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TOP PAPERS FROM YOUR NEWSFEED Kasia Szpakowska Bookmarked by Ellen Morris Behind Closed Eyes: Dreams and Nightmares in Ancient Egypt This new book is the first to present a comprehensive study of dreams as they were perceived and interpreted by the Egyptians in the third and second millennia BC, from the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom. The author examines the various roles dreams could play in ancient Egyptian society, whether political, religious, magical, or literary. She also considers the value of dream-interpretation for the happiness of private individuals. The work is accessibly written, and should inform the wider study of psychology and comparative religion. Its arguments are based on an intimate study of the... Download Bookmark Miroslav Barta Bookmarked by Ellen Morris Bárta, M. 2003. Sinuhe, the Bible and the Patriarchs. Prague: Set Out. Download Bookmark Kasia Szpakowska Bookmarked by Ellen Morris Dream books (Pharaonic Egypt) Download Bookmark Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia Bookmarked by Miroslav Barta "Ancient empires and pharaonic Egypt: an agenda for future research", Journal of Egyptian History 7/2 (2014), 203-240. Download Bookmark Paula Veiga Bookmarked by Carlos Borrico Health and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Magic and Science Health was a constant concern in life and even the deceased needed extra care so that they would be at their prime when enclosed in the sarcophagus; and in the possession of magical 'weapons' so that when they reached the Afterlife, they would be in complete possession of all their physical abilities. Medicine in ancient Egypt was trying to restrain all malefic beings from action and to preserve the well-being of the individual. Through this work, all descriptions and conceptions observed in the existing legacy of ancient Egypt will lead to conclusions that attest this unique duality: its... Download Bookmark Stuart Smith Bookmarked by Ellen Morris "Identity, Commemoration and Remembrance in Colonial Encounters: Burials at Tombos during the Egyptian New Kingdom Nubian Empire and its Aftermath." In Porter and Boutin (eds.), Remembering the Dead in the Ancient Near East Burial practice provides a critical arena for the negotiation of identities in colonial encounters through different acts of commemoration made by individuals. Ancient Egyptian burial practice in particular emphasized remembrances of ancestors through decorated tomb chapels and grave goods. Initially evoking Egyptian primordial ties, changes in burial practice at Tombos, an Egyptian colonial community in Sudanese Nubia founded in c. 1400 BC, eventually led to the emergence of a new, entangled identity incorporating both Egyptian and Nubian practices in the empire's aftermath. By the Napatan... Download Bookmark Andrew Chugg Bookmarked by Ellen Morris Famous Alexandrian Mummies: The Adventures in Death of Alexander the Great and Saint Mark the Evangelist Download Bookmark Stuart Smith Bookmarked by Ellen Morris "Hekanefer and the Lower Nubian Princes: Entanglement, Double Identity or Topos and Mimesis?" In Fuzzy Boundaries Festschrift für Antonio Loprieno Download Bookmark Shirly Ben Dor Evian Bookmarked by Marsia Bealby Shoshenq I and the Levant: Synchronising Chronologies Extended abstract Download Bookmark Sarah Doherty Bookmarked by Marsia Bealby The Origins and Use of the Potter's Wheel in Ancient Egypt The invention of the wheel is often highlighted as one of humankinds' most significant inventions. Wheels do not exist in nature, and so can be viewed entirely as a human-inspired invention. Machinery too, was relatively rare in the ancient world. The potter's wheel is arguably the most significant machine introduced into Egypt, second only perhaps to the drill, the loom and the bellows for smelting metal. In Predynastic Egypt (c3500 B.C.), the traditional methods of hand-building pottery vessels were already successful in producing pottery vessels of high quality on a large scale for the... Download Bookmark Academia, 251 Kearny St., Suite 520, San Francisco, CA, 94108 Unsubscribe   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service   © 2017 Academia