Ancient Perspectives on Egypt

Sommario

Chapter 1 Introduction, RogerMatthews, CorneliaRoemer; Chapter 2 South Levantine Encounters With Ancient Egypt at the Beginning of the third Millennium, EliotBraun; Chapter 3 Egyptian Stone Vessels and the Politics of Exchange (2617–1070 BC), Rachael ThyrzaSparks; Chapter 4 Reconstructing the Role of Egyptian Culture in the Value Regimes of the Bronze Age Aegean, AndrewBevan; Chapter 5 Love and War in the Late Bronze Age, DavidWarburton; Chapter 6 Egypt and Mesopotamia in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, DavidWarburton, RogerMatthews; Chapter 7 Finding the Egyptian in Early Greek Art, JeremyTanner; Chapter 8 Upside Down and Back to Front, ThomasHarrison; Chapter 9 Encounters With Ancient Egypt, Csaba A.La’da; Chapter 10 Pilgrimage in Greco-Roman Egypt, IanRutherford; Chapter 11 Carry-On at Canopus, SusanWalker; Chapter 12 Roman Poets on Egypt, HerwigMaehler;

Riassunto

Assesses the significance of Egypt within the settings of its past. This book includes archaeological and documented evidence, ranging from the earliest writing attested in Egypt and Mesopotamia in the late 4th millennium BC, to graffiti from Abydos that demonstrate pilgrimages from the Mediterranean world, to the views of Roman poets on Egypt.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Roger Matthews, Roger Roemer Matthews
• Con la collaborazione di: Roger Matthews (Editore), Cornelia Roemer (Editore), Roemer Cornelia (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.07.2017
• EAN: 9781138404502
• ISBN: 978-1-138-40450-2
• Pagine: 274
• Serie: Encounters with Ancient Egypt
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology