Liber Amicorum-Speculum Siderum: Nut Astrophoros

• Hardcover | Egyptology
• In this volume, a pleiade of Egyptologists, Archaeologists, Archaeoastronomers, Archaeoanthropologists, Historians and other scholars from fifteen cou... Lees meer

Agyptens Wirtschaftliche Grundlagen in Der Mittleren Bronzezeit

Rainer Nutz

• Paperback | Duits | Egyptology
• Economic issues are seemingly neglected topics within Egyptology. This study attempts to highlight selected economic aspects of the first half of the ... Lees meer

Studies on the Vignettes from Chapter 17 of the Book of the Dead

Mykola Tarasenko

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• Among the numerous deities in the ancient Egyptian mythology, whose nature and function are still vague and obscure, are ms.w Bdst - 'Children of Weak... Lees meer

Chronological Developments in the Old Kingdom Tombs in the Necropoleis of Giza, Saqqara and Abusir

Leo Roeten

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• At the end of the 6th dynasty the 500 year old established order of the Old Kingdom fell apart, which, according to the interpretation given to variou... Lees meer

'Scenes de Gynecees' Figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt

Joanne Backhouse

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• 'Scenes de Gynecees' Figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt: Iconography and intent examines images of women and children drawn on ostraca from Deir e... Lees meer

The Tekenu and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Ritual

Glennise West

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• What is the Tekenu ? What was its function? What are its origins? These are questions upon which Egyptologists have long pondered. However, Egyptologi... Lees meer

Royal Statues in Egypt 300 BC-AD 220

Elizabeth Brophy

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• The aim of this book is to approach Ptolemaic and Imperial royal sculpture in Egypt dating between 300 BC and AD 220 (the reigns of Ptolemy I and Cara... Lees meer

Loaves, Beds, Plants and Osiris

Leo Roeten

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• The emergence of the cult of Osiris is, in most cases, dated to the end of the 5th dynasty, the period in which the name of Osiris appears in writing,... Lees meer

Egypt 2015

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• The Seventh Central European Conference of Egyptologists. Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research (CECE7) was held at the University of Zagreb in Croatia... Lees meer

Prepared for Eternity

Robert Loynes

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• This publication brings together personal analyses of sixty CT scans of ancient Egyptian human mummies collected from many museums throughout the UK a... Lees meer

Body, Cosmos and Eternity

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• In February 2013, the Symposium Body, Cosmos and Eternity: the Symbolism of Coffins in Ancient Egypt convened at the historical building of the Univer... Lees meer

The Production, Use and Importance of Flint Tools in the Archaic Period and the Old Kingdom in Egypt

Michal Kobusiewicz

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• This book seeks to explore the issues of production, use and importance of flint tools in the Archaic Period, known also as the Early Dynastic Period,... Lees meer

Rise of the Hyksos

Anna-Latifa Mourad

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• Manetho's obscure reference to a race of invaders has been a constant source of debate and controversy. But who are these invaders? They are named the... Lees meer

Invisible Connections

Martin Odler, Jiri Kmosek

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• The Egyptian Museum of the University of Leipzig has the largest university collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts in Germany. It includes important... Lees meer

The Origins and Use of the Potter's Wheel in Ancient Egypt

Sarah Doherty

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• The invention of the wheel is often highlighted as one of humankinds' most significant inventions. Wheels do not exist in nature, and so can be viewed... Lees meer

Old Kingdom Copper Tools and Model Tools

Martin (Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles

• Paperback | Egyptology
• This volume gathers the textual, iconographic and palaeographic evidence and examines artefacts in order to revise the common view on the use of coppe... Lees meer

Tomb Security in Ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to the Pyramid Age

Reg Clark

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• Egyptians went to great lengths to protect their dead from the omnipresent threat of robbery by incorporating specially developed architectural featur... Lees meer

The Role of the Lector in Ancient Egyptian Society

Roger Forshaw

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• The lector is first attested during the 2nd Dynasty and is subsequently recognised throughout ancient Egypt history. In previous studies the lector is... Lees meer

Doors, Entrances and Beyond... Various Aspects of Entrances and Doors of the Tombs in the Memphite Necropoleis During the Old Kingdom

Leo Roeten

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• Doors are more than a physical means to close off an entrance or an exit; doors can also indicate that a boundary between two worlds has been crossed.... Lees meer

A History of Research Into Ancient Egyptian Culture in Southeast Europe

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• The history of Ancient Egypt has been studied in the region of Southeast Europe since the end of the nineteenth century. In some of the countries this... Lees meer

Egyptian and Imported Pottery from the Red Sea Port of Mersa Gawsis, Egypt

Sally Wallace-Jones

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• The unique site of Mersa Gawasis was a base for seaborne trade along the Red Sea coast during the Middle Kingdom. The Egyptians' purpose was to trade ... Lees meer

Liber Amicorum-Speculum Siderum

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• In this volume, a pleiade of Egyptologists, Archaeologists, Archaeoastronomers, Archaeoanthropologists, Historians and other scholars from fifteen cou... Lees meer

Dating the Tombs of the Egyptian Old Kingdom

Joyce Swinton

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• The decorated tombs of the Egyptian Old Kingdom offer detailed knowledge of a society that in all probability was the first nation state in history. Y... Lees meer

The Hypocephalus

Tamas Mekis

• Paperback | Engels | Egyptology
• The hypocephalus is an element of Late Period and Ptolemaic funerary equipment - an amuletic disc placed under the head of mummies. Its shape emulates... Lees meer