Towards a new history for the Egyptian Old Kingdom : perspectives on the pyramid age / edited by Peter Der Manuelian and Thomas Schneider.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Der Manuelian, Peter, editor.

Schneider, Thomas, 1964- editor.

Series:

Harvard Egyptological studies ; Volume 1.

Harvard Egyptological Studies, 2352-7501 ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C--Congresses.

Egypt.

Egypt--Politics and government--To 332 B.C--Congresses.

Egypt--Antiquities--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (537 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Pyramid Age represents the first of several highpoints in ancient Egypt’s long history. But critical questions remain about the period, its social structure and economic organization, and the long-term implications of its artistic achievements. On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Journal of Egyptian History , The University of British Columbia, Harvard University, and Brill Academic Publishers, Boston, held a conference at Harvard University on April 26, 2012. A distinguished group of Egyptological scholars from around the world gathered to consider new perspectives on the Pyramid Age; the results are presented here.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1 Ancient Egyptian History as an Example of Punctuated Equilibrium: An Outline / Miroslav Bárta

2 Economic Implications of the Menkaure Triads / Florence Dunn Friedman

3 Did the Old Kingdom Collapse? A New View of the First Intermediate Period / John Gee

4 The Chronology of the Third and Fourth Dynasties according to Manetho’s Aegyptiaca / Roman Gundacker

5 The Entextualization of the Pyramid Texts and the Religious History of the Old Kingdom / Harold M. Hays†

6 Shareholders: The Menkaure Valley Temple Occupation in Context / Mark Lehner

7 Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition Contributions to Old Kingdom History at Giza: Some Rights and Wrongs / Peter Der Manuelian

8 Cattle, Kings and Priests: Phyle Rotations and Old Kingdom Civil Dates / John S. Nolan

9 The Sed-Festival of Niuserra and the Fifth Dynasty Sun Temples / Massimiliano Nuzzolo

10 The State of Egypt in the Eighth Dynasty / Hratch Papazian

11 The Old Kingdom Abroad: An Epistemological Perspective / Thomas Schneider

12 The Dawn of Osiris and the Dusk of the Sun-Temples: Religious History at the End of the Fifth Dynasty / Racheli Shalomi-Hen

13 Centralized Taxation during the Old Kingdom / Leslie Anne Warden

Index.

Notes:

"In this first volume of the Harvard Egyptological Studies we publish the proceedings of an International Symposium held at Harvard University on April 26th, 2012."

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30189-5

OCLC:

910424392

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004301894 DOI