Ancient Egypt Archive
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Forerunners of the Hattusili-Ramesses treaty
Posted on April 3, 2013 | No CommentsThe Hattusili-Ramesses treaty is known from two main sources. These are texts in Egyptian hieroglyphs preserved on the walls of the temple of Amun at Karnak and of the Ramesseum, and of some fragmentary cuneiform tablets in Akkadian, discovered at the Hittite capital of Hattusa, the modern site of Boghazk -
High society and lower ranks in Ramesside Egypt at home and abroad
Posted on April 2, 2013 | No CommentsThis brief study simply explores mainly nooks and crevices, even curiosities, in the richly varied canvas of life in Egypt and its Near Eastern links in the 13th century BC, besides historical sidelights of wider significance. -
Research sheds light on ancient Egyptian port and
Posted on March 27, 2013 | No CommentsNew 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 maritime trade operated in the Eastern Mediterranean. -
Glassware from Roman Egypt at Begram (Afghanistan) and the Red Sea trade
Posted on March 27, 2013 | No CommentsIn the period of the early Roman Empire, the Mediterranean basin and south Asia were connected by vast and complex networks of long-distance travel and commerce. The itineraries given in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (maritime) and Parthian stations (overland) are not necessarily routes to be followed by a single merchant with a single cargo from beginning to end -
The Second Intermediate Period model coffin of Teti in the British Museum (EA 35016)
Posted on March 26, 2013 | No CommentsThis article publishes the model coffin British Museum EA 35016 bought in 1868 from the Robert J. Hay collection. It belongs to a military official called Teti and dates to the Second Intermediate Period. Its style of decoration with the high number of text columns on the long sides follows closely the full-scale coffins of the period found at Thebes and other places in Upper Egypt. The inscriptions with different spells spoken by gods are quite garbled but also have parallels on coffins of about the same period. -
The Egyptian Inscriptions at Jebel Dosha, Sudan
Posted on March 25, 2013 | No CommentsPending a more detailed survey of the site, I offer here, with the permission of NCAM, a few preliminary observations, with special reference to the Egyptian inscriptions. -
Little women: gender and hierarchic proportion in Old Kingdom mastaba chapels
Posted on March 19, 2013 | No CommentsIn an initial attempt to investigate what variations in comparative scale meant to the ancient Egyptians who created and viewed Egyptian art, I have considered the limited case of the wife represented with her husband in reliefs and paintings in his tomb chapel. -
The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom The Highest Titles and their Holders
Posted on March 19, 2013 | No CommentsThe purpose of this book is to study a group of the highest civil administrative titles of the Old Kingdom from the standpoint of the memphite region. -
Ancient Egyptian sun dial discovered
Posted on March 19, 2013 | No CommentsDuring archaeological excavations in the Kings -
Sexual Peculiarities of the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Posted on March 17, 2013 | No CommentsThis study looks at ancient Greek and Roman sexual practices from the point of view of their (implied) differences from modern western practices. There are eight major themes: sex and status, the ubiquity of sex, the body, body modification, violence and pain, having sex, viewing sex, and transgressions.
