Ancient Egypt in Africa
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african
African historiography
African origins of Mediterranean civilization
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Civilization
Ancient Egyptian Kingship
ancient religious syncretism
archaeology
Aryan Model
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central
Central Sudan
civilization
cross-cultural interaction
De Heusch
Dynastic Egypt
Early 20th Century Scholars
Early Neolithic
Early Neolithic Society
Edwards 1996b
egyptian
Egyptian Contact
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Gebel Barkal
Great Lakes Africa
Great Zimbabwe
hamitic
Hamitic Hypothesis
historical ethnography
hypothesis
Mediterranean cultural exchange
Meroitic King
Meroitic Kingdom
Meroitic Period
Middle Nile
Napatan Kings
Napatan State
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Nubian archaeology
Ramesses III
sudan
Sudanic Africa
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Product details
- ISBN 9781598742053
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Apr 2007
- Publisher: Left Coast Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Geographically, Egypt is clearly on the African continent, yet Ancient Egypt is routinely regarded as a non-African cultural form. The significance of Ancient Egypt for the rest of Africa is a hotly debated issue with complex ramifications. This book considers how Ancient Egypt was dislocated from Africa, drawing on a wide range of sources. It examines key issues such as the evidence for actual contacts between Egypt and other early African cultures, and how influential, or not, Egypt was on them. Some scholars argue that to its north Egypt's influence on Mediterranean civilization was downplayed by western scholarship. Further a field, on the African continent perceptions of Ancient Egypt were colored by biblical sources, emphasizing the persecution of the Israelites. An extensive selection of fresh insights are provided, several focusing on cultural interactions between Egypt and Nubia from 1000 BCE to 500 CE, developing a nuanced picture of these interactions and describing the limitations of an 'Egyptological' approach to them.
David O'Connor is Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art, in the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University and former President, American Research Center in Egypt. Andrew Reid is Senior Lecturer in East African Archaeology at University College London Institute of Archaeology and editor of African Historical Archaeologies.
