Egypt
Oxford University Press
By John Baines (Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford)
- Book Review: Describing And Interpreting The Past
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Sveta Matskevich) Cătălin Pavel, Describing and Interpreting the Past: European and American Approaches to the Written Record of the Excavation. Bucureşti: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti While...
- New Book: Oxford Handbook Of Material Culture Studies
We Were Modern 'We don't just study things. We study with things, and create new things in the process. If ever proof were needed, it lies in this monumental volume. Ranging across archaeology, anthropology, geography and science and technology...
- New Book: The Language Of The Papyri
Oxford University Press The Language of the Papyri Edited by T. V. Evans and D. D. Obbink The modern rediscovery of the Greek and Latin papyri from Egypt has transformed our knowledge of the ancient world. We cannot, however, make the same claim in the...
- Book Review: The Disappearance Of Writing Systems
Nature (Andrew Robinson) The Disappearance of Writing Systems: Perspectives on Literacy and Communication Edited by John Baines, John Bennet and Stephen Houston Equinox: 2008. Here's an extract of the review: The book came out of the first major conference...
- New Book: The Disappearance Of Writing Systems
Equinox Books The Disappearance of Writing Systems: Perspectives on Literacy and Communication Edited by: John Baines, John Bennet, Stephen Houston Description This volume gathers papers from the first conference ever to be held on the disappearance of...
Egypt
New Book: Visual and Written Culture in Ancient Egypt
Oxford University Press
By John Baines (Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford)
Description: A generously illustrated selection of John Baines's influential writings on two core areas of ancient Egyptian civilization: the role of writing, which was very different in antiquity from what is familiar in the modern world, and the importance of visual culture. These questions are explored through a number of case studies. The volume assembles articles that were scattered in publications in a variety of disciplines, making available key contributions on core problems of theory, comparison, and analysis in the study of many civilizations and offering important points of departure for further research. Three wholly new essays are included, and the overall approach is an interdisciplinary one, synthesizing insights from archaeology, anthropology, and art history as well as Egyptology.
- Book Review: Describing And Interpreting The Past
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Sveta Matskevich) Cătălin Pavel, Describing and Interpreting the Past: European and American Approaches to the Written Record of the Excavation. Bucureşti: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti While...
- New Book: Oxford Handbook Of Material Culture Studies
We Were Modern 'We don't just study things. We study with things, and create new things in the process. If ever proof were needed, it lies in this monumental volume. Ranging across archaeology, anthropology, geography and science and technology...
- New Book: The Language Of The Papyri
Oxford University Press The Language of the Papyri Edited by T. V. Evans and D. D. Obbink The modern rediscovery of the Greek and Latin papyri from Egypt has transformed our knowledge of the ancient world. We cannot, however, make the same claim in the...
- Book Review: The Disappearance Of Writing Systems
Nature (Andrew Robinson) The Disappearance of Writing Systems: Perspectives on Literacy and Communication Edited by John Baines, John Bennet and Stephen Houston Equinox: 2008. Here's an extract of the review: The book came out of the first major conference...
- New Book: The Disappearance Of Writing Systems
Equinox Books The Disappearance of Writing Systems: Perspectives on Literacy and Communication Edited by: John Baines, John Bennet, Stephen Houston Description This volume gathers papers from the first conference ever to be held on the disappearance of...