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Books in the Archaeopress Egyptology series

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  • - A study of human embalming techniques in ancient Egypt using computerised tomography scans of mummies
    by Robert Loynes
    £40.99

    This publication brings together personal analyses of sixty CT scans of ancient Egyptian human mummies collected from many museums throughout the UK and continental Europe. The effect is that of performing 'virtual autopsies' ('virtopsies') allowing techniques of mummification to be examined.

  • - Proceedings of the 1st Egyptological Conference of the Hellenic Institute of Egyptology: 1-3 February 2017
     
    £83.49

    Proceedings of a conference held in Athens in 2017, this volume presents 34 fresh and original papers (plus 2 abstracts) on ancient Egyptian religion, environment and the cosmos. Papers connect many interdisciplinary approaches including Egyptology, archaeology, archaeoastronomy, geography, botany, zoology, ornithology, theology and history.

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    £47.49

    Elements from Ancient Egypt have been present in Croatia ever since Antiquity. 'Egypt in Croatia' considers artefacts discovered in present-day Croatia, 16th-20th century travellers, Egyptian collections and early collectors (1820s-1950s), the development of Egyptology as a field of study as well as the various elements of 'Egyptomania'.

  • - Iconography and Intent
    by Joanne Backhouse
    £27.49

    This work examines images of women and children drawn on ostraca from Deir el-Medina, referred to in previous scholarship as 'Scenes de Gynecees'. This publication represents the first systematic study of this material, and it brings together ostraca from museums worldwide to form a corpus united contextually, thematically and stylistically.

  • by Sally Wallace-Jones
    £30.99

    The unique site of Mersa Gawasis was a base for seaborne trade along the Red Sea coast during the Middle Kingdom. This volume presents the site's wide variety of ceramic material, offering also an interpretation of what pottery reveals about activities at the site.

  • - Papers Presented to Alicia Maravelia
     
    £52.49

    In this volume, a pleiade of Egyptologists, Archaeologists, Archaeoastronomers, Archaeoanthropologists, Historians and other scholars from fifteen countries have combined their efforts in order to honour Alicia Maravelia.

  • - Egypt and the Levant from the Middle Kingdom to the Early Second Intermediate Period
    by Anna-Latifa Mourad
    £45.49

    Manetho's obscure reference to a race of invaders has been a constant source of debate and controversy. This book assesses the rise to power of the Hyksos, exploring the preliminary stages that enabled them to gain control over a portion of Egyptian territory and thus to merit a small mention in Manetho's history.

  • by Rainer Nutz
    £30.99

    This study attempts to highlight selected economic aspects of the first half of the second millennium BC in Ancient Egypt.

  • - A century in review
     
    £24.99

    16 papers explore the subject of palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia from its beginnings in the early 1900s through to current research themes and the impact of technological development in the field.

  • by Sasha Verma
    £38.49

    Cultural Expression in the Old Kingdom Elite Tomb considers the material and immaterial culture left behind by the ancient Egyptian elite in their tombs starting some 5000 years ago. The book intends to understand this culture reflecting the intention of the ancient Egyptians. All these intentions are now inaccessible to us, a paradox indeed.

  • - Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists (2nd-7th June, 2015, Zagreb - Croatia)
     
    £60.99

    This volume presents proceedings from the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists, Zagreb, Croatia 2015.

  • by Leo Roeten
    £32.99

    The emergence of the cult of Osiris is generally posited to have occurred quite suddenly at the end of the 5th dynasty. This study considers evidence to suggest this appearance was preceded by a period of development of the theology and mythology of the cult.

  • - Their Socio-Religious Functions
    by Masashi Fukaya
    £42.99

    This volume compares the religious and social functions of the Ancient Egyptian festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year. Until now, detailed study of the New Year Festival has only been carried out with reference to the Greco-Roman period; this study turns its attention to the New Kingdom.

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