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Ancient Egyptian Portraiture: History of an Idea concerns the origin, nature, and removal, the unravelling and explanation of the impasse pertaining to the definition, assessment, and judgement of Ancient Egyptian portraiture. Condensed in the syntagm different from ours, this impasse arises from the polarisation and dichotomy of idealism and realism which characterise the three main Egyptological definitions of portraiture. In offering a transcendental definition of art and portraiture that is anthropologically valid, the overarching aim of this book is to challenge assessments of Egyptian art and portraiture based on historically particularistic concepts that are foreign to its cultural premises and development.
History of an Idea
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Ancient Egyptian Portraiture: History of an Idea concerns the origin, nature, and removal, the unravelling and explanation of the impasse pertaining to the definition, assessment, and judgement of Ancient Egyptian portraiture. Condensed in the syntagm different from ours, this impasse arises from the polarisation and dichotomy of idealism and realism which characterise the three main Egyptological definitions of portraiture. In offering a transcendental definition of art and portraiture that is anthropologically valid, the overarching aim of this book is to challenge assessments of Egyptian art and portraiture based on historically particularistic concepts that are foreign to its cultural premises and development.
The Non-elite Cemeteries of the 17th – 19th Dynasties, Vol. I
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Harvard Egyptological Studies
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This lavishly-illustrated book presents the unpublished excavations of the Hearst Expedition (1900–1901) at Deir el-Ballas, and thus makes a major contribution to the study of the material culture of the early New Kingdom. The site played a major role in the birth of the New Kingdom as a royal campaign headquarters during the wars to expel the Hyksos. For several generations afterwards, a non-elite population lived in the shadow of the abandoned palace in this provincial town. Drawing on meticulous archival research to reconstruct the tomb assemblages, this book reveals the community’s funerary practices and considers the cultural memory the residents held of their town's illustrious past.
The Non-elite Cemeteries of the 17th – 19th Dynasties, Vol. I
Series:
Harvard Egyptological Studies
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This lavishly-illustrated book presents the unpublished excavations of the Hearst Expedition (1900–1901) at Deir el-Ballas, and thus makes a major contribution to the study of the material culture of the early New Kingdom. The site played a major role in the birth of the New Kingdom as a royal campaign headquarters during the wars to expel the Hyksos. For several generations afterwards, a non-elite population lived in the shadow of the abandoned palace in this provincial town. Drawing on meticulous archival research to reconstruct the tomb assemblages, this book reveals the community’s funerary practices and considers the cultural memory the residents held of their town's illustrious past.
The Non-elite Cemeteries of the 17th – 19th Dynasties, Vol. II Catalogues
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The Phoebe A. Hearst Expedition to Deir el-Ballas: The non-elite cemeteries of the 17th – 19th Dynasties, Volume II: Catalogues complements the analysis of the unpublished Hearst Expedition excavations (1900–1901) at Deir el-Ballas that Victoria Jensen presented in Volume I. In Volume II, Jensen provides a detailed tomb catalogue, synthesizing all available information on each tomb and its contents, and providing scale drawings of the tomb architecture and placement of objects. The excavator, George A. Reisner, was an early adopter of photography in archaeology. The appendices in this volume present all known Hearst Expedition photographs of the tombs and their contents.
The Non-elite Cemeteries of the 17th – 19th Dynasties, Vol. II Catalogues
Author:
The Phoebe A. Hearst Expedition to Deir el-Ballas: The non-elite cemeteries of the 17th – 19th Dynasties, Volume II: Catalogues complements the analysis of the unpublished Hearst Expedition excavations (1900–1901) at Deir el-Ballas that Victoria Jensen presented in Volume I. In Volume II, Jensen provides a detailed tomb catalogue, synthesizing all available information on each tomb and its contents, and providing scale drawings of the tomb architecture and placement of objects. The excavator, George A. Reisner, was an early adopter of photography in archaeology. The appendices in this volume present all known Hearst Expedition photographs of the tombs and their contents.
Recollections and Evaluations of The International Campaign to
Save the Monuments of Nubia after Fifty Years
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The surviving protagonists of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, one of the most important enterprises in the field of cultural heritage, met, many years later, at the Nubia Museum of Aswan to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. It was March 2009. They recounted their personal experience in Nubia, highlighting the success of the technical work carried out but without ever forgetting what has been irremediably lost in this conflict between culture and human development. The “Campaign” transformed the Nubia region not only in a international chantier of new and challenging scientific experiences but also in a theatre of unforgettable human relationships. Dynamics, reflections, evaluations, mixed with scientific data, make this volume an educational manual in the field of cultural heritage at all levels enriched by descriptions of natural panoramas, no longer visible to our eyes, geological observations, insights on local flora and fauna. Words and images offer a vision of not only what is part of the collective memory of major events (almost always scientific/academic) but also popular memories of ordinary individuals of which history is also made.
Recollections and Evaluations of The International Campaign to
Save the Monuments of Nubia after Fifty Years
Volume Editor:
The surviving protagonists of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, one of the most important enterprises in the field of cultural heritage, met, many years later, at the Nubia Museum of Aswan to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. It was March 2009. They recounted their personal experience in Nubia, highlighting the success of the technical work carried out but without ever forgetting what has been irremediably lost in this conflict between culture and human development. The “Campaign” transformed the Nubia region not only in a international chantier of new and challenging scientific experiences but also in a theatre of unforgettable human relationships. Dynamics, reflections, evaluations, mixed with scientific data, make this volume an educational manual in the field of cultural heritage at all levels enriched by descriptions of natural panoramas, no longer visible to our eyes, geological observations, insights on local flora and fauna. Words and images offer a vision of not only what is part of the collective memory of major events (almost always scientific/academic) but also popular memories of ordinary individuals of which history is also made.
