Aidan Dodson

Afterglow of Empire

Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance ()

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Produktbeschreibung

During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the 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. Against this background, 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, one of which yielded the intact burials of no fewer than five pharaohs. Afterglow of Empire is extensively illustrated with images of this material, much of which is little known to non-specialists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press
• Revised Edition
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 698g
• ISBN-13: 9789774169250
• ISBN-10: 9774169255
• Artikelnr.: 55308586

Autorenporträt

Aidan Dodson

Inhaltsangabe

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