The sixteenth Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) conference was held from the 15-18 April 2015 at the University of Oxford and once again provided a platform for postgraduates and early career ...Egyptologists, as well as independent researchers, to present their research. These proceedings for CREXVI represent the wide range of themes that were offered by delegates during the conference. Papers focus on the theme of travel in ancient Egypt from a wide range of perspectives such as concrete or abstract travels, travel in space and time, travel inside, to, or from Egypt, travel in literature, travel of beliefs and ideas or travel of objects.
In From Slave to Pharaoh, noted Egyptologist Donald B. Redford examines over two millennia of complex social and cultural interactions between Egypt and the Nubian and Sudanese civilizations that lay ...to the south of Egypt. These interactions resulted in the expulsion of the black Kushite pharaohs of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty in 671 B.C. by an invading Assyrian army.
Redford traces the development of Egyptian perceptions of race as their dominance over the darker-skinned peoples of Nubia and the Sudan grew, exploring the cultural construction of spatial and spiritual boundaries between Egypt and other African peoples. Redford focuses on the role of racial identity in the formulation of imperial power in Egypt and the legitimization of its sphere of influence, and he highlights the dichotomy between the Egyptians' treatment of the black Africans it deemed enemies and of those living within Egyptian society. He also describes the range of responses—from resistance to assimilation—of subjugated Nubians and Sudanese to their loss of self-determination. Indeed, by the time of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, the culture of the Kushite kings who conquered Egypt in the late eighth century B.C. was thoroughly Egyptian itself.
Moving beyond recent debates between Afrocentrists and their critics over the racial characteristics of Egyptian civilization, From Slave to Pharaoh reveals the true complexity of race, identity, and power in Egypt as documented through surviving texts and artifacts, while at the same time providing a compelling account of war, conquest, and culture in the ancient world.
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 is one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time. It took Carter and his team 10 years to clear the contents of the ...tomb and among the objects found was a large collection of shoes and sandals. The footwear is analysed here in detail for the first time since the discovery using Carter's records and Harry Burton's excellent photographs along with the author's analyses of the objects, all of which are housed in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo and the Luxor Museum. Several specialists contributed to the volume discussing the different materials (gold, vegetable fibre, birch bark, glass and faience, leather, gemstones) that were used in the footwear. Tutankhamun's footwear is compared with other finds in order to be able to put it in a broader context. The footwear from the tomb of Yuya and Tjuiu, the King's great-grandparents, are, therefore, analysed as well. In addition to the analysis, footwear in texts and two- and three-dimensional art is considered.
The Wisdom of Egypt Ucko, Peter J
2016, 2003, 20160616, 2016-06-16, 2016-06-09
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The Wisdom of Egypt examines the sources of evidence about Ancient Egypt available to scholars, and the changing visions of Egypt and of Egypt's role in human history that they produced. Its scope ...extends from the Classical world, through Europe and the Arabic worlds in the Middle Ages, to writers of the Renaissance, to the work of scholars and scientists of Early Modern Europe.
On January 25, 2011, the world's eyes were on Egypt's Tahrir Square as millions of people poured into the city center to call for the resignation of president Hosni Mubarak. Since then, few scholars ...or journalists have been given the opportunity to reflect on the nationwide moment of transformation and the hope that was embodied by the Egyptian Revolution. In this important and necessary volume, leading Egyptian academics and writers share their eyewitness experiences. They examine how events unfolded in relation to key social groups and institutions such as the military, police, labor, intellectuals, Coptic Christians, and the media; share the mood of the nation; assess what happened when three recent regimes of Egyptian rule came to an end; and account for the dramatic rise and fall of the Muslim Brotherhood. The contributors' deep engagement with politics and society in their country is evident and sets this volume apart from most of what has been published in English about the Arab Spring. The diversity of views brought together here is a testament to the contradictions and complexities of historical and political changes that affect Egypt and beyond.
