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Amenhotep III
ancient Egyptian Nubian relations
archaeological anthropology
Author_Stuart Tyson Smith
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Barth 1969a
Boundary Stela
Burial Practice
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Deir El Bahari
Deir El Medineh
dongola
Dongola Reach
Egypt's Southern Frontier
Egyptian Burial
Egyptian Colony
Egyptian Ideology
Egyptian Imperialism
Egypt’s Southern Frontier
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ethnic
Ethnic Identity
funerary archaeology
gebel
Gebel Barkal
Grave Goods
identity
imperial domination
Intermediate Period
lower
material culture analysis
Medinet Habu
Middle Kingdom
nubia
nubian
Nubian Pottery
Nubian Women
Overburden
pottery
Ramesses III
reach
social identity theory
Theban Necropolis
Thirteenth Dynasty
Thutmose III
Product details
- ISBN 9780415369862
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jul 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Professor Smith uses Nubia as a case study to explore the nature of ethnic identity. Recent research suggests that ethnic boundaries are permeable, and that ethnic identities are overlapping. This is particularly true when cultures come into direct contact, as with the Egyptian conquest of Nubia in the second millennium BC.
By using the tools of anthropology, Smith examines the Ancient Egyptian construction of ethnic identities with its stark contrast between civilized Egyptians and barbaric foreigners - those who made up the 'Wretched Kush' of the title.
Stuart Tyson Smith is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He excavates in the Egyptian colonial cemetery in Tombos, Sudanese Nubia, and has acted as a consultant on several Hollywood movies featuring ancient Egypt.
