Ethnic Identities in the Land of the Pharaohs - Past and Present Approaches in Egyptology

This Element deals with ancient Egyptian concept of collective identity, various groups which inhabited the Egyptian Nile Valley and different approaches to ethnic identity in the last two hundred years of Egyptology. The aim is to present the dynamic processes of ethnogenesis of the inhabitants of the land of the pharaohs.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. From Race to Culture and People: Egyptology of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century; 3. Ethnic Identity: Recent Perspectives In Egyptology; 4. Third Science Revolution; 5. Concluding Remarks.

Summary

This Element deals with ancient Egyptian concept of collective identity, various groups which inhabited the Egyptian Nile Valley and different approaches to ethnic identity in the last two hundred years of Egyptology. The aim is to present the dynamic processes of ethnogenesis of the inhabitants of the land of the pharaohs.

Product details

• Authors: Uros Matic, Uroš Matić
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781108794466
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79446-6
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context; Elements in Ancient Egypt in C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology