Hierarchy of Women within Elite Families. Iconographic Data from the Old Kingdom
When the hierarchy of women is concerned, the range of data is limited, since women were virtually excluded from the bureaucracy, and the number of their own tombs is relatively low. In spite of this, over recent decades the studies focusing on women have been steadily increasing our knowledge on the position and roles of women in the Egyptian society of the Old Kingdom
The Goddess Hathor and the women of ancient Egypt
This thesis aims to investigate the women of ancient Egypt with regards to their relationship with the goddess Hathor. Hathor is one of the most popular Egyptian deities, and arguably (until she was assimilated by Isis during later Egyptian history) the most popular deity among the women of Egypt.
The role of the chantress in ancient Egypt
The goal of this study is to determine what it meant to be a Sm-r, or chantress, in ancient
Egypt. Very little is known about the specifics of the title or the types of people who held it. Surprisingly, there is also a male version of the title, Smr, but the female version is by far the more prevalent. It is the women who held this title that will be the focus of this study.
Persians and Egyptians: Cooperation in Vandalism
The paper is devoted to mutilations of the names ant titles on the sarcophagi of Iahmes and Nekhtbastetru, the son and wife of Amasis, in the Hermitage museum.
Four Surveyors of the Gods: In the XVIII Dynasty of Egypt
In the following paper you will meet these four surveyors, see and hear about their lives and families from their biographical tomb paintings and inscriptions, as well as finding out some more information regarding the most colourful and legendary times in which they lived, where they were interred and under whose Pharaohnic rule they worked and were buried.
The nature of urbanism in Ancient Egypt
These developmental differences in urbanisation, as expressed through evolving nature and functions, are the underlying premise of Wilson
When a Book of the Dead text does not match archaeology: the case of the protective magical bricks
Consideration of this funerary rite will show how and why the practical application of the ritual in tombs could differ from the tradition noted in manuscripts; in other words, cases where reality does not match the text.
Symbolic Perceptions of New Kingdom Watercraft: Building Boats from Gods
I contribute an anthropological perspective to the well attested association between Egyptian watercraft and interment, illuminating the use of symbolic watercraft by the deceased.
The Non-Royal Concept of the Afterlife in Amarna
In the Old and Middle Kingdoms the need for these physical objects was also met by providing the deceased with models of the various production processes
The Remains of Alexander the Great: The God, The King, The Symbol
Alexander, suffering for several days before his death, knew his end was imminent. This knowledge did not urge him to name an official successor, but he did request a burial site: the temple of Zeus-Ammon in the Siwah oasis in northern Africa, where he was addressed as the son of Ammon.