New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

Old and Middle Kingdom Theban Tombs
by Rasha Soliman
Thebes is well-known for the tombs of nobles and kings dating to the New Kingdom.
However, the Theban necropolis was already an important burial ground during the
Middle Kingdom. This unique study describes the most important Theban tombs of
the Old and Middle Kingdom as well as of the Second Intermediate Period, belonging
to kings, queens and the royal court. The author was able to visit several tombs
previously unpublished and not open to the public.
192p, photos, plans, drawings, paperback, 9781906137090, $40.00,
Golden House Publications, July 2009, Egyptian Sites.
The Development of Royal Funerary Cult at Abydos
Two Funerary Enclosures from the Reign of Aha
by Laurel Bestock
Early royal mortuary temples are quite enigmatic, but the recent discovery of
two previously unknown monuments at the site of Abydos is shedding new
light on their development and use. This study documents the excavation of
these two temples, their provision for the dedication of offerings, and the
sacrificial burials that surrounded them.
226p, 112 illus, hardback, 9783447058384, $83.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag,
October 2009, Menes 6.
Archaism and Innovation
Studies in the Culture of Middle Kingdom Egypt
edited by David Silverman, William Kelly Simpson
and Josef Wegner
This volume assembles a series of studies of Middle Kingdom culture gathered
around the theme of archaism, change, and innovation. The papers had their
origin in a symposium the University of Pennsylvania Museum hosted in 2002,
and held in memory of the great Middle Kingdom scholar, Oleg Berlev.
512p, b/w illus, hardback, 9780980206517, $175.00(s),
Yale Egyptological Seminar, June 2009.
Saddling the Dogs
Journeys through Egypt and the Near East
edited by Diane Fortenberry and Deborah Manley
The papers collected here cover a range of journeys in Egypt, Greece and east
as far as Persia and are linked by the light they shed on the experience of
travel in these regions from the 17th to the early 20th century. Each of them
is of interest for what it reveals about the realities of travel at the time.
144p, paperback, 9781842173671, $35.00, Oxbow Books / ASTENE,
September 2009.
Chronology and Archaeology in Ancient Egypt
The Third Millennium BC
edited by Hana Vymazalová and Miroslav Bárta
The nineteen contributions to this volume approach the subject of Egyptian chronology
of the Third Millennium BC from different perspectives: some of them concern the use of
modern methods and natural sciences in Egyptology; others analyze the development
of various aspects of the Egyptian culture during the whole period of the Old Kingdom
and the First Intermediate Period, or try to specify the date of certain monuments and
personalities. A study and interpretation of archaeological and textual sources and iconographic
material is combined to attain a deeper knowledge and better understanding of
the Egyptian chronology, archaeology and history of the Third Millennium BC.
265p, hardback, 9788073082451, $100.00(s), Czech Institute of Egyptology, December 2008.
Current Research in Egyptology 2008
Proceedings of the Ninth International
Symposium, University of Manchester
edited by Vicky Gashe and Jacky Finch
ancient egypt
Contents: Perspectives on Travelling in the Texts
from Deir el-Medina; The Realities of Battle in
Ancient Egypt; Unpublished Coptic Limbo; Ancient
Egyptian Emic Terms for Wells and Cisterns;
Western Conception of Egypt from the Fifteenth
to the Eighteenth Century; Water Basins in Middle
Kingdom Planned Settlements; Analysis of Black
Coatings on a Mummy; Preliminary Results of
a Radiological Study of Three Museum Oddities; Investigating Tissue Changes during
Mummification; Re-Materialising Script and Image; A Stylistic Dating Method for
Statues of Anubis; A Brief Analysis of the Representations of Masculinity; Iconographic
Programme and Tomb Architecture; Predynastic and Protodynastic Mudbrick Settlement
Architecture; A Reassessment of the Landing Place of Hatshepsut’s Fleet in Punt.
170p, 72 maps, plans & b/w photos, paperback, 9780954762254, $50.00,
Rutherford Press, May 2009.
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