The Afterlives of Egyptian History (eBook)

Reuse and Reformulation of Objects, Places, and Texts

Yekaterina Barbash, Kathlyn M. Cooney (Herausgeber)

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2021 | ePub
224 Seiten
The American University in Cairo Press (Verlag)
978-1-64903-057-3 (ISBN)

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An examination of the myriad lifetimes lived by ancient Egyptian artifacts Egypt has a particular longue duree, a continuity of preservation in deep time, not seen in other parts of the world. Over the centuries, ancient buildings have been adopted for purposes that differed from the original. Temple sites have been transformed into places of worship for new deities or turned into houses and tombs. Tombs, in turn, have been adapted to function as human dwellings already in the Late Antique Period.The Afterlives of Egyptian History expands on the traditional academic approach of studying the original function and sociopolitical circumstances of ancient Egyptian objects, texts, and sites to examine their secondary lives by exploring their reuse, modification, and reinterpretation.Written in honor of the Egyptologist, Edward Bleiberg, this volume brings together a group of luminous scholars from a wide range of fields, including Egyptian archaeology, philology, conservation, and art, to explore the historical circumstances, as well as political and economic situations, of people who have come into contact with ancient Egypt, both in antiquity and in more recent times.Contributor Affiliations:Yekaterina Barbash, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USALisa Bruno, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USASimon Connor, F.R.S.-FNRS, Brussels, Belgium and University of Liege, Liege, BelgiumKathlyn (Kara) Cooney, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USARichard Fazzini, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USAPeter Lacovara, Ancient Egyptian Archaeology and Heritage Fund, Albany, NY USARonald J. Leprohon, University of Toronto, CanadaMary McKercher, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USAEdmund Meltzer, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, California USAJoachim Friedrich Quack, Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio USAPaul Edmund Stanwick, independent scholar, New York, NY USAEmily Teeter, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USAKathy Zurek-Doule, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USA

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.6.2021
• Vorwort: Kathy Zurek-Doule
• Zusatzinfo: 83 b&w
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Schlagworte: adaptation and alternative perceptions of Egyptian art, texts, and concepts • African • Ancient & Classical • ancient and classical • Ancient Egypt • Ancient Sites • Antiquities & Archaeology • archaeology • Art History • aul Edmund Stanwick • Brooklyn Museum • Civilization • Economics • Edmund Meltzer • Edward L. Bleiberg • Egypt • Egyptian Archaeology and Heritage Fund • Egyptology • Emily Teeter • History • Joachim Friedrich Quack • Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney • Kathy Zurek-Doule • Lisa Bruno • Mary McKercher • MENA • Middle East • modification of ancient sites • North Africa • objects • Peter Lacovara • political and economic • Politics • Religion • reuse and modification of Egyptian objects in antiquity • Richard Fazzini • Ronald J. Leprohon • Simon Connor • Social Science
• ISBN-10: 1-64903-057-6 / 1649030576
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64903-057-3 / 9781649030573