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The Medinet Habu Records of the Foreign Wars of Ramesses III
Series: - Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume: 91
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The Medinet Habu Records of the Foreign Wars of Ramesses III is a new translation and commentary of the Textual record of Ramesses III’s military activity. As such it dwells heavily upon the inscriptions dealing with Libyans and Sea Peoples. Since the format is oral formulaic, the texts are scanned and rendered as lyric. The new insights into the period covered by the inscriptions leads to a new appraisal of the identity of Egypt’s enemies, as well as events surrounding the activity of the Sea Peoples. The exercise is not intended to dismiss, but rather to complement the archaeological evidence.
"The Sea Peoples ... still remain an everexpanding topic of scholarly research swimming in a sea of disputation.... Redford’s book will help all of us to understand better the phenomenon of the end of the Bronze Age."
- Anthony Spalinger, University of Auckland, Journal of the American Oriental Society 139.4 (2019)
"The Sea Peoples ... still remain an everexpanding topic of scholarly research swimming in a sea of disputation.... Redford’s book will help all of us to understand better the phenomenon of the end of the Bronze Age."
- Anthony Spalinger, University of Auckland, Journal of the American Oriental Society 139.4 (2019)
Donald B. Redford, PhD, FRSC, is professor in the Department of Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Pennsylvania State University. He is author of over 12 books and 250 articles on Egypt and the Near East, and editor of the
Oxford Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egypt.
Preface
Sigla
Introduction
1 The Nubian and First Libyan Campaigns
2 The Campaign against the Sea Peoples
3 The Second Libyan Campaign
4 The Second Libyan War (External Display)
5 Commentary
6 The Texts as Historical Sources
7 The Place of Origin of the Enemy
8 The Northern Wars of Ramesses III
9 Aftermath
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Sigla
Introduction
1 The Nubian and First Libyan Campaigns
2 The Campaign against the Sea Peoples
3 The Second Libyan Campaign
4 The Second Libyan War (External Display)
5 Commentary
6 The Texts as Historical Sources
7 The Place of Origin of the Enemy
8 The Northern Wars of Ramesses III
9 Aftermath
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Egyptologists as well as all those interested in ancient military history and linguistic anthropology.