'Blood is thicker than water' : non-royal consanguineous marriage in ancient Egypt : an exploration of economic and biological outcomes /
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This volume presents evidence for non-royal consanguineous marriage in ancient Egypt. The evidence was collated from select sources from the Middle Kingdom to the Roman Period, and it has been used to investigate the potential economic and biological outcomes, particularly beyond the level of sibling and half-sibling unions.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789695441 (ebook) :
Experiencing power, generating authority : cosmos, politics, and the ideology of kingship in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia /
: "The work contained in this volume is the result of a four-day workshop entitled 'Experiencing power--Generating Authority : Cosmos, Politics, and the Ideology of Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia' held in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology November 2007."--Page [xxvii]. : xxx, 448 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781934536643
Desert boats : predynastic and pharaonic era rock-art in Egypt's central Eastern Desert : distribution, dating and interpretation /
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"The aim of this study is to explore the rock-art of the Central Eastern Desert and has three objectives: to outline the petroglyphs' distribution, to date them, and to explain who created them and for what purpose. It focuses in detail on the animal, human and boat images within the geographical and chronological context in which they were created; the landscape of what is now the Central Eastern Desert, and the Naqada, Pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egyptian cultures."--Publisher's website.
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Modified and abridged version of : Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Durham University, 2012. :
xii, 138 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
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