Tag: New Kingdom

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Flesh for Fantasy: Refections of Women in Two Ancient Egyptian Dream Manuals

Whether or not the Egyptian dream manuals are collections of dreams that were actually seen, or were possible visions that the composer believed could be seen is a moot point for our purposes. What matters is that they are embed- ded within their specific cultural matrix, and that they and their interpreta- tions to a certain degree reflect social hopes, fears, and desires, projected by their composers, the priests.

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Kushite buildings at Kawa

A number of temples, other religious monuments and houses were excavated at Kawa in the 1920s and 1930s by the Oxford Excavation Committee. The current survey and excavation project by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society has been recording many additional buildings of the early Kushite period, some of which are presented in this article.