The Sun Queen’s Trademark: A Study of the Tall Blue Crown of Queen Nefertiti
The Sun Queen’s Trademark: A Study of the Tall Blue Crown of Queen Nefertiti By Rachel Benkowski Master’s Thesis, University of Memphis, 2011 Abstract: The iconic tall blue crown favored by queen...
View ArticleAncient Egyptian sun dial discovered
During archaeological excavations in the Kings’ Valley in Upper Egypt a team of researchers from the University of Basel found one of the world’s oldest ancient Egyptian sun dials. The team of the...
View ArticleThe Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom The Highest Titles and their...
The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom The Highest Titles and their Holders Nigel Strudwick The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom: , KPI Limited (1985) Abstract Previous studies of...
View ArticleLittle women: gender and hierarchic proportion in Old Kingdom mastaba chapels
Little women: gender and hierarchic proportion in Old Kingdom mastaba chapels Ann Macy Roth In The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology: Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31–June 4, 2004,...
View ArticleThe Egyptian Inscriptions at Jebel Dosha, Sudan
The Egyptian Inscriptions at Jebel Dosha, Sudan W. V. Davies BMSAES, 4 (2004), 1-20 Abstract Jebel Dosha is situated a few kilometres (about three miles) north of Soleb on the west bank of the Nile...
View ArticleThe Second Intermediate Period model coffin of Teti in the British Museum (EA...
The Second Intermediate Period model coffin of Teti in the British Museum (EA 35016) Wolfram Grajetzki BMSAES, 5 (2006), 1-12 Abstract The British Museum possesses in the collection of the Department...
View ArticleGlassware from Roman Egypt at Begram (Afghanistan) and the Red Sea trade
Glassware from Roman Egypt at Begram (Afghanistan) and the Red Sea trade BMSAES: Issue 18: August (2012) Abstract In the 1930s, excavations by the Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan...
View ArticleResearch sheds light on ancient Egyptian port and ‘ship graveyard’
New research into Thonis-Heracleion, the remains of a port-city that served as the gateway to ancient Egypt, has revealed dozens of sunken ships, which may help give us a better understanding of how...
View Article“Semantic Homicide” and the So-called Reserve Heads: The Theme of...
“Semantic Homicide” and the So-called Reserve Heads: The Theme of Decapitation in Egyptian Funerary Religion and Some Implications for the Old Kingdom Nicholas Picardo JARCE, 43 (2007) Abstract...
View ArticleHigh society and lower ranks in Ramesside Egypt at home and abroad
High society and lower ranks in Ramesside Egypt at home and abroad K.A. Kitchen BMSAES, 6 (2006), 31-36 Abstract In Ramesside Egypt, international cosmopolitanism extended to various ranks of society...
View ArticleThe ‘Eternal Treaty’ from the Hittite perspective
The ‘Eternal Treaty’ from the Hittite perspective Trevor Bryce BMSAES, 6 (2006), 1-11 Abstract In 1259 BC, 15 years after the battle of Kadesh, the Hittite king Hattusili III drew up with the pharaoh...
View ArticleForerunners of the Hattusili-Ramesses treaty
Forerunners of the Hattusili-Ramesses treaty Dietrich Sürenhagen BMSAES, 6 (2006), 59-67 Abstract The Hattusili-Ramesses treaty from 1259 BC was preceded by only one earlier agreement. This becomes...
View ArticleSexual Peculiarities of the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Sexual Peculiarities of the Ancient Greeks and Romans John Younger Sexuality in the Classical World, edited by Mark Golden and Peter Toohey (Oxford: Berg Publishing 2011) Abstract: This study looks at...
View Article‘Foremost of Noble Ladies’: The dental identification of the Egyptian Queen...
‘Foremost of Noble Ladies’: The dental identification of the Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut By Xavier Riaud Dental History Magazine, Vol.4:1 (2010) Abstract: In 1922, Howard Carter, the British...
View ArticleAncient Egyptians accessorised with meteorites
Researchers at The Open University and The University of Manchester have found conclusive proof that Ancient Egyptians used meteorites to make symbolic accessories. The evidence comes from strings of...
View ArticleDid the Ancient Egyptians of the Old, Middle and New Kingdom ever reach Malta...
Did the Ancient Egyptians of the Old, Middle and New Kingdom ever reach Malta and the Central Mediterranean? Anton Mifsud and Marta Farrugia Ancient Egypt, Vol vi, no 5, April/May 2006: 38-44 Abstract...
View ArticleA brief journey into medical care and disease in ancient Egypt
A brief journey into medical care and disease in ancient Egypt Richard Sullivan J R Soc Med, 1995;88:141-145 Abstract Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest civilizations to have arisen, becoming the...
View ArticleAncient Egyptian herbal wines
Ancient Egyptian herbal wines Patrick E. McGoverna, Armen Mirzoianb, and Gretchen R. Halla (Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and...
View ArticleThe Role of Birds across the Religious Landscape of Ancient Egypt
The Role of Birds across the Religious Landscape of Ancient Egypt Foy Scalf Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt, Oriental Institute Museum Publications 35 (Chicago: Oriental Institute,...
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