Ramesses' childhood and early military career under his father, Sethos I, are followed by an account of the long reign of Ramesses himself, at war and in peace. More than a biography of Ramesses the king, this book examines the whole world of New Kingdom Egypt. The government, politics, the religion and funerary rights, daily life in the town and ...
The "curse of Ham" has been used to legitimize slavery. Both Ethiopians and Arabians claim the queen of Sheba. Could Moses and Jesus have been black? Edwin Yamauchi explores the historical and archaeological background of biblical texts that refer to Africa and traces the results of past interpretations and misinterpretations. He covers such ...
This edition based on the hieroglyphic texts of the Ramesses Age of Ancient Egypt (c.1300-1100 BC) presents a modern English translation of the vast majority of historical sources for this important epoch of Egyptian history. The empire was at its height at the start of the period and was undergoing terminal decline at its end. The richness of the ...
Based on the hieroglyphic texts of the Ramesses Age of Ancient Egypt (c.1300-1100 BC), the books in this series present a modern English translation of the vast majority of historical sources for this important epoch of Egyptian history. This volume covers a period of great change in the early twelfth century BC (c. 1185-1155 BC). This is the ...
This volume provides an entirely fresh, comprehensive treatment of the Battle of Qadesh and all the other wars and campaigns of Ramesses II. It develops the reader's understanding of both events and records and is enhanced by a full set of new maps of campaigns. The author provides new analyses of the relations between the Egyptian and Hittite ...
This volume presents a vast number of monuments and documents from almost all levels of Egyptian society during the long reign of Ramesses II. They range across social categories from grand viziers, viceroys of Nubia, chiefs of treasury and granaries, high priests and leading clerics of Egypt's principal gods, army generals and elite corps, ...
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780631184287ISBN:0631184287
Description: BRAND NEW HARDCOVER. 12.04 by 9 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00624 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardcover ) read more
Description: New. It will be a surprise to many that Rio de Janeiro has so extensive a collection of Egyptian antiquities; much of it dates from the 1820s. This catalogue, with parallel text in Portuguese and English, provides full description of the objects with translation of inscriptions, photographs, notes and bibliography. It comprises 55 stelae and reliefs, 8 complete coffins and 11 fragments, 8 votive statuettes, 58 shawabtis, and some 60 other funerary objects and small items. Two vols. in slipcase ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBL
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780631184287ISBN:0631184287
Description: New. This volume presents a vast number of monuments and documents from almost all levels of Egyptian society during the long reign of Ramesses II. They range across social categories from grand viziers, viceroys of Nubia, chiefs of treasury and granaries... read more
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