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The Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt
by Naphtali Lewis
The conquests of Alexander the Great were followed by a flood of Greek migration into the lands previously ruled by Persia. In Egypt, thanks to the survival of collections of related documents written on papyrus, it is possible to study the fortunes of some of these immigrants and their families, and of some of their Egyptian neighbors, with an immediacy provided by no other ancient source. In this book we see the engineer Kleon battling with ...
Paperback. Price US$19.95
Sex and Gender in Ancient Egypt: 'Don your wig for a joyful hour'
edited by Carolyn Graves-Brown
This volume offers new research on an essential but often controversial aspect of life in Dynastic Egypt. Its originality lies in combining research which uses Egyptologys traditional strengths, philological and iconographic, with reflections on material culture and on the discipline of Egyptology itself. The authors are internationally-recognised authorities in their fields. 245p, b/w illus. (Classical Press of Wales 2008)
Hardback. Price US$100.00
The Clothed Body in the Ancient World
edited by Liza Cleland, Mary Harlow and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Studies of the nude body have been around for many years, but rarely has scholarship looked at the clothed body. Yet the way we clothe ourselves says a great deal about the society we live in and our place within it. The papers in this volume provide fascinating snapshots of the clothed body in the ancient world. Once collected together, these snapshots reveal common themes in scholarship and allow a comparison of methodologies across disciplines ...
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Wit and Humour in Ancient Egypt
by Patrick Houlihan
"Coming to better understand the roles laughter played along the Nile in antiquity provides important insights into the character and humanity of the Egyptian people... It is a refreshing change from the crushing formality which seems to permeate many of the sources for the study of ancient Egypt" from the epilogue. Jokes and cartoon drawings from ancient Egypt not only still appealto our sense of fun today. They also shed fascinating light on ...
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Women in Ancient Egypt
by Barbara Watterson
From the domestic to the place of power via marriage, health, childbirth, dress and ornament. 201p, illus (Sutton 1991)
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Late Egypt and Her Neighbors: Foreign Population in Egypt in the First Millennium BC
by Jan Krzysztof Winnicki, translated by Dorota Dzierzbicka
Jan Krzysztof Winnicki passed away in February 2009. This volume, translated by Dorota Dzierzbicka, represents the past twenty years of his research on the foreigners of Egypt.
Foreign ethnic groups have been present in the Nile Valley throughout the entire history of Egypt but information about them is scarce. Using the sources and evidence available, this volume seeks to determine the role, place and significance of foreigners in ...
Hardback. Price US$120.00
Nomads, Tribes, and the State in the Ancient Near East: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
edited by Jeffrey Szuchman
For decades, scholars have struggled to understand the complex relationship between pastoral nomadic tribes and sedentary peoples of the Near East. The Oriental Institute's fourth annual post-doc seminar (March 7-8, 2008), Nomads, Tribes, and the State in the Ancient Near East, brought together archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists to discuss new approaches to enduring questions in the study of nomadic peoples, tribes, and states of the ...
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Ancient Egyptian Furniture, Volume II
by Geoffrey Killen
Continues the author's survey of Egyptian furniture making techniques with a study of boxes, chests and footstools, tracing their evolution from earliest times. The book is extensively illustrated with drawings and photographs and includes a corpus of boxes and footstools in museum collections. 91p with 86 figs & 72 plates. (Aris & Phillips 1994)
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A Catalogue of Egyptian Cosmetic Palettes in the Manchester University
by Julie Patenaude and Garry J Shaw
This is a catalogue of Egyptian pre- and early dynastic cosmetic palettes in the Manchester University Museum Collection. Cosmetic palettes belong to the most typical objects of the period before Egyptian state formation and were a popualar grave good. The catalogue presents all palettes in the Manchester Museum. Many of them from proper excavations. 128p (Golden House Publications 2011)
Paperback. Price US$60.00
Egypt in Transition. Social and Religious Development of Egypt in the First Millennium BCE
edited by Ladislav Bares, Filip Coppens and Kveta Smoláriková
The first millennium BCE represents for Egypt a period of tremendous change and development on the political, social, economic and religious level. The millennium was shaped and characterized by a continuous interaction between Egypt as an independent political entity, with its indigenously developed social and religious system, and various political, military and cultural forces and influences introduced into the country, both through occupation ...
Hardback. Price US$160.00
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