The Oxford History Of Ancient Egypt
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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is the only up-to-date, single-volume history of ancient Egypt available in English. The accessible essays and attractive illustrations portray the emergence and development of the distinctive civilization of the ancient Egyptians, from their prehistoric origins to their incorporation into the Roman Empire, covering the period from c. 700,000 BC to AD 311. The authors - all experts working at the cutting edge of their particular fields - outline the principal sequence of political events, including detailed examinations of the three so-called 'intermediate periods' which were previously regarded as 'dark ages' and are only now beginning to be better understood. Against the backdrop of the rise and fall of ruling dynasties, this Oxford History also examines cultural and social patterns, including stylistic developments in art and literature. The pace of change in such aspects of Egyptian culture as monumental architecture, funerary beliefs, and ethnicity was not necessarily tied to the rate of political change. Each of the authors of this history has therefore set out to elucidate, in both words and pictures, the underlying patterns of social and political change and to describe the changing face of ancient Egypt, from the biographical details of individuals to the social and economic factors that shaped the lives of the population as a whole.
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The end of the EB III cultural horizon is traditionally seen as contemporaneous with the reign of Pepi I, variously dated by Egyptologists to 2321-2287 BC or 2289-2255 BC, and recently by 14C to 2399-2310 BC (1σ) or 2389-2349 BC (2σ).
“The end of the EB III cultural horizon is traditionally seen as contemporaneous with the reign of Pepi I (de Miroschedji 2012), variously dated by Egyptologists to 2321-2287 BC (Shaw 2000) or 2289-2255 BC (Baines and Malek 1980), and recently by 14 C to 2399-2310 BC ( 1σ) or 2389-2349 BC (2σ) (Bronk Ramsey et al. 2010).”
From Chronology of the Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant: New Analysis for a High Chronology (2012) · cites this paper as Shaw 2000
The Uluburun date is consistent with the find of a scarab from Nefertiti in the shipwreck, since her husband king Akhenaten reigned from 1352 to 1336 BC.
“This date is consistent with the find of a scarab from Nefertiti in the shipwreck, since her husband king Akhenaten (Echnaton, Amenhotep IV) reigned from 1352 to 1336 BC (Shaw 2000).”
From The Chronology of Tell El-Daba: A Crucial Meeting Point of<sup>14</sup>C Dating, Archaeology, and Egyptology in the 2nd Millennium BC (2012) · cites this paper as Shaw 2000
The match between weapons and the morphology of the injuries strongly suggests that Seqenenre was killed during a war between the Egyptians and the Hyksos.
“The match between weapons and the morphology of the injuries strongly suggests that Seqenenre was killed during a war between the Egyptians and the Hyksos (2).”
From Computed Tomography Study of the Mummy of King Seqenenre Taa II: New Insights Into His Violent Death (2021) · cites this paper as [2]
There is no evidence for the definite order of the blows Seqenenre received or which one killed him.
“We agree with other scholars that there is no evidence for the definite order of the blows that King Seqenenre received, or which one killed him (2, 6, 9, 12).”
From Computed Tomography Study of the Mummy of King Seqenenre Taa II: New Insights Into His Violent Death (2021) · cites this paper as [2]
Shaw's theory best explains the results of this CT study, while agreeing with Bietak and Strohal that the King likely died in a battle with the Hyksos.
“Though we agree with Bietak and Strohal (12) that the King likely died as a result of a battle with the Hyksos, we believe that Shaw's theory (2) best explains the results of this CT study.”
From Computed Tomography Study of the Mummy of King Seqenenre Taa II: New Insights Into His Violent Death (2021) · cites this paper as [2]
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- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 2000-08-31
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- W2728282783
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- FWCI
- 2.43
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Classical Antiquity Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Near East History
- Keywords
- ancient Egypt, Egyptian dynasties, intermediate period, prehistoric Egypt, Roman Egypt, Egyptian art, Egyptian literature, monumental architecture, funerary beliefs, ethnicity, social and political change, economic history
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