Egypt
The Getty Museum
Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean
Edited by Erich S. Gruen
- Online: Nubian Identity In The Bronze Age
Bioarchaeology of the Near East With thanks to Geoffrey Tassie for the link. Michele R. Buzon Nubian identity in the Bronze Age. Patterns of cultural and biological variation Bioarchaeology of the Near East. Volume 5, 2011, pp. 19-40. In the Nile Valley,...
- Book Review: Household And Family Religion In Antiquity
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by David Elton Gay) John Bodel, Saul M. Olyan (ed.), Household and Family Religion in Antiquity. The Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Blackwell Pub. ISBN 9781405175791 Household and Family Religion in Antiquity...
- Call For Papers: Imagineering The Past
One of the conferences which doesn't focus on Egyptology but may be of considerable use to some of you who are interested in broader issues which may also concern the practise of archaeology and the management of tourism in Egypt. Imagineering the...
- Is Nationalism Such A Dangerous Phenomenon For Culture?
Museum Security Neetwork? Thanks to Kwame Opoku for the link to the above article, entitled Is nationalism such a dangerous phenomenon for cultural and stolen/looted cultural property? The article is available for download in PDF format on the above page....
- New Book: Egyptology Today
Cambridge University Press Egyptology Today. By Richard Wilkinson. Cambridge University Press. January 2008. Egyptology Today examines how modern scholars examine all aspects of ancient Egypt, one of the greatest of all ancient civilizations. In essays...
Egypt
New Book: Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean
The Getty Museum
Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean
Edited by Erich S. Gruen
Cultural identity is a slippery and elusive concept. When applied to the collective self-consciousness among peoples or nations, it becomes all the more difficult to define or grasp. In recent decades scholars have focused on the "other"—the alien, the unfamiliar, the different, perceived or conceived as the opposite—to highlight the virtues and advantages of the self. While this influential idea continues to hold sway, the time has come for a more nuanced and complex understanding of how the various societies of the ancient Mediterranean shaped their sense of identity.
The twenty-four essays in this volume examine the subject from a variety of angles. They encompass a broad range of cultures—Greek, Persian, Jewish, Phoenician, Egyptian, Roman, Gallic, and German—and an impressive array of topics. The essays attest to a diversity of attitudes toward other peoples that underscore distinctiveness or discover connectiveness or sometimes both. They show, above all, that the twists and turns that accompanied the development of a collective consciousness found no smooth path.
- Online: Nubian Identity In The Bronze Age
Bioarchaeology of the Near East With thanks to Geoffrey Tassie for the link. Michele R. Buzon Nubian identity in the Bronze Age. Patterns of cultural and biological variation Bioarchaeology of the Near East. Volume 5, 2011, pp. 19-40. In the Nile Valley,...
- Book Review: Household And Family Religion In Antiquity
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by David Elton Gay) John Bodel, Saul M. Olyan (ed.), Household and Family Religion in Antiquity. The Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Blackwell Pub. ISBN 9781405175791 Household and Family Religion in Antiquity...
- Call For Papers: Imagineering The Past
One of the conferences which doesn't focus on Egyptology but may be of considerable use to some of you who are interested in broader issues which may also concern the practise of archaeology and the management of tourism in Egypt. Imagineering the...
- Is Nationalism Such A Dangerous Phenomenon For Culture?
Museum Security Neetwork? Thanks to Kwame Opoku for the link to the above article, entitled Is nationalism such a dangerous phenomenon for cultural and stolen/looted cultural property? The article is available for download in PDF format on the above page....
- New Book: Egyptology Today
Cambridge University Press Egyptology Today. By Richard Wilkinson. Cambridge University Press. January 2008. Egyptology Today examines how modern scholars examine all aspects of ancient Egypt, one of the greatest of all ancient civilizations. In essays...