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3037 results in Egyptology

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  • Chapter Three - The Later Old Kingdom

  • Lisa K. Sabbahy
  • Book:
    Kingship, Power, and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt
    Published online:
    26 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 76-120

  • Summary

    Traditionally, the beginning of the Fifth Dynasty has been tied to a story in the Westcar Papyrus, in which the wife of a priest of the sun god gives birth to triplets. Goddesses appeared to help with the birth, and, as each male child was born, Meskhenet, the divine midwife, said: “A king who will assume the kingship in this whole land” (Lichtheim 1973, 220). Many books about the history of ancient Egypt interpret this story quite literally, stating that the first three kings of the Fifth Dynasty, Userkaf, Sahura, and Neferirkara, were brothers who were born as triplets. This situation is no longer accepted as history, although it is possible that the story may reflect the situation of Queen Khentkaues I, who appears to have been the mother of two kings.

  • Chapter Five - The Beginning of the Twelfth Dynasty

  • Lisa K. Sabbahy
  • Book:
    Kingship, Power, and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt
    Published online:
    26 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 138-160

  • Summary

    A literary text, The Prophecy of Neferti, is used to shed light on the beginning of the reign of Amenemhat I (Berman 1985, 19). The text, written in the Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom but set in the Fourth Dynasty reign of King Sneferu, describes a future in which the situation in Egypt will be a time of civil strife, disorder, and foreign invasion. “Then a king will come from the South, Ameny, the justified, by name, son of a woman of Ta-seti, child of Upper Egypt” (Lichtheim 1973, 143). The name Ameny is short for Amenemhat (Posener 1956, 22–23).

  • Chapter Four - The Early Middle Kingdom Reunifies Egypt

  • Lisa K. Sabbahy
  • Book:
    Kingship, Power, and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt
    Published online:
    26 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 121-137

  • Summary

    By the thirtieth year of the reign of Nebhepetra Mentuhotep II, Egypt was once again a united country under the rule of one king. As a king who united the Egyptian state, Mentuhotep II was remembered later on a par with Menes of the First Dynasty and Ahmose of the Eighteenth (Habachi 1963, 50; Kemp 2006, 63). Mentuhotep II descended from a line of nomarchs, beginning with Intef the Great, who ruled Thebes during the First Intermediate Period. These local rulers used Horus names, beginning with Intef I, the third ruler in this dynastic line, and by the reign of Mentuhotep II’s grandfather, Wa’ankh Intef II, the fourth ruler, these men are calling themselves: “King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Son of Ra.”

  • Introduction

  • Lisa K. Sabbahy
  • Book:
    Kingship, Power, and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt
    Published online:
    26 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020, pp 1-3

  • Summary

    Pharaonic Egypt is often viewed as having been monolithic and unchanging. Ancient Egyptian civilization was certainly long-lasting, and throughout its 3,000 years the basic tenets of its culture endured. There was development and change, however, as kings faced evolving situations, both natural and manmade, and responded to political and economic pressures in order to keep their hold on power. From the time of the very first dynasty, however, the ideology of royal power in Egypt “contained certain key concepts that all successive pharaohs strove to maintain intact” (Valbelle 2002, 97).

Kingship, Power, and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt
  • From the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom
  • Lisa K. Sabbahy
  • Published online:
    26 November 2020
    Print publication:
    10 December 2020
  • In this book, Lisa Sabbahy presents a history of ancient Egyptian kingship in the Old Kingdom and its re-formation in the early Middle Kingdom. Beginning with an account of Egypt's history before the Old Kingdom, she examines the basis of kingship and its legitimacy. The heart of her study is an exploration of the king's constant emphasis on his relationship to his divine parents, the sun god Ra and his mother, the goddess Hathor, who were two of the most important deities backing the rule of a divine king. Sabbahy focuses on the cardinal importance of this relationship, which is reflected in the king's monuments, particularly his pyramid complexes, several of which are analysed in detail. Sabbahy also offers new insights into the role of queens in the early history of Egypt, notably sibling royal marriages, harem conspiracies, and the possible connotations of royal female titles.
Ethnic Identities in the Land of the Pharaohs

Ethnic Identities in the Land of the Pharaohs
  • Past and Present Approaches in Egyptology
  • Uroš Matić
  • Published online:
    23 November 2020
    Print publication:
    17 December 2020
  • Ethnic Identities in the Land of the Pharaohs deals with ancient Egyptian concept of collective identity, various groups which inhabited the Egyptian Nile Valley and different approaches to ethnic identity in the last two hundred years of Egyptology. The aim is to present the dynamic processes of ethnogenesis of the inhabitants of the land of the pharaohs, and to place various approaches to ethnic identity in their broader scholarly and historical context. The dominant approach to ethnic identity in ancient Egypt is still based on culture historical method. This and other theoretically better framed approaches (e.g. instrumentalist approach, habitus, postcolonial approach, ethnogenesis, intersectionality) are discussed using numerous case studies from the 3rd millennium to the 1st century BC. Finally, this Element deals with recent impact of third science revolution on archaeological research on ethnic identity in ancient Egypt.
Seeing Perfection

Seeing Perfection
  • Ancient Egyptian Images beyond Representation
  • Rune Nyord
  • Published online:
    19 October 2020
    Print publication:
    19 November 2020
  • This Element offers a new approach to ancient Egyptian images informed by interdisciplinary work in archaeology, anthropology, and art history. Sidestepping traditional perspectives on Egyptian art, the Element focuses squarely on the ontological status of the image in ancient thought and experience. To accomplish this, section 2 takes up a number of central Egyptian terms for images, showing that a close examination of their etymology and usage can help resolve long-standing question on Egyptian imaging practices. Section 3 discusses ancient Egyptian experiences of materials and manufacturing processes, while section 4 categorizes and discusses the different purposes and functions for which images were created. The Element as a whole thus offers a concise introduction to ancient Egyptian imaging practices for an interdisciplinary readership, while at the same introducing new ways of thinking about familiar material for the Egyptological reader.

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