Routledge Studies in Egyptology
The Iconography of Humiliation in New Kingdom Egypt: The Depiction and Treatment of Bound Foreigners
1st Edition
By Mark D. Janzen
November 26, 2024
This volume analyzes the iconography of bound foreigners on New Kingdom monuments and artifacts to better understand Egyptian perspectives on foreigners and their treatment of prisoners of war. Depictions of foreign captives in humiliating or torturous poses are ubiquitous in Egyptian iconography ...
Violence and Power in Ancient Egypt: Image and Ideology before the New Kingdom
1st Edition
By Laurel Bestock
December 12, 2019
Violence and Power in Ancient Egypt examines the use of Egyptian pictures of violence prior to the New Kingdom. Starting with the assertion that making and displaying such images served as a tactic of power, related to but separate from the actual practice of violence, the book explores the ...
Women, Gender and Identity in Third Intermediate Period Egypt: The Theban Case Study
1st Edition
By Jean Li
December 12, 2019
Women, Gender and Identity in Third Intermediate Period Egypt clarifies the role of women in Egyptian society during the first millennium BCE, allowing for more nuanced discussions of women in the Third Intermediate Period. It is an intensive study of a corpus that is both geographically and ...
Ancient Egyptian Temple Ritual: Performance, Patterns, and Practice
1st Edition
By Katherine Eaton
February 07, 2017
Large state temples in ancient Egypt were vast agricultural estates, with interests in mining, trading, and other economic activities. The temple itself served as the mansion or palace of the deity to whom the estate belonged, and much of the ritual in temples was devoted to offering a ...