From the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of Egypt's New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions. Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Aidan Dodson reconsiders the evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the period. He also considers the era's art, architecture, and archaeology, including the royal tombs of Tanis.…mehr
From the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of Egypt's New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions. Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Aidan Dodson reconsiders the evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the period. He also considers the era's art, architecture, and archaeology, including the royal tombs of Tanis.
CONTENTS Preface ix Abbreviations and Conventions Used in Text xiii Maps xvii Introduction: Imperial Egypt 1 The Fall of the House of Rameses 3 2 Of Tanis and Thebes 39 3 The House of Shoshenq 83 4 Disintegrations 113 5 Saviors from the South? 139 6 From Humiliation to Renaissance 169 Appendices 181 1 The Absolute Chronology of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period 181 2 Outline Chronology of Ancient Egypt 190 3 Correlation of Reigns, Regnal Years, and Pontificates 195 4 Hieroglyphic Titularies of Kings and God's Wives 202 5 Genealogies 228 Sources of Images 235 Notes 237 Bibliography 285 Index 315
CONTENTS Preface ix Abbreviations and Conventions Used in Text xiii Maps xvii Introduction: Imperial Egypt 1 The Fall of the House of Rameses 3 2 Of Tanis and Thebes 39 3 The House of Shoshenq 83 4 Disintegrations 113 5 Saviors from the South? 139 6 From Humiliation to Renaissance 169 Appendices 181 1 The Absolute Chronology of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period 181 2 Outline Chronology of Ancient Egypt 190 3 Correlation of Reigns, Regnal Years, and Pontificates 195 4 Hieroglyphic Titularies of Kings and God's Wives 202 5 Genealogies 228 Sources of Images 235 Notes 237 Bibliography 285 Index 315
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