Egyptian and Imported Pottery from the Red Sea port of Mersa Gawsis, Egypt
Title | Egyptian and Imported Pottery from the Red Sea port of Mersa Gawsis, Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Sally Wallace-Jones |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 2018-06-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1784919047 |
The unique site of Mersa Gawasis was a base for seaborne trade along the Red Sea coast during the Middle Kingdom. This volume presents the site’s wide variety of ceramic material, offering also an interpretation of what pottery reveals about activities at the site.
Seafaring Expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom
Title | Seafaring Expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn A. Bard |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 249 |
Release | 2018-08-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004379606 |
In the 12th Dynasty the Egyptian state sent seafaring expeditions to the land of Punt from a harbor on the Red Sea. Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis have uncovered well preserved evidence of this harbor and the probable location of Punt.
The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume II
Title | The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume II PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Radner |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 977 |
Release | 2022-03-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0190687576 |
"The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East offers a comprehensive and fully illustrated survey of the history of Egypt and Western Asia (Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Iran) in five volumes, from the emergence of complex states to the conquest of Alexander of Great. The authors represent a highly international mix of leading academics whose expertise brings alive the people, places and times of the remote past. The emphasis lies firmly on the political and social histories of the states and communities under investigation. The individual chapters present the key textual and material sources underpinning the historical reconstruction, giving special attention to the most recent archaeological finds and how they have impacted our interpretation. The first volume covers the long period from the mid-tenth millennium to the late third millennium BC and presents the history of the Near East in ten chapters "From the Beginnings to Old Kingdom Egypt and the Dynasty of Akkad". Key topics include the domestication of animals and plants, the first permanent settlements, the subjugation and appropriation of the natural environment, the emergence of complex states and belief systems, the invention of the earliest writing systems and the wide-ranging trade networks that linked diverse population groups across deserts, mountains and oceans"--
Herodotean Soundings
Title | Herodotean Soundings PDF eBook |
Author | Andreas Schwab |
Publisher | Narr Francke Attempto Verlag |
Total Pages | 351 |
Release | 2023-06-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3823303910 |
This volume is dedicated to the logos of Cambyses at the beginning of Book 3 in Herodotus' Histories, one of the few sources on the Persian conquest of Egypt that has not yet been exhaustively explored in its complexity. The contributions of this volume deal with the motivations and narrative strategies behind Herodotus' characterization of the Persian king but also with the geopolitical background of Cambyses' conquest of Egypt as well as the reception of the Cambyses logos by later ancient authors. "Herodotean Soundings: The Cambyses Logos" exemplifies how a multidisciplinary approach can contribute significantly to a better understanding of a complex work such as Herodotus' Histories.
Toponymy on the Periphery
Title | Toponymy on the Periphery PDF eBook |
Author | Julien Cooper |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 736 |
Release | 2020-08-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004422218 |
"In Toponymy on the Periphery, Julien Charles Cooper conducts a study of the rich geographies preserved in Egyptian texts relating to the desert regions east of Egypt. These regions, filled with mines, quarries, nomadic camps, and harbours are often considered as an unimportant hinterland of the Egyptian state, but this work reveals the wide explorations and awareness Egyptians had of the Red Sea and its adjacent deserts, from the Sinai in the north to Punt in the south. The book attempts to locate many of the placenames present in Egyptian texts and analyse their etymology in light of Egyptian linguistics and the various foreign languages spoken in the adjacent deserts and distant shores of the Red Sea"--
The Ancient Red Sea Port of Adulis and the Eritrean Coastal Region
Title | The Ancient Red Sea Port of Adulis and the Eritrean Coastal Region PDF eBook |
Author | Chiara Zazzaro |
Publisher | British Archaeological Reports |
Total Pages | 107 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781407311906 |
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 85. Series Editors: Laurence Smith, Brian Stewart and Stephanie Wynne-Jone.
An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Title | An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn A. Bard |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 516 |
Release | 2015-01-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0470673362 |
This student-friendly introduction to the archaeology of ancient Egypt guides readers from the Paleolithic to the Greco-Roman periods, and has now been updated to include recent discoveries and new illustrations. • Superbly illustrated with photographs, maps, and site plans, with additional illustrations in this new edition • Organized into 11 chapters, covering: the history of Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology; prehistoric and pharaonic chronology and the ancient Egyptian language; geography, resources, and environment; and seven chapters organized chronologically and devoted to specific archaeological sites and evidence • Includes sections on salient topics such as the constructing the Great Pyramid at Giza and the process of mummification