Views of Ancient Egypt since Napoleon Bonaparte: Imperialism Colonialism and Modern AppropriationsTaylor & Francis, 12. okt. 2012 - 250 síður The discipline of Egyptology has been criticized for being too insular, with little awareness of the development of archaeologies elsewhere. It has remained theoretically underdeveloped. For example the role of Ancient Egypt within Africa has rarely been considered jointly by Egyptologists and Africanists. Egypt's own view of itself has been neglected; views of it in the ancient past, in more recent times and today have remained underexposed. Encounters with Ancient Egypt is a series of eight books which addresses these issues. The books interrelate, inform and illuminate one another and will appeal to a wide market including academics, students and the general public interested in archaeology, egyptology, anthropology, architecture, design and history. This book addresses some of the main themes of the study of Egypt during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In a combination of case studies and discursive chapters, the status of Egypt as an important example of traditional Orientalist scholarship, and as an ancient model of imperialism itself, is examined. Contributions range from studies of nineteenth century antiquarianism, and the collecting of Egyptian antiquities as an extension of the territorial ambitions and rivalries of the European powers, to explorations of how Egypt is understood and interpreted in contemporary societies. Views of Ancient Egypt also considers the way in which Ancient Egypt has been adopted by less privileged members of some societies as a cultural icon of past greatness. |
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... Nile Valley. This book explores some of the ways in which that appeal has been translated, at the level of modern nation states as well as that of the individual, into expressions of a collective awareness that take Ancient Egypt, and ...
... Nile Valley, reliable on the whole (Ball 1932), and a body of privileged information, as a preliminary to the acquisition of cultural knowledge, territorial occupation and control of land rights (Godlewska 1995). At the same time a ...
... Nile Valley from 3000 BC (the beginning of unitary rule, or the dynastic period) to 330 BC (the arrival of Alexander), or at the latest the first century AD. Many would even narrow it down still further and define the end date as 1000 ...
... Nile Valley and away from the Delta, has also generated a frame of reference which is at variance with that of many other regional archaeologies. This emphasis on documentary and representational sources, and the very nature of many of ...
... Nile Valley and Delta, begun by Mohammed Ali but only completed with the building and subsequent raising of the Aswan Dam in the 1880s and early 1900s, after the British had occupied Egypt Introduction – Two Hundred Years of Ancient Egypt ...
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