Egypt
- From The Elephantine Archives, The Life Of A Jewish Woman
The Jerusalem Post (Renee Levine Melammed) In the sixth century BCE, a large military camp was set up in Elephantine by the Persian rulers who had conquered Egypt. This “city of ivories” was located on a small island in the Nile opposite Syene (Aswan),...
- New Book: Pictograms Or Pseudo Script?
Volume 25: PICTOGRAMS OR PSEUDO SCRIPT? Non-Textual Identity Marks in Practical Use in Ancient Egypt and Elsewhere. Proceedings of a Conference in Leiden, 19-20 December 2006. B.J.J. Haring and O.E. Kaper (eds.) VII, 236 pp.; ISBN 978-90-6258-225-9 €...
- Features
The Spirit of Egypt Archaeology Magazine Mark Rose The Beyond Stone and Bone blog looks at 19th-century Western travelers and ex-patriots, what they said about Egypt and the emotional impact its monuments had on them. How to experience all things Egyptian...
- Book News: Paperback Release Of Silent Images
drhawass.com Hawass has announced on his website that his book Silent Images has been re-released by the AUC in paperback. Here is what he says about it: I am very happy to announce that my book Silent Images: Women in Pharaonic Egypt has just been re-released...
- Antiquities, The World Is Your Homeland
New York Times (Edward Rothstein) James Cuno's new book has generated a lot of interest in the media and on individual blogs. He has published this book at a good time, when issues of repatriation and the ownership of heritage are very much in the...
Egypt
Women and Property
http://www.chs.harvard.edu/_/File/_/women_property_azzoni.pdf
Thanks to the EEF weekly digest for pointing to this article in PDF format: Women and Property in Persian Egypt and Mesopotamia. For other articles from the proceedings of the conference Women and Property in Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean Societies see the following URL:
http://snipurl.com/jp8n
Thanks to the EEF weekly digest for pointing to this article in PDF format: Women and Property in Persian Egypt and Mesopotamia. For other articles from the proceedings of the conference Women and Property in Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean Societies see the following URL:
http://snipurl.com/jp8n
- From The Elephantine Archives, The Life Of A Jewish Woman
The Jerusalem Post (Renee Levine Melammed) In the sixth century BCE, a large military camp was set up in Elephantine by the Persian rulers who had conquered Egypt. This “city of ivories” was located on a small island in the Nile opposite Syene (Aswan),...
- New Book: Pictograms Or Pseudo Script?
Volume 25: PICTOGRAMS OR PSEUDO SCRIPT? Non-Textual Identity Marks in Practical Use in Ancient Egypt and Elsewhere. Proceedings of a Conference in Leiden, 19-20 December 2006. B.J.J. Haring and O.E. Kaper (eds.) VII, 236 pp.; ISBN 978-90-6258-225-9 €...
- Features
The Spirit of Egypt Archaeology Magazine Mark Rose The Beyond Stone and Bone blog looks at 19th-century Western travelers and ex-patriots, what they said about Egypt and the emotional impact its monuments had on them. How to experience all things Egyptian...
- Book News: Paperback Release Of Silent Images
drhawass.com Hawass has announced on his website that his book Silent Images has been re-released by the AUC in paperback. Here is what he says about it: I am very happy to announce that my book Silent Images: Women in Pharaonic Egypt has just been re-released...
- Antiquities, The World Is Your Homeland
New York Times (Edward Rothstein) James Cuno's new book has generated a lot of interest in the media and on individual blogs. He has published this book at a good time, when issues of repatriation and the ownership of heritage are very much in the...