Egypt : ancient histories, modern archaeologies /

This book covers Egyptian history from the Predynastic to the late Roman Period. It also introduces early contemporary literary references to ancient Egypt and uses a number of theoretical approaches to interrogate the archaeological and textual data. The book engages with wider trends from the huma...

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Uniform Title:Egypt (2013)
Main Authors: Dann, Rachael J. (Author, Editor), Exell, Karen (Author, Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, New York : Cambria Press, [2013]
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Summary:This book covers Egyptian history from the Predynastic to the late Roman Period. It also introduces early contemporary literary references to ancient Egypt and uses a number of theoretical approaches to interrogate the archaeological and textual data. The book engages with wider trends from the humanities, which have found currency in archaeological studies, such as materiality, performativity, corporeality, embodiment, identity and popular culture studies. Egyptian material is explored via these themes, to create nuanced and contextual interpretations of particular sites, events, artefacts and practices. It makes an important contribution to furthering the fields of Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology, as well as in the wider context of archaeological theory.
Physical Description:x, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781604978490 (alk. paper)
160497849X (alk. paper)