Skład gatunkowy zgrupowań pszczół samotnic zmienia się w zależności od roślinności, obecności dogodnych siedlisk gniazdowania oraz stopnia fragmentacji tych siedlisk. W Egipcie rozwój rolnictwa w ...regionie Kanału Sueskiego stanowi duże wyzwanie z uwagi na fakt, że różnorodność pszczół samotnic jest kluczowa dla produkcji wysokiej jakości nasion, warzyw i owoców. Większość nielicznych badań fauny pszczół Egiptu przeprowadzono w latach siedemdziesiątych XX w. Badania te dotyczyły terenu całego Egiptu, ale region Kanału Sueskiego pozostał pod tym względem mało zbadany. Celem niniejszych badań była ewaluacja zróżnicowania gatunkowego populacji pszczół samotnic w regionie Kanału Sueskiego. Badania prowadzono w różnych częściach tego regionu w latach 2011 i 2012. Ogółem, za pomocą siatki entomologicznej, odłowiono około 900 - 1000 osobników z prowincji gubernatorskich Ismailia, Suez i Synaj. Osobniki zebrane zostały z różnych gatunków roślin uprawnych i dzikich. Oznaczono 55 gatunków owadów pszczołowatych. Stwierdzono obecność przedstawicieli wszystkich rodzin pszczołowatych z wyjątkiem rodziny Melittidae. W obrębie rodzin odnotowano następujące ilości gatunków: 7 (Andrenidae), 9 (Colletidae), 11 (Apidae), 13 (Halictidae) i 15 (Megachilidae). Lasioglossum mandibulare (Morawitz, 1866) został odnotowany w Egipcie po raz pierwszy. Następujące gatunki występowały w regionie Kanału Sueskiego najczęściej i najliczniej: Andrena ovatula ssp. ovatula (Kirby, 1802), Ceratina tarsata Morawitz, 1872 i Colletes lacunatus Dours, 1872. Niektóre gatunki, np. Andrena, Anthophora i Lasioglossum, rejestrowane były w ich naturalnych siedliskach. Inne, jak Colletes, zebrano z okolicy roślin, którymi się żywią. Nie były jednak notowane w okolicy swoich gniazd. Skład gatunkowy pszczół z regionu Kanału Sueskiego zbliżony jest do składu gatunkowego pszczół w Jordanie, Palestynie i Izraelu. Ekosystemy wszystkich tych państw leżą w strefie klimatu śródziemnomorskiego. Niniejsze badania oceniające skład apifauny zapylającej są pierwszymi realizowanymi w regionie Kanału Sueskiego i mogą być kontynuowane w innych regionach Egiptu. Badania terenowe tego typu mogą zainicjować powstawanie większej liczby projektów badawczych dotyczących zapylania i interakcji między pszczołami a roślinami.
Francis Breyer's Punt. Die Suche nach dem ›Gottesland‹ covers every aspect concerning Punt according to all relevant textual and iconographic sources: history of research, localization (Southeast ...Sudan/Abessinia), organization of the expeditions, as well as the Puntites and their way of life.
This study of the history of regional elites and of the archaeology of their cemeteries shows that the Coffin Texts of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom do not reflect a form of popular religion, but ...rather the cult of local rulers.
Return to Alexandria Butler, Beverley
2007, 20160701, 2016-07-01, 2016-06-29
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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina was launched with great fanfare in the 1990s, a project of UNESCO and the Egyptian government to recreate the glory of the Alexandria Library and Museion of the ancient ...world. The project and its timing were curious-it coincided with scholarship moving away from the dominance of the western tradition; it privileged Alexandria's Greek heritage over 1500 years of Islamic scholarship; and it established an island for the cultural elite in an urban slum. Beverley Butler's ethnography of the project explores these contradictions, and the challenges faced by Egyptian and international scholars in overcoming them. Her critique of the underlying foundational concepts and values behind the Library is of equal importance, a nuanced postcolonial examination of memory, cultural revival, and homecoming. In this, she draws upon a wide array of thinkers: Freud, Derrida, Said, and Bernal, among others. Butler's book will be of great value to museologists, historians, archaeologists, cultural scholars, and heritage professionals.
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