ancient quest of saqqarah egyptian encounters

#Ancient quest of saqqarah egyptian encounters series#

All the chapters presented here have benefited from wide-ranging discussion between experts from diverse academic disciplines, including art history, papyrology, anthropology, archaeology and Egyptology, and subsequent revision. The wide range of approaches to the study of the past, pursued in such a vibrant scholarly environment as UCL’s, has encouraged the scholars writing in these volumes to consider their disciplinary interests from new perspectives.

#Ancient quest of saqqarah egyptian encounters series#

Drawing on the Institute’s and other related resources within UCL, the volumes in the series reflect an extraordinary degree of collaboration between the series editor, individual volume editors, contributors and colleagues. This is a natural outcome of London University’s Institute of Archaeology, one of the largest archaeology departments in the world, being the academic host. One is the overall attempt to move the study of Ancient Egypt into the mainstream of recent advances in archaeological and anthropological practice and interpretation. There are many noteworthy features of the books. Since then, many new chapters have been especially commissioned for publication, and those papers originally provided for the conference and now selected for publication have been extensively revised and rewritten. Series Editor’s Foreword v Tfsjft$Fejups(t$Gpsfxpse This series of eight books derives from the proceedings of a conference entitled ‘Encounters with Ancient Egypt’, held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL) in December 2000. Mysterious lands – (Encounters with ancient Egypt) 1 Egypt – History 2 Egypt – Civilization I Title II Quirke, Stephen 932 Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available ISBN 1-84472-004-7 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Designed and typeset by Style Photosetting, Mayfield, East Sussex Email: Printed and bound in Great Britain Cover illustration: Mounds of the Underworld from the ‘Book of the Dead’ (Early New Kingdom), Chapters 149 and 150 (© Musée du Louvre N3073 Cenival 1992:12–14). British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data O’Connor, D. You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Cavendish Publishing Limited, at the address above.

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