Afterglow of Empire (eBook)

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

Aidan Dodson (Autor)

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2019
372 Seiten
The American University in Cairo Press (Verlag)
978-1-61797-967-5 (ISBN)

Infos

From the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of Egypt's 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. 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.

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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.







By the author of the bestselling Amarna Sunset and Poisoned Legacy.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.11.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 130 b/w
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Afterglow of Empire • Archaeology and Ancient Egypt • A valuable study of a little-known and turbulent period of Egyptian history • Dodson, Aidan • Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance • HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology,HISTORY / Africa / North
• ISBN-10: 1-61797-967-8 / 1617979678
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61797-967-5 / 9781617979675