Studies in Honor of Ann Macy Roth
Throughout her career, Ann Macy Roth has regularly returned to well-known ancient Egyptian material and visual culture and shed new light on it by employing different approaches and methodologies. In this way, her research has led to new interpretations and readings of ancient Egyptian beliefs and practices while illustrating the importance of and need for continual questioning and re-examination within Egyptology. This volume brings together papers from around the world that follow her tradition of rethinking, reassessing, and innovating. It is intended to honour Roth’s significant career as a scholar, mentor, and teacher and to celebrate and continue her dedication to analyzing ancient Egypt from novel perspectives.
Studies in Honor of Ann Macy Roth
Throughout her career, Ann Macy Roth has regularly returned to well-known ancient Egyptian material and visual culture and shed new light on it by employing different approaches and methodologies. In this way, her research has led to new interpretations and readings of ancient Egyptian beliefs and practices while illustrating the importance of and need for continual questioning and re-examination within Egyptology. This volume brings together papers from around the world that follow her tradition of rethinking, reassessing, and innovating. It is intended to honour Roth’s significant career as a scholar, mentor, and teacher and to celebrate and continue her dedication to analyzing ancient Egypt from novel perspectives.
Ein internationaler Held und sein Nachwirken
Why Sesostris? Why does the classical antiquity tell stories about this Egyptian hero king of the second millennium BC? On which basis? The contributions of this conference volume try to systematically answer the question how these narratives come into being and grow. It is not a single historical king Sesostris. Rather the literary tradition of two millennia augments the story with the later Sheshonq kings, makes Sesostris the international hero of demotic narratives and finally leads to the Greek Sesonchosis Romance which itself is widely received. All this takes place in an international cultural context.
Warum gerade Sesostris? Warum werden ausgerechnet über diesen ägyptischen König des frühen zweiten Jahrtausends v. Chr. in der Klassischen Antike Heldengeschichten erzählt? Auf welcher Grundlage? Die Beiträge dieses Tagungsbandes gehen systematisch der Frage nach, wie diese Erzählungen entstehen und wachsen. Es ist nicht ein einziger literarischer Königs Sesostris. Vielmehr reichert die literarische Tradition über zwei Jahrtausende den Stoff um die späteren Scheschonq-Könige an, macht Sesostris zu einem internationalen Helden demotischer Erzählungen und führt zum griechischen Sesonchosis-Roman. All dies geschieht in einem internationalen kulturellen Rahmen.
Warum gerade Sesostris? Warum werden ausgerechnet über diesen ägyptischen König des frühen zweiten Jahrtausends v. Chr. in der Klassischen Antike Heldengeschichten erzählt? Auf welcher Grundlage? Die Beiträge dieses Tagungsbandes gehen systematisch der Frage nach, wie diese Erzählungen entstehen und wachsen. Es ist nicht ein einziger literarischer Königs Sesostris. Vielmehr reichert die literarische Tradition über zwei Jahrtausende den Stoff um die späteren Scheschonq-Könige an, macht Sesostris zu einem internationalen Helden demotischer Erzählungen und führt zum griechischen Sesonchosis-Roman. All dies geschieht in einem internationalen kulturellen Rahmen.
Ein internationaler Held und sein Nachwirken
Why Sesostris? Why does the classical antiquity tell stories about this Egyptian hero king of the second millennium BC? On which basis? The contributions of this conference volume try to systematically answer the question how these narratives come into being and grow. It is not a single historical king Sesostris. Rather the literary tradition of two millennia augments the story with the later Sheshonq kings, makes Sesostris the international hero of demotic narratives and finally leads to the Greek Sesonchosis Romance which itself is widely received. All this takes place in an international cultural context.
Warum gerade Sesostris? Warum werden ausgerechnet über diesen ägyptischen König des frühen zweiten Jahrtausends v. Chr. in der Klassischen Antike Heldengeschichten erzählt? Auf welcher Grundlage? Die Beiträge dieses Tagungsbandes gehen systematisch der Frage nach, wie diese Erzählungen entstehen und wachsen. Es ist nicht ein einziger literarischer Königs Sesostris. Vielmehr reichert die literarische Tradition über zwei Jahrtausende den Stoff um die späteren Scheschonq-Könige an, macht Sesostris zu einem internationalen Helden demotischer Erzählungen und führt zum griechischen Sesonchosis-Roman. All dies geschieht in einem internationalen kulturellen Rahmen.
Warum gerade Sesostris? Warum werden ausgerechnet über diesen ägyptischen König des frühen zweiten Jahrtausends v. Chr. in der Klassischen Antike Heldengeschichten erzählt? Auf welcher Grundlage? Die Beiträge dieses Tagungsbandes gehen systematisch der Frage nach, wie diese Erzählungen entstehen und wachsen. Es ist nicht ein einziger literarischer Königs Sesostris. Vielmehr reichert die literarische Tradition über zwei Jahrtausende den Stoff um die späteren Scheschonq-Könige an, macht Sesostris zu einem internationalen Helden demotischer Erzählungen und führt zum griechischen Sesonchosis-Roman. All dies geschieht in einem internationalen kulturellen Rahmen.