Egyptology Today
by Edited by Richard H. WilkinsonEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-12-24
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
Egyptology Today examines how modern scholars examine all aspects of ancient Egypt, one of the greatest of all ancient civilizations. In essays by a team of archaeologists, curators, scholars, and conservators who are actively involved in research or applied aspects of Egyptology, this book looks at the techniques and methods that are used to increase our understanding of a distant culture that was as old to the Greeks and Romans as these cultures are to us. Topics range from how tombs and other monuments are discovered, excavated, recorded and preserved, to the study of Egyptian history, art, artifacts, and texts. Each chapter shows how modern Egyptology approaches, learns about, and strives to preserve the ancient remains of one of the most fascinating cultures in human history.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. vii |
| Brief Biographies of Contributors | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction: The Past in the Present: Egyptology Today | p. 1 |
| Methods: Paths to the Past | |
| Archaeology and Egyptology | p. 7 |
| History and Egyptology | p. 23 |
| Medical Science and Egyptology | p. 36 |
| Monuments: Structures for This Life and the Next | |
| Site Survey in Egyptology | p. 57 |
| Epigraphy and Recording | p. 77 |
| Monument and Site Conservation | p. 98 |
| Art and Artifacts: Objