| Description |
xvi, 260 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Encounters with ancient Egypt
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Encounters with ancient Egypt (London, England)
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| Note |
Includes extensively revised and updated papers originally presented at a conference held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in December 2000. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : ' ... since the time of the Gods' / John Tait -- The ancient Egyptian view of world history / E.P. Uphill -- Archaism and modernism in the reliefs of Hesy-Ra / Whitney Davis -- Looking back into the future : the Middle Kingdom as a bridge to the past / Dietrich Wildung ; translated by Fiona Handley -- Archaism and innovation in art from the New Kingdom to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty / Robert Morkot -- Literature as a construction of the past in the Middle Kingdom / Ludwig D. Morenz ; translated by Martin Worthington -- Representations of the past in New Kingdom literature / Hans W. Fischer-Elfert -- Views of the past in Egypt during the first millennium BC / Antonio Loprieno -- Egypt's views of 'others' / David O'Connor -- Foreigners at Memphis? : Petrie's racial types / Sally-Ann Ashton -- All in the family? : heirlooms in ancient Egypt / David Jeffreys -- The Ptolemaic royal image and the Egyptian tradition / Sally-Ann Ashton. |
| Subject |
Egypt -- History -- To 640 A.D. -- Historiography.
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Egypt. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 640 A.D |
| Subject |
Historiography. |
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Historiography -- Egypt.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Tait, W. J. (William John)
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University College, London. Institute of Archaeology.
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| Added Title |
Egypt's view of its past |
| ISBN |
1844720071 paperback |
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