1st Edition

Ancient Perspectives on Egypt

Edited By Roger Matthews, Cornelia Roemer Copyright 2003
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

The allure of Egypt is not exclusive to the modern world. Egypt also held a fascination and attraction for people of the past. In this book, academics from a wide range of disciplines assess the significance of Egypt within the settings of its past. The chronological span is from later prehistory, through to the earliest literate eras of interaction with Mesopotamia and the Levant, the Aegean,... Read more
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;

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Roger Matthews, Cornelia Roemer