Chasing chariots proceedings of the First International Chariot Conference (Cairo 2012) edited by André J. Veldmeijer & Salima Ikram

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Veldmeijer, A. J.

Ikram, Salima

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Chariot Conference--(1st : 2012 : Cairo, Egypt).

International Chariot Conference.

Chariots--Egypt--History.

Chariots.

Chariots--Middle East--History.

Egypt.

Middle East.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden Sidestone Press [2013]

Summary:

The present work is the result of the First International Chariot Conference, jointly organised by the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) and the American University in Cairo (AUC) (30 November to 2 December 2012). The intention of the conference was to make a broad assessment of the current state of knowledge about chariots in Egypt and the Near East, and to provide a forum for discussion. A wide variety of papers are included, ranging from overviews to more detailed studies focusing on a specific topic. These include philology, iconography, archaeology, engineering, history, and co

Contents:

Table of contents; abstracts; preface; a survey of the diplomatic role of thecharioteers in the ramesside period; a possible chariot canopy for tutankhamun; vehicle of the sun: the royal chariot in thenew kingdom; studying the six chariots from the tomb oftutankhamun

an update; the introduction of the light, horse-drawnchariot and the role of archery in the neareast at the transition from the middle tothe late bronze ages: is there a connection?; on urartian chariots; chariots in the daily life of new kingdomegypt: a survey of production, distributionand use in texts

The chariot as a mode of locomotionin civil contextsthe chariot that plunders foreign lands:'the hymn to the king in his chariot'; a glimpse into the workshops of thechariotry of qantir-piramesse

stone andmetal tools of site q i; wagons and carts in the 3rd millenniumbc syrian jazirah: a study through thedocumentation; depictional study of chariot use in newkingdom egypt; art and imperial ideology: remarks on thedepiction of royal chariots on wall reliefsin new-kingdom egypt and the neo-assyrianempire; chariots' inner dynamics: springs androtational inertias

An alternative theory for 'bit-wear' foundon the lower second premolar of the buhenhorseegyptian chariots: departing for war; charging chariots:progress report on the tano chariot in theegyptian museum cairo

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 3, 2014)

Other Format:

Print version Veldmeijer, Andre J. Chasing Chariots : Proceedings of the first international chariot conference (Cairo 2012)

ISBN:

9789088902109

9088902100

OCLC:

872678000

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