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The Archaeology of Late Bronze Abu Simbel Age Interaction and Mobility at A Short Guide to the Temples the Gates of Europe Nigel Fletcher-Jones, Independent Scholar, Egypt People, Things and Networks around the Southern Adriatic Sea In this lucidly written, beautifully illustrated guide, Nigel Fletcher-Jones explains the main features Francesco Iacono, University of Cambridge, UK of the rock-cut temples at Abu Simbel, discusses Critically assessing some of the most widespread what they teach us about ancient Egypt during the views on interaction and its social impact, this book proposes an reign of Rameses II (1265–1200 BC), and illustrates which gods and innovative theoretical perspective. In-depth analysis of a wealth of goddesses were worshipped here. With over 50 new photographs, data often difficult to access highlights connections and their social drawings, and diagrams, and packed with fascinating insights, Abu implications at different scales ranging from the individual settlement Simbel: A Short Guide to the Temples is an indispensable companion to the Mediterranean. The resulting diachronic narrative over some and souvenir to one of the world’s great archaeological sites. seven centuries sheds new light on broad historical trends affecting peoples of the Mediterranean. UK February 2020 • 96 pages • 46 colour and 12 bw illus PB 9789774169700 • £9.99 The American University in Cairo Press UK June 2020 • US June 2020 • 304 pages • 68 bw illus World English (excluding Canada/Egypt/USA) PB 9781350171060 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350036147 ePub 9781350036161 • £91.80 / $99.96 ePdf 9781350036154 • £91.80 / $99.96 Bloomsbury Academic ARCHAEOLOGY AND EGYPTOLOGY Catalogue of Late and Ptolemaic Ancient Egypt in the Modern Period Anthropoid Sarcophagi in Imagination the Grand Egyptian Museum Art, Literature and Culture Grand Egyptian Museum -- Catalogue Edited by Eleanor Dobson, University of Général Vol. 1 Birmingham, UK & Nichola Tonks, University of Birmingham, UK Edited by Christian Leitz, Tübingen University, Germany, Zeinab Mahrous, Cairo University, Ancient Egypt has always been a source of Egypt & Tarek Tawfik, Cairo University, Egypt fascination to writers, artists and architects in the West. This book is the first study to address representations of Ancient Egypt in the This joint publication project of Cairo University and the University modern imagination, stretching from the eighteenth century to the of Tübingen scholars uses modern technologies, including electronic present day. Divided into three sections, the chapters scrutinise drawing boards, photo merging, and 3-D modeling, to catalogue different aspects of the use of ancient Egypt in a variety of media. the late anthropoid sarcophagi housed in Cairo’s Grand Egyptian The book looks in particular at the ways in which Egyptology as a Museum. Most of this collection was previously known only from discipline has influenced representations of Egypt, ancient Egypt’s the entries in M.-L. Buhl’s The Late Egyptian Anthropoid Stone associations with death and mysticism, as well as connections Sarcophagi (Copenhagen, 1959). between ancient Egypt and gendered power. UK February 2020 • 228 pages • 159 bw photos, 24 colour photos and 277 illus UK January 2020 • US January 2020 • 384 pages • 38 bw illus PB 9789776420366 • £60.00 HB 9781788313391 • £90.00 / $120.00 The American University in Cairo Press ePub 9781786726643 • £97.20 / $106.48 World English (excluding Canada/Egypt/USA) ePdf 9781786736703 • £97.20 / $106.48 Bloomsbury Academic 2 www.bloomsbury.com • UK, Europe, ROW • +44 (0)1256 302692 • [email protected] CLASSICAL STUDIES – Music in Ancient Greece Xenophon Melody, Rhythm, and Life Fiona Hobden, University of Liverpool, UK Spencer A. Klavan, University of Oxford, UK This book offers a concise introduction to Xenophon, the Athenian historian, political thinker, Life in ancient Greece was musical life and in this moral philosopher and literary innovator who perfectly pitched introduction, Spencer Klavan was also a pupil of Socrates, a military general on explores its origins, form and place in society. In campaign in Persia, and an exile in residence at recent years, state-of-the-art research and digital Sparta during the late fifth and fourth centuries technology have enabled us to decipher and BC. It explores Xenophon’s life, writing and ideas through thematic understand Greek music with unprecedented precision. Yet many studies that draw upon the full range of his work and reflects finally on readers today cannot access the resources that would enable them its reception after his death. Fiona Hobden demonstrates Xenophon’s to grapple with this richly rewarding subject. Music in Ancient Greece importance within the vibrant intellectual culture of ancient Greece as distills the latest discoveries into vivid prose so readers can come an active participant in and evaluator of his world and his impact over to grips with the basics as never before. With the tools in this book, time. beginners and specialists alike will learn to hear the ancient world afresh and come away with a new, musical perspective on their UK December 2020 • US December 2020 • 176 pages • 5 bw illus favourite classical texts. PB 9781474298476 • £14.99 / $20.95 • HB 9781474298483 • £45.00 / $60.00 Ancient Greece ePub 9781474298490 • £14.99 / $16.29 • UK December 2020 • US December 2020 • 176 pages • 12 bw illus ePdf 9781474298506 £14.99 / $16.29 • PB 9781350119925 • £18.99 / $25.95 • HB 9781350119949 • £60.00 / $80.00 Series: Ancients in Action Bloomsbury Academic ePub 9781350119956 • £20.51 / $22.81 ePdf 9781350119970 • £20.51 / $22.81 Series: Classical World • Bloomsbury Academic Philip II, the Father of Alexander In Search of the Labyrinth the Great The Cultural Legacy of Minoan Crete Themes and Issues Nicoletta Momigliano, University of Bristol, UK Edward M. Anson, University of Arkansas at This volume explores the enduring cultural legacy Little Rock, USA of Minoan Crete through Minoan archaeology and modern responses to the ancient civilization. This volume is not the standard biography, but Although the emphasis is on the 20th century, it rather an examination of the major controversies also examines the fascination with things Minoan concerning his life and reign. How did Philip in roughly twenty years in antiquity and in the current new millennium: from Minoan-inspired transform a divided and little more than a geographical conception motifs in the iconography of the Greek Early Iron Age, to uses of the

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