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TEL ANAFA II, ii
Glass Vessels, Lamps, Objects of Metal, and Groundstone and Other Stone Tools
and Vessels
Andrea Berlin (Editor); Sharon C. Herbert (Editor)
Ten seasons of excavation at Tel Anafa (at the foot of the Golan Heights in the Upper
Galilee of modern Israel) revealed the remains of a rich and remarkably well-preserved
Hellenistic settlement showing great cultural and ethnic diversity. The richness of the
finds, coupled with the clear chronological context and careful recording techniques
employed by the excavators, have made Tel Anafa extremely valuable to all those
interested in the Hellenistic world, providing a rare opportunity to study Greek culture
in direct contact with Phoenician. Indeed, for many bodies of Hellenistic material, Tel
Anafa serves as a typological and chronological “type site,” presenting a broader and
more closely dated range of material than ever before possible. This volume covers
the glass from the excavation, including many expensive glass drinking vessels, as
well as the lamps, metal objects and stone tools and vessels.
9780974187372, £30.00, Available Now
HB, 482p, more than 10 plates and figures, one colour plate, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Ancient Egypt
Living with the Dead
Ancestor Worship and Mortuary Ritual in Ancient Egypt
Nicola Harrington (Author)
Living with the Dead presents a detailed analysis of ancestor worship in Egypt,
using a diverse range of material, both archaeological and anthropological, to
examine the relationship between the living and the dead. Iconography and
terminology associated with the deceased reveal indistinct differences between
the blessedness and malevolence and that the potent spirit of the dead required
constant propitiation in the form of worship and offerings. A range of evidence
is presented for mortuary cults that were in operation throughout Egyptian
history and for the various places, such as the house, shrines, chapels and tomb
doorways, where the living could interact with the dead. This significant study
furthers our understanding of the complex relationship the ancient Egyptians
had with death and with their ancestors; both recently departed and those in
the distant past.
9781842174937, £38.00, Available Now
PB, 208p, 75 colour & b/w illustrations, Studies in Funerary Archaeology 6, Oxbow Books
Leatherwork from Qasr Ibrim (Egypt). Part I
Footwear from the Ottoman Period
Andre J Veldmeijer (Author)
Throughout its long history, stretching from the 25th Dynasty (c. 752–656 BC) to
the Ottoman Period (c. 1500–1811 AD), Qasr Ibrim was one of the most important
settlements in Egyptian Nubia. The site has produced an unprecedented wealth
of material and due to the – even for Egypt – extraordinary preservation
circumstances, includes objects that are made of perishable organic materials,
such as wood, leather, and flax. The present volume focuses on one of these
groups: footwear that is made from leather and dated to the Ottoman Period.
The footwear, recovered during the years that the Egypt Exploration Society
worked at the site, is described in detail, including a pictorial record consisting
of photographs and drawings (both technical and artist’s impressions). This is
the first time that Ottoman footwear from Egypt (and outside of Egypt) has
been analyzed in detail.
9789088900969, £80.00, February 2013
PB, 462p, 210 x 297 mm, 500 fc, 20 b/w illus, Sidestone Press
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