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Ancient Egypt New & Forthcoming Titles Conversations in the House of Life A New Translation of the Ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth by Richard Jasnow and Karl-Theodor Zauzich This volume offers a new translation of a text first published as The Ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth (2005). The composition is a dialogue between a Master, perhaps the god Thoth himself, and a Disciple, named “The-one-who-loves-knowledge.” Originally written in Demotic, the text dates to the Graeco-Roman Period (ca. 300 BC to 400 AD). The dialogue covers everything from how to hold the writing brush and the symbolic significance of scribal utensils to a long exposition on sacred geography. The work may be an initiation text dealing with sacred knowledge. It is closely associated with the House of Life, the temple scriptorium where the priests wrote their books. Conversations in the House of Life is intended for the general reader. The revised translation reflects recent advances in our understanding of the text. The explanatory essays, commentary, and glossary help the reader explore the fascinating universe of the Book of Thoth. 244p (Harrassowitz Verlag, March 2014) paperback, 9783447101165, $30.00. Special Offer $24.00 Karanis Revealed Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt edited by T.G. Wilfong, with the assistance of Andrew W.S. Ferrara In 2011 and 2012, the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology presented the exhibition Karanis Revealed in two parts, using artifacts from the excavations and archival material to explore aspects of the site and its excavation in the 1920s and 1930s. As preparation for the exhibition progressed, it became clear that part of the story of the Michigan Karanis expedition lay in the current and ongoing research on the material it yielded by curators, faculty, staff, and students from the University of Michigan. This volume summarizes the exhibition and presents some of the new research that inspired it. 200p, 152 illus (Kelsey Museum Publications, June 2014, Kelsey Museum Publication 7) paperback, 9780974187396, $24.95. Special Offer $20.00 70 Enterprise Drive, Suite 2 • Bristol, CT 06010, USA Distributor of phone: (+1) 860 584 6546 • fax: (+1) 860 516 4873 Scholarly Books www.isdistribution.com • [email protected] Egypt Exploration Society The Old Kingdom Town Who Was Who in Egyptology at Buhen 4th Revised Edition by David O’Connor edited by M. L. Bierbrier This long-awaited volume publishes the The civilization of ancient Egypt has been excavations by the Egypt Exploration a source of fascination for explorers and Society of the Old Kingdom Town at scholars for centuries, and has occupied Buhen, directed by W.B. Emery between a special place in the imagination of 1962 and 1964. Following Emery’s the public ever since early travellers’ unexpected death in 1971, the material descriptions and illustrations of the was prepared by David O’Connor, who strange culture of temples, tombs and had been a Site Supervisor at Buhen. The hieroglyphs began to circulate around volume presents the location, excavation, and extent of the Old Kingdom the world. Egyptology in the Twenty-first century is a multi-disciplinary Town, descriptions of structural and architectural features, and a discussion science practiced by specialists across the globe. The story of its development of Egyptian ceramic as well as Nubian sherds, followed by a catalogue of lithic from a hobby for the educated and wealthy to a highly formalized academic artifacts. discipline provides the key to understanding how and why we know what 403p, 60 pls (Egypt Exploration Society, September 2014, Excavation Memoir we know about ancient Egypt. The endeavours, achievements, talents and 106) hardcover, 9780856982156, $140.00. Special Offer $112.00 failings of the main practitioners, and the social, political and economic circumstances in which they lived and worked have all shaped our understanding of Egypt’s past. This biographical dictionary tells the story of Quesna I the most important contributors and will be an indispensable reference tool Investigations in the Ptolemaic–Roman Cemetery, 2006–2013 for scholars and enthusiasts alike. 600p (Egypt Exploration Society, December 2014) hardcover, 9780856982071, by Joanne Rowland $70.00. Special Offer $56.00 Since 2006, investigations have been carried out in the Quesna necropolis by the team of the EES Minufiyeh Archaeological Survey. The publication Quesna I concerns the first element of work that has now been completed, Sais II the investigations in the Ptolemaic–Roman cemetery (2006–2013). In 2006 The Prehistoric Period the extent of the cemetery (in so far as it survives until today) was delimited at Sa el-Hagar using magnetic survey, the results of which are included in the introductory by Penelope Wilson, section to this volume. The volume opens with a general description of Gregory Gilbert and Geoffrey Tassie the site, including brief detail on all areas of investigation carried out and still ongoing, before proceeding to the main catalogue, which includes This is the final publication of the EES/ information on each of the burials that have been excavated and analyzed. Durham/SCA excavations carried out This includes bioanthropological data as well as information relating to the in 2007 in the ‘Great Pit’ at Sa el-Hagar, graves, and documentation of the rare occurrences of grave goods within the ancient Sais. It contains a full discussion cemetery. The main catalogue is followed by a synthesis of the demographic of the layers dating to the Neolithic and data, evaluating the wider population both within the site and within the Buto-Maadi Periods, with specialist wider Egyptian and Mediterranean world. A number of the burials have been reports on the chipped and ground stone tools, small finds, pottery, animal found within a range of ceramic, mud, fired-brick and wooden coffins, all of bones and flora. As the only Neolithic site so far excavated on the Nile flood which will be described within a specific chapter. The catalogue of ceramic plain in Egypt, the site has important implications for understanding the finds relating to the cemetery is also presented. The monograph will be the Neolithization of the Delta and the development of Predynastic settlements first installment of publications in relation to the work of the Minufiyeh in the north of Egypt. Archaeological Survey. 397p, illus (Egypt Exploration Society, April 2014, Excavation Memoir 107) 350p, illus (Egypt Exploration Society, December 2014, Excavation Memoir 109) paperback, 9780856982187, $140.00. Special Offer $112.00 hardcover, 9780856982217, $140.00. Special Offer $112.00 2 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 255–14 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Lockwood Press — Agade Publishing The Temple of Landscape Archaeology New as PDF e-book Ramesses II in Abydos of the Western Nile Delta by Sameh Iskander by Joshua R. Trampier and Ogden Goelet Different ideas of what constitutes an Of all the enormous monu- archaeological site have developed ments throughout Egypt over two centuries of scholarship and and Nubia that Ramesses II heritage law in Egypt. As a result, (ca. 1279–1212 BCE) left behind, his temple at Abydos, built early in his reign, the material record of the powerful stands as one of his most elegant monuments, with its simple architectural lay- dominates Egyptological discourse, out and dramatic and graceful painted relief scenes. Though best known for its leaving hundreds of unexplored sites in dramatic reliefs depicting the battle of Kadesh, the temple also offers a wealth the Delta floodplain and their potential of information about religious and social life in ancient Egypt. Over a seven-year contributions to a narrative of Egyptian period, the authors conducted a field project with the aim of producing an up- culture largely ignored. Attempting to to-date and comprehensive architectural, photographic, and epigraphic record correct this, the author integrates historical maps, remote sensing data, and of the temple. These lavish volumes present detailed line drawings – accurately ancient texts to understand the dynamic landscape of the western Nile Delta. rendered according to modern epigraphical standards – and full-color Weaving together new archaeological survey, Corona satellite images, and a photographs, translations of the inscriptions as well as annotations. targeted program of drill coring, this volume offers a palimpsest of settlement and paleoenvironment. Volume I: Wall Scenes Volume 2: Pillars, Miscellany, 258p (Lockwood Press, March 2014, 412 pls of line drawings and and Inscriptions Wilbour Studies in Egypt and Ancient Western Asia 2) color photographs (Lockwood 320p, 270 col & b/w photos & illus PDF e-book, 9781937040185, $75.00. Special Offer $60.00 Press, February 2015) hardcover, (Lockwood Press, February 2015) hardcover, 9781937040178, $75.00. Special Offer $60.00 9781937040369, $275.00. hardcover, 9781937040376, $95.00. 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The events as extensive bibliographical resources, and a lucid introduction exploring which led to the fall of the Ramessides the importance of the document, the history of previous scholarship, and can be compared only with the twilight distinctive aspects of the current edition.
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