Egyptology
Egyptian Boats and Ships
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 222 8 / Shire Egyptology 20 / 56 pp
A comprehensive survey of Egyptian nautical archaeology and history from the Predynastic period to the end of the Ptolemaic period is based on the latest findings in nautical archaeology and research.
Egyptian Faience and Glass
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 195 5 / Shire Egyptology 18 / 80 pp
An examination of the technology of making this vitreous material and outlines its long history. The making and development are described, along with archaeological evidence for ties where glass or faience were made.
Egyptian Food and Drink
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ISBN: 978 0 85263 972 6 / Shire Egyptology 9 / 64 pp
This book surveys the constituents of the ancient Egyptian diet, with chapters on cereals and their uses, fruit and vegetables, meat, fish and fowl, and condiments.
Egyptian Games and Sports
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 661 5 / Shire Egyptology SEG 29 / 56 pp
The Ancient Egyptian enjoyed a wide range of sports and games - young men chased lions and ostriches across the desert. Children played with balls and dolls. Even the Egyptian kings took their own sporting prowess very seriously. This work looks at the range of sports and games played in the times of the Ancient Egyptians.
Egyptian Gods and Myths
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ISBN: 978 0 85263 788 3 / Shire Egyptology 2 / 64 pp
This book describes the complex and often confusing relationship between the ancient Egyptian and his many gods and goddesses.
Egyptian Medicine
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 127 6 / Shire Egyptology 15 / 72 pp
A concise history of the development and practice of Egyptian medicine and its related subjects.
Egyptian Models and Scenes
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 285 3 / Shire Egyptology 22 / 72 pp
This book follows the development of models from their origins in human servant burials at Abydos during the First dynastic and in Old Kingdom tomb decoration, through the stone figures from Old Kingdom mastabas and wooden models of the Eleventh and early Twelfth Dynasties, to their final demise in favour of shabtis in the New Kingdom.
Egyptian Mummies
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ISBN: 978 0 85263 944 3 / Shire Egyptology 1 / 64 pp
A concise history of the development of the process of mummification in ancient Egypt.
Egyptian Painting and Relief
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ISBN: 978 0 85263 789 0 / Shire Egyptology 3 / 64 pp / Now Available
The artists of Ancient Egypt reached a level of sophistication and technical mastery unsurpassed by other early peoples. They perfected a style which was less naturalistic than that later employed by the Greeks and Romans but which is particularly fascinating to the modern eye because of its combination of realistic and symbolic elements. This book aims to help the reader to such an understanding, concentrating particularly on points that may puzzle the modern western viewer. The principles of representation underlying Egyptian art, which differ fundamentally from western conventions rooted in perspective, are elucidated and the materials and methods used by the artists described. Of great importance was the technique of drawing a squared grid over the surface to be decorated, and the use of this grid system as an aid for obtaining correct proportions is explained, together with its influence on the composition of whole scenes. A chapter is devoted to the fascinating and highly individual work produced during the reign of the heretic king Akhenaten.
Dr Gay Robins studied Egyptology at the University of Durham as an undergraduate and then went to Oxford to undertake research on queens of the Eighteenth Dynasty, obtaining a DPhil in 1981. She is Assistant Professor in the Art History Department at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, teaching ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern art, and the curator of Egyptian art at the Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology.
Egyptian Pottery
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 494 9 / Shire Egyptology 5 / 64 pp
The historical development of Egyptian pottery is outlined and its role in Egyptology today is examined. This book examines the techniques of pottery manufacture, types of decoration and the function of pottery in that society.
Egyptian Pyramids and Mastaba Tombs
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ISBN: 978 0 85263 853 8 / Shire Egyptology 6 / 64 pp
The Egyptian pyramids are iconic images of ancient Egyptian civilisation and mythology. This book traces the early development of ancient pyramids and tombs, from the Mastaba burial tombs of the first dynasty, to the Great Pyramid of the fourth. Also exploring the lesser-known pyramids of the Old and Middle Kingdoms, the author discusses the construction methods involved and reveals the elaborate decorations used to celebrate the afterlife. With photographs of original Egyptian artwork found within these monuments, Egyptian Pyramids and Mastaba Tombs provides insight into an ancient Egyptian world that continues to fascinate people to today.
Egyptian Rock-cut Tombs
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 128 3 / Shire Egyptology 14 / 64 pp
The rock-cut tomb was the most ubiquitous of Egyptian funerary monuments. This book surveys many of these varieties and traces their development.
Egyptian Scarabs
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 673 8 / Shire Egyptology 30 / 72 pp
The scarab is the single most abundant artefact to have survived from ancient Egypt and hundreds of thousands, if not millions, were made throughout the course of Egyptian history. Today, scarabs continue to be found on excavations throughout Egypt and thousands reside in museum collections around the world. This volume examines these ubiquitous and important artefacts by first considering the unique biology and behaviour of the scarab beetle and its incorporation into Egyptian symbolism, religion and art. The development of the scarab amulet is then considered, and the many types of scarab produced by the Egyptians are surveyed. Two particularly important classes of scarab – the heart scarab and the commemorative scarab – are examined in detail. Finally, the export of Egyptian scarabs and their imitation by the nations around Egypt is examined as a tangible mark of the extent of Egypt’s influence in the ancient world and of the importance of the scarab itself.
Richard H. Wilkinson is Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Arizona. He has organized and directed several exhibitions and international conferences on Egyptological topics. Dr. Wilkinson is the author of over a hundred articles and reviews as well as seven previously published books. He also founded and edits the Directory of North American Egyptologists and has served for two terms on the national board of the American Research Center in Egypt, the official Egyptological association of the United States.
Egyptian Shabtis
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 301 0 / Shire Egyptology 23 / 64 pp
The ancient Egyptians believed that the statutory agricultural labour imposed on them in order to utilise the Nile floods would continue in the afterlife. To avoid this irksome duty, they devised the shabti, a figure which they hoped would deputise for them on being activated by the appropriate magic spell.
Egyptian Statues
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 520 5 / Shire Egyptology 26 / 64 pp
This book examines the materials and techniques employed by sculptors and various statue types and poses that occur.
Egyptian Textiles
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ISBN: 978 0 85263 800 2 / Shire Egyptology 4 / 72 pp
This book looks at the archaeological importance of textiles, describing and illustrating recently 'rediscovered' garments, and translating little known related texts.
Egyptian Towns and Cities
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ISBN: 978 0 85263 939 9 / Shire Egyptology 8 / 72 pp
This book surveys the main kinds of urban settlement and town planning that existed in ancient Egypt before the Hellenistic period.
Egyptian Woodworking and Furniture
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 239 6 / Shire Egyptology SEG 21 / 64 pp
Gives a description of Egyptian woodworking since the earliest times. This book examines the sources of wood and other materials used by Egyptian carpenters. It also explains the techniques used to embellish timber and the complex joints employed in carcase construction and describes woodworking tools and processes throughout the Dynastic period.
Graeco-Roman Egypt
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 158 0 / Shire Egyptology 17 / 56 pp
Protodynastic Egypt
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 357 7 / Shire Egyptology 25 / 64 pp
The Art of Death in Graeco-Roman Egypt
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 647 9 / Shire Egyptology 28 / 80 pp
Introduces the reader to various categories of funerary art of the twentieth century. This book presents a range of material - tomb decoration stelae, sarcophagi, coffins, mumm cases, funerary masks, portraits and cinerary urns - in order to give the reader an overview of the various categories and their inter-relationship.
The Hyksos Period in Egypt
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 638 7 / Shire Egyptology 27 / 56 pp
The Hyksos were a foreign dynasty, which dominated Egypt from their capital in the Nile delta during the politically unstable Second Intermediate Period (1782-1570 BC). This book explores the religion, politics and customs of the Hyksos and provides a concise overview of this short period of Egyptian history.
Tutankhamun's Egypt
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ISBN: 978 0 74780 665 3 / Shire Egyptology 19 / 80 pp
The discovery in 1922 of Tutankhamun's tomb captured the imagination of the public. An Egyptian pharaoh surrounded by his golden funerary equipment and luxurious palace furnishings had remained hidden from sight for three thousand years. This book interprets the objects in Tutankhamun's tomb, the paintings on its walls, to reveal its significance.