin brother is now stalking him and his new bride Sally with the intent to enact revenge and take his bride as his own. A scratch from the previous conflict has marked Sally with the torment of the wolf, thus making her the first in this new century to be cursed as a she-wolf. Tim not only must find a way to protect and cure Sally but again face a foe of unearthly strength and power in order to save the world. The strength passed to Tim by James Mathew Trinton, the first to rid the world of these creatures, and the killing of Chucaree gives him an added fighting chance for peace here in our world. But in Tim's own words, "Never underestimate the devil." 68
Embracing the salt marsh
From a modern-day perspective, it may seem odd that people should have chosen to dwell in the open salt-marsh landscape along the Wadden Sea coast. While the beauty of the salt marshes is widely acknowledged, the idea of living there seems to suggest struggle and misery. Yet the salt-marsh settlers, dwelling on their settlement mounds or terps, did not just ‘survive' or ‘get by', but actually managed to live a good life, by embracing this marshy world and its peculiarities. This collection of papers focuses on foraging, farming and food preparation in the context of the salt-marsh environment. The various contributions celebrate the career and work of Annet Nieuwhof, who has been an inspirational colleague and great friend to many of us. She passionately embraced terp research, always actively stimulating cooperation across disciplines as well as national borders. Reflecting some of Annet's wide-ranging interests, the present volume is dedicated to her in friendship and gratitude.
The Hunsbergers
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Herodotean Soundings
This volume is dedicated to the logos of Cambyses at the beginning of Book 3 in Herodotus' Histories, one of the few sources on the Persian conquest of Egypt that has not yet been exhaustively explored in its complexity. The contributions of this volume deal with the motivations and narrative strategies behind Herodotus' characterization of the Persian king but also with the geopolitical background of Cambyses' conquest of Egypt as well as the reception of the Cambyses logos by later ancient authors. "Herodotean Soundings: The Cambyses Logos" exemplifies how a multidisciplinary approach can contribute significantly to a better understanding of a complex work such as Herodotus' Histories.
