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'Never had the like occurred' [electronic resource] : Egypt's view of its past / edited by John Tait.

Contributor(s): Series: Encounters with ancient Egypt (London, England)Publication details: London : UCL Press ; Portland, Or. : Cavendish Pub., 2003.Description: xvi, 260 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)ISBN:
  • 9781843147657
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  • Egypt's view of its past
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Contents:
1. Introduction : ' ... since the time of the Gods' / John Tait -- 2. The ancient Egyptian view of world history / E.P. Uphill -- 3. Archaism and modernism in the reliefs of Hesy-Ra / Whitney Davis -- 4. Looking back into the future : the Middle Kingdom as a bridge to the past / Dietrich Wildung ; translated by Fiona Handley -- 5. Archaism and innovation in art from the New Kingdom to the twenty-sixth Dynasty / Robert Morkot -- 6. Literature as a construction of the past in the Middle Kingdom / Ludwig D. Morenz ; translated by Martin Worthington -- 7. Representations of the past in New Kingdom literature / Hans W. Fischer-Elfert -- 8. Views of the past in Egypt during the first millennium BC / Antonio Loprieno -- 9. Egypt's views of 'others' / David O'Connor -- 10. Foreigners at Memphis? : Petrie's racial types / Sally-Ann Ashton -- 11. All in the family? : heirlooms in ancient Egypt / David Jeffreys -- 12. The Ptolemaic royal image and the Egyptian tradition / Sally-Ann Ashton.
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Includes extensively revised and updated papers originally presented at a conference held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in December 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-247) and index.

1. Introduction : ' ... since the time of the Gods' / John Tait -- 2. The ancient Egyptian view of world history / E.P. Uphill -- 3. Archaism and modernism in the reliefs of Hesy-Ra / Whitney Davis -- 4. Looking back into the future : the Middle Kingdom as a bridge to the past / Dietrich Wildung ; translated by Fiona Handley -- 5. Archaism and innovation in art from the New Kingdom to the twenty-sixth Dynasty / Robert Morkot -- 6. Literature as a construction of the past in the Middle Kingdom / Ludwig D. Morenz ; translated by Martin Worthington -- 7. Representations of the past in New Kingdom literature / Hans W. Fischer-Elfert -- 8. Views of the past in Egypt during the first millennium BC / Antonio Loprieno -- 9. Egypt's views of 'others' / David O'Connor -- 10. Foreigners at Memphis? : Petrie's racial types / Sally-Ann Ashton -- 11. All in the family? : heirlooms in ancient Egypt / David Jeffreys -- 12. The Ptolemaic royal image and the Egyptian tradition / Sally-Ann Ashton.

Also available in print edition.

Electronic reproduction. [London, Eng. : Taylor and Francis, 2012]. PDF file created from digital scan of print book.

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