SCRIBE : The Magazine of The American Research Center in Egypt : FALL 2020 | ISSUE 6
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Ancient Spaces and Lives -- Key Places in this Issue -- ARCE’s Digital Leap -- Weni Rediscovered (An International Team Comes Together to Offer a Fresh Look at an Ancient Life) -- Egypt Updates -- U.S. Updates -- Antiquities Endowment Fund -- Institutional Members -- Brooke Elizabeth Norton and Margaret Taylor Dean -- Donor Support -- Did You Know? Before There Was Scribe.
SCRIBE : The Magazine of The American Research Center in Egypt : SPRING 2020 | ISSUE 5
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Objects, Art, and Architecture -- Key Places in this Issue -- New Projects, a Symposium, a Member Tour, and More -- Tutankhamun’s Sticks and Staves -- U.S. Updates -- Egypt Updates -- Institutional Members -- Antiquities Endowment Fund -- Ramesside Queens' Tombs (The Book of the Dead and the Development of the Deir el-Medina Iconographic Tradition) -- Donor Support -- Statement of Financial Position -- Statement of Activities -- How do we Create Suitable Spaces for Discourse?
SCRIBE : The Magazine of The American Research Center in Egypt : FALL 2021 | ISSUE 8
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Key Places in this Issue -- Projects and Programs Abound! -- Basatin: Reviving a Forgotten Past -- Egypt Updates -- U.S. Updates -- Antiquities Endowment Fund -- Institutional Members -- In Conversation with Li Guo -- Donor Support.
SCRIBE : The Magazine of The American Research Center in Egypt : SPRING 2021 | ISSUE 7
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Key Places in this Issue -- A Year of Launches -- A Three-Dimensional Survey (Digital Preservation at the White Monastery in Sohag) -- Egypt Updates -- U.S. Updates -- Antiquities Endowment Fund -- Institutional Members -- Meet ARCE's Current Cohort -- Donor Support -- Statement of Financial Position -- Engineering in the Ottoman-Egyptian Nile Valley.
Why did ancient states collapse? : the dysfunctional state
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Ancient states were rooted in agriculture, sedentism and population growth. They were fragile and prone to collapse, but there is no consensus on the causes or meaning of collapse, and there is an ongoing debate about the importance, nature and even existence of state-wide collapse
Explanations of collapse in terms of competing mono-causal factors are found inferior to those incorporating dynamic, interactive systems. It is proposed that collapse should be explained as failure to fulfil the ancient state’s core functions: assurance of food supplies, defence against external attack, maintenance of internal peace, imposition of its will throughout its territory, enforcement of state-wide laws, and promotion of an ideology to legitimise the political and social status quo.
To fulfil these functions certain necessary conditions must be met. The legitimacy of the political and social status quo, including the distribution of political power and wealth, needs to be accepted; the state should be able to extract sufficient resources to fulfil its functions such as defence; it must be able to enforce its decisions; the ruling elite should share a common purpose and actions; the society needs to reflect a shared spirit (asibaya) and purpose across elites and commoners who believe it is worthy of defence.
Weaknesses and failure to meet any condition can interact to exacerbate the situation: maladministration, corruption and elite preoccupation with self aggrandisement can induce fiscal weakness, reduced military budgets and further invasion; it can induce neglect of key infrastructures (especially water management). Inequality, a commonly neglected factor despite ancient texts, can erode asibaya and legitimacy and alienate commoners from defence of the state.
These themes are explored in relation to the Egyptian Old Kingdom, Mycenae, the Western Roman Empire (WRE), and the Maya. They all exhibit, to varying degrees, weaknesses in meeting the above conditions necessary for stability. (Some of the explanatory political and social factors involved have modern analogies but that issue is not examined).
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES TIME MAKE? : papers from the ancient and Islamic middle
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Proceedings of a conference held at St. Mary's University in Notre Dame, Indiana (2017), this volume presents a wide-ranging exploration of Time as experienced and contemplated. Included are offerings on ancient Mesopotamian archaeology, literature and religion, Biblical texts and archaeology, Chinese literature and philosophy, and Islamic law.
Newsletter, Number 110 (Fall 1979)
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Contents:
THE ISLAMIC PREACHER: HIS ROLE IN THE MOSQUE AND COMMUNITY / by Patriek Daniel Gaffney--
THE FILM-SONGS OF UMM KALTHUM, MUflAMMAD »ABD AL-WAHHÄB, FARID AL-*AfRASH AND LÂYLÄ MURAD / by John A ndrus--
COPTIC STUDIES IN CAIRO: A REPORT / by Leslie S.B. MacC oull--
THE AMARNA PERIOD OF EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY EGYPT: BIBLIOGRAPHY SUPPLEMENT 1978 / by Edward K. Werner
Newsletter, Number 112 (FALL 1980)
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content:
The ARCE Sphinx Projects A Preliminary REPORT, Mark E. Lehnev in collaboration with Jamee P. Allen and K. Lal Gauri--
Dialect Features in Middle Kingdom iNSCRIPTIONS., Edmund S. Meltzer--
Al-ÜAYLAMI'S "LoVE TrEATISE'S Joseph Bell--
Archaeology in Egypt 1980--
Fellows' Research: Brief Reports--
ARCE News and Announcements.
THE BERKELEY MAP OF THE THEBAN NECROPOLIS: REPORT OF THE SECOND SEASON, 1979
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No area of the world contains as many famous and important archaeological monuments as the West Bank at Luxor. Yet, in spite of the centuries-old interest in such features as the Valley of the Kings, the Tombs of the Nobles, and scores of other monuments, there exists no accurate or complete map of the Theban Necropolis. Fewer than ten percent of its monuments have ever been mapped and planned, and very few of these have been plotted accurately.
This project seeks to establish a survey network over the Theban Necropolis; to prepare a suitably detailed 1:500 archaeological map with 1:250 and 1:100 plans and sections of significant archaeological features; to publish these maps and plans together with more detailed records of measurements, in an accurate and permanent form; and to accompany these graphic aids with a concordance and catalog of West Bank archaeological materials.
Such a project as this will provide a useful tool for Egyptologists, but it also will play a significant role in the preparation of long-range plans for the protection and preservation of the rapidly-deteriorating monuments at Thebes.
During the first season of the project, the grid network was established on the West Bank and several tombs in the Valley of the Kings were planned.
Newsletter, Number 104 (SPRING 1978)
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CONTENTS:
ARCE News--
Annual Meeting, 1978--
Publications--
Research Experiences in Cairo, Alexandria, and Beirut / David B. Ruedig--
The Nag Hammadi Codices Editing Project: A Final Report / Stephen Emmel--
From Mawla to Mamluk: Origins of Islamic Military Slavery / Daniel Pipes--
Change in the Arabic Music Tradition of Cairo: 1932-1977 / Salwa El-Shawan
Newsletter, Number 108 (SPRING 1979)
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CONTENTS:
In Memoriam: Richard Ettinghausen--
ARCE News--
Annual Meeting, 1979--
Annual Meeting, 1980: Preliminary Announcement--
News from Cairo--
Visiting Lectureships in Egypt--
Antiquities News--
News of Other Associations--
Fieldnotes--
Report on a Field Trip to India: September-October 1978 / David A. King.
Newsletter, Number 3 (Spring 1980)
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Contents:
ARCE News--
Fieldnotes--
A GLIMPSE AT OBSTETRICAL PRACTICES IN AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE / Dr. W. Benson Harer--
THE SA’ÏD BY MOTORCYCLE, A. Chris Eccol--
THE FOURTH SEASON OP THE NAG HAMMADI EXCAVATIONS / Bastiaan Van Elderen, Director--
THE FOURTH SEASON OP THE NAG HAMMADI EXCAVATIONS / Bastiaan Van Elderen, Director--
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EGYPT AND THE RISE OP THE EGYPTIAN BOURGEOISIE, 1920-1952 / Robert L. Tignor--
THE OSTRACA OP THE COPTIC MUSEUM: A PRELIMINARY REPORT / S. Kent Brown.
Newsletter, Number 105 (SUMMER 1978)
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CONTENTS:
ARCE News--
News from Cairo--
News of Other Associations--
Middle East Social Sciences Index--
Life and Period of Shaykh Ibrahim al-Bajuri / Peter Gran--
Aspects of ürban Kinship: Work in Progress / Daniel G. Bates--
Tell el-Maskhuta: First Season / Lisa Kuchman--
”What Are the Americans Trying to find at Maskhuta” / Refaat Fouda, trans. by H. Tadros & S. Spencer--
Numismatic Research in Cairo / Norman D. Nicol--
The Berkeley Map of the Theban Necropolis / Kent R. Weeks--
The Excavation of Makhätin Masr / Chris Eccel.
Newsletter, Number 109 (Summer 1979)
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CONTENTS:
ARCE News--
News from Cairo--
Antiquities News--
Fieldnotes: The Theban Tomb Project--
1979-80 ARCE Fellows--
News of Other Associations--
Decline of the Modern Nubian Language in Egypt Aleya Rouchdy--
An Ethnographic Survey of a Cairene Neighborhood: The Darb el-Ahmar District / Hani Fakhouri
Newsletter, Number 107 (WINTER 1978/79)
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CONTENTS:
ARCE News--
News from Cairo--
Arabic Writing Today: ”The Drama”--
News of Other Associations--
Antiquities News--
Fieldnotes: The Dakhleh Oasis Project--
Research on Syrian Immigrant Communities in Egypt / Thomas Philipp--
Excavations at Mendes / Margaret Harrison--
Qasim Amin and His Era / Charles D. Smith--
Franco-Egyptian Cultural Relations in the Nineteenth Century / Alain Silvera--
Excavations at Akhmim, Egypt: 1978 / Shelia J. McNally--
Festivals Commemorating Muslim Saints (Mulids) / Edward B. Reeves--
The Middle Commentaries on Aristotle’s Organon by Averroes / Charles E. Butterworth.
Newsletter, Number 119 (FALL 1982)
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CONTENT:
The Epigraphic Survey (Chicago House) Part 2: The Institute Function of CHICAGO HOUSEj Lanny Bell, William Murnane, and Bernard Fishman--
A Preliminary Report on the 1982 Season AT HlERAKONPOLIS, Michael A. Hoffman--
Excavations at Qasr IbriM/ 1982, William y. Adams--
-OCAL Institutions and Agricultural Development in Egypt: A Concluding -FIELD REPORT, Richard H. Adams, Jr.--
The Interaction of Class and Nation in the Emergence of the Egyptian Workers MOVEMENT, Zachary Lockman--
The Culture of Political Opposition in Egypt BETWEEN 1935 AND 1954, Selma Botman--
Ancient Egypt In Biographies of the Late Period (380 BCE through 246 BCE), Elizabeth J. Sherman--
SOCIALIZATION OF EGYPTIAN WORKERS, Shahrough Akhavi--
The Politics of Health care in Modern Egypt, Nancy E. Gallagher--
Books Available for Review in JARCE--
Notes from the Executive Director.
THE BERKELEY MAP OF THE THEBAN NECROPOLIS: REPORT OF THE FOURTH SEASON, 1981
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No area of the world contains as many famous and important archaeological monuments as the West Bank at Luxor. Yet, in spite of the centuries-old interest in such features as the Valley of the Kings, the Tombs of the Nobles, and scores of other monuments, there exists no accurate or complete map of the Theban Necropolis. Fewer than ten percent of its monuments have ever been mapped and planned, and very few of these have been plotted accurately.
This project seeks to establish a survey network over the Theban Necropolis; to prepare a suitably detailed 1:500 archaeological map with 1:200 and 1:100 plans and sections of significant archaeological features; to publish these maps and plans together with more detailed records of measurements, in an accurate and permanent form, and to accompany these graphic aids with a concordance and catalog of West Bank archaeological materials.
THE BERKELEY MAP OF THE THEBAN NECROPOLIS: REPORT OF THE THIRD SEASON, 1980
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sheets were produced for us by Princeton Polychrome and the University of California Press and are available upon request for examination.) The sample map sheet was an important step in the preparation of the full map sets, for it helped point out several unsuspected problem areas. The scale at which the Berkeley Theban maps are to be published and the type of material they must contain make them unique cartographic productions: most of the design standards used by various national and international map-making agencies simply cannot be applied, for they do not deal with such complex cultural features, with subterranean as well as surface features, with remains of so many periods, with such rugged terrain at such a precise scale, or with bi- and perhaps even trilingual labels. Questions of color, line weight, map symbols, and the like have largely been settled. But we have found ourselves faced with the task of designing our own cartographic standards; in a very real sense, we are establishing a completely new genre of archaeological cartography.