The ancient Egyptians & the natural world flora, fauna & science edited by Salima Ikram, Jessica Kaiser & Stéphanie Porcier

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ikram, Salima, editor.

Kaiser, Jessica, editor.

Porcier, Stéphanie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human remains (Archaeology)--Egypt.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Animal remains (Archaeology)--Egypt.

Animal remains (Archaeology).

Plant remains (Archaeology)--Egypt.

Plant remains (Archaeology).

Human-animal relationships--Egypt--History.

Human-animal relationships.

Human ecology--Egypt--History.

Human ecology.

Egypt.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Ancient Egyptians and the natural world

Place of Publication:

Leiden Sidestone Press [2021]

Summary:

This book explores the interaction between animals, plants, and humans in ancient Egypt. It draws together different aspects of the bioarchaeology of Egypt: flora, fauna, and human remains. These come from sites throughout the country from Alexandria to Aswan, as well as material from museum basements. The material presented here includes the results of new and previously unpublished excavations in the Delta and Thebes, in-depth studies of different species

Contents:

Curatorial Training in Human Remains for the Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna in the Early Dynastic Period at Abydos, Egypt

Humans and Animals Together in the Journey to the Afterlife

The Burial in Area R11 under the Temple of Millions of Years of Amenhotep II, Luxor, West Thebes

Italian Archaeological Project

To Be or Not to Be a Dog Mummy

How a Metric Study of the Skull Can Inform on Selection Practices Pertaining to Canid Mummification in Ancient Egypt

Newcomers in the Bestiary

A Review of the Presence of Lycaon pictus in Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Environment and Iconography

Dévots et animaux sacrés

Tuberculosis at Tell-el Amarna

A Theoretical Exercise in the Economic and Social Effects of Chronic, Terminal Disease in Ancient Egypt

Burial Practies in the West Delta: Cases from Kom Aziza

A Structure-from-Motion Pipeline for Bone Morphology 3D Analysis

Lions and Science and Whorls, Oh My!

Human and Faunal Remains in Egypt: A New Department and a New Approach

Creatures of the Sun, Creatures of the Moon: Animal Mummies from Lisbon's National Archaeological Museum

Brief Notes about a Mummified Crocodile from the National Archaeological Museum (MANN) of Naples, Italy

Venerunt, Viderunt, Vicerunt: The Roman Conquest and the Non-Elite

Faunal Remains at the Causeway of Sahura

Interactions between Teeth and Their Environment: A Study of the Effect on Adult Dental Age Estimation

Discovery of an Unexpected Textile Fiber in a Fish Mummy from the Musée des Confluences (Lyon) Collection

Women's Health Issues Reflected in Case Studies from Theban Tomb 16

Analyse des gazelles momifiées de Kom Mereh/Komir (Haute Egypte) conservées au Musée des Confluences (Lyon, France)

Did Egyptians Eat Donkeys? Reflections from Historical and Archaeological Data

What I Have Learned: Assumptions Bad, Intersections Good

Biomolecular Stable Isotope and Carbon-14 Dates of Ancient Egyptian Food Offerings: A Case Study from a Provincial Cemetery of Deir al-Ballas

Animal Butchering Technology in Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt: Textual and Iconographic Evidence for the Shift from Stone to Metal Tools

Anthropological Study of the Egyptian Mummy from the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Using Computed Tomography

Intentionally Burnt Human Remains from the Kom Ombo Temple Salvage Excavation

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 21, 2021)

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9789464260373

9464260378

OCLC:

1288137887

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license