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This
article contrasts and compares aspects of nakedness and nudity in
ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. In both cultures, being clothed
was the norm; nakedness was situational and nudity was relatively rare.
Whereas nakedness was associated with poverty, the humiliation of
prisoners or criminals, the representation of childhood, practical
constraints such as working in water or in hot surroundings, nudity was
linked with sexuality, rejuvenation, and some ritual contexts.
We organized the article in such a way so that one of us would raise an
aspect of these issues from her own area...
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From Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 99 (2013) 295-300
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The
analysis of life expectancy and longevity is one approach to analysing
diversity in the population of ancient Egypt. It is, however, important
to understand the difficulties in such
calculations and in the data from which such calculations are derived.
Adult age is difficult to determine either from documentary or
biological sources, so average age-at-death is particularly hard to
determine. This discussion explores the issues surrounding demography,
the potential
sources for such data, and suggests ways that life expectancy in Egypt
might be assessed and integrated with broader...
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Most
discussions regarding the relationship between pharaonic Egypt and the
“land of Punt” have focused on the latter’s location (a subject of
considerable debate) and exotic imports. The most famous of the ancient
expeditions to Punt was launched by the Eighteenth Dynasty female
pharaoh Hatshepsut, who boasted that she had reopened this prestigious
trade route. If so, it would have been after a long hiatus possibly of
some two centuries. Offering a new perspective in the discussion of
Punt, this paper explores the rationale behind her particular expedition
to this fabled land. Comparisons...
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This
paper is based on research regarding the production and distribution of
the iconic Upper Egyptian Decorated Ware (D-Ware), produced between c.
3600 and 3100 BCE, in the hope that this may shed some light on the
socio-economic atmosphere of Egypt prior to unification. The nature and
extent of Predynastic Egyptian craft specialisation and socio-economic
interaction between different sites throughout Upper, Middle and Lower
Egypt is not yet properly understood. To date, there has been no study
that takes into account the entire corpus of D-Ware vessels and sherds
and due to the unique...
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