Egypt
The Prehistoric Society (Review by David Mullin)
Of potential interest to anyone interested in prehistory:
- Travel: Western Desert
Al Masry Al Youm “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day...
- New Book: Loot
Sharon Waxman Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World by Sharon Waxman Why are the Elgin Marbles in London, and not on the Acropolis? Why do there seem to be as many mummies in French museums as there are in Egypt? Why are so many...
- Book Review: Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge
The Prehistoric Society (Review by David Mullin) This book is not about Egypt, per se, but the principles under discussion are relevant for any nation's archaeology. Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge, by Timothy Insoll, Duckworth & Co. 2007...
- Book Review: Alexander The Great In His World
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Review by Cheryl Golden) Carol G. Thomas, Alexander the Great in His World. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007 Table of Contents Carol Thomas' contribution to the voluminous scholarship on the "Great" Alexander III of...
- Book Review: Origins And Revolutions: Human Identity In Earliest Prehistory
Nature This is a slow news day gap filler. It has nothing directly to do with Egyptology, but it might be useful for anyone interested in prehistory, so I have slotted in a mention of this book review printed in Nature. Robert N. Proctor reviews Origins...
Egypt
Book Review: Archaeology - The Conceptual Challenge
The Prehistoric Society (Review by David Mullin)
Of potential interest to anyone interested in prehistory:
This short book asks a series of timely questions about the nature of archaeological enquiry; the place of humans in the natural world; the nature of culture and the language used in archaeological writing. At the core of the book is a call for a reconsideration of the implicit assumptions and concepts we engage as archaeologists and the ways in which our experience of the modern(-ist) world affects our reading of the archaeological materials we encounter. Does mass access to quick and easy international travel, for example, have implications for how we understand concepts of ‘the local’ and does a shrinking world mean that we place less stress on place, distance and the concept of the journey? Can the products of a society which is dependent on the written word really understand what it is to be pre-literate? Does the rise of an ‘on demand’ culture which is less dependent on face-to-face interaction have implications for understandings of tradition, history and socialisation?
- Travel: Western Desert
Al Masry Al Youm “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day...
- New Book: Loot
Sharon Waxman Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World by Sharon Waxman Why are the Elgin Marbles in London, and not on the Acropolis? Why do there seem to be as many mummies in French museums as there are in Egypt? Why are so many...
- Book Review: Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge
The Prehistoric Society (Review by David Mullin) This book is not about Egypt, per se, but the principles under discussion are relevant for any nation's archaeology. Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge, by Timothy Insoll, Duckworth & Co. 2007...
- Book Review: Alexander The Great In His World
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Review by Cheryl Golden) Carol G. Thomas, Alexander the Great in His World. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007 Table of Contents Carol Thomas' contribution to the voluminous scholarship on the "Great" Alexander III of...
- Book Review: Origins And Revolutions: Human Identity In Earliest Prehistory
Nature This is a slow news day gap filler. It has nothing directly to do with Egyptology, but it might be useful for anyone interested in prehistory, so I have slotted in a mention of this book review printed in Nature. Robert N. Proctor reviews Origins...