Towards a new history for the Egyptian Old Kingdom : perspectives on the pyramid age /

The Pyramid Age represents the first of several highpoints in ancient Egypt's long history. But critical questions remain about the period, its social structure and economic organization, and the long-term implications of its artistic achievements. On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of th...

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Other Authors: Der Manuelian, Peter., Schneider, Thomas, 1964-

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Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill. c2015.

Series: Harvard Egyptological Studies 1.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287389.

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 0 |t Preliminary Material --   |t 1 Ancient Egyptian History as an Example of Punctuated Equilibrium: An Outline /  |r Miroslav Bárta --   |t 2 Economic Implications of the Menkaure Triads /  |r Florence Dunn Friedman --   |t 3 Did the Old Kingdom Collapse? A New View of the First Intermediate Period /  |r John Gee --   |t 4 The Chronology of the Third and Fourth Dynasties according to Manetho's Aegyptiaca /  |r Roman Gundacker --   |t 5 The Entextualization of the Pyramid Texts and the Religious History of the Old Kingdom /  |r Harold M. Hays† --   |t 6 Shareholders: The Menkaure Valley Temple Occupation in Context /  |r Mark Lehner --   |t 7 Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition Contributions to Old Kingdom History at Giza: Some Rights and Wrongs /  |r Peter Der Manuelian --   |t 8 Cattle, Kings and Priests: Phyle Rotations and Old Kingdom Civil Dates /  |r John S. Nolan --   |t 9 The Sed-Festival of Niuserra and the Fifth Dynasty Sun Temples /  |r Massimiliano Nuzzolo --   |t 10 The State of Egypt in the Eighth Dynasty /  |r Hratch Papazian --   |t 11 The Old Kingdom Abroad: An Epistemological Perspective /  |r Thomas Schneider --   |t 12 The Dawn of Osiris and the Dusk of the Sun-Temples: Religious History at the End of the Fifth Dynasty /  |r Racheli Shalomi-Hen --   |t 13 Centralized Taxation during the Old Kingdom /  |r Leslie Anne Warden --   |t Index. 
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520 |a The Pyramid Age represents the first of several highpoints in ancient Egypt's long history. But critical questions remain about the period, its social structure and economic organization, and the long-term implications of its artistic achievements. On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Journal of Egyptian History , The University of British Columbia, Harvard University, and Brill Academic Publishers, Boston, held a conference at Harvard University on April 26, 2012. A distinguished group of Egyptological scholars from around the world gathered to consider new perspectives on the Pyramid Age; the results are presented here. 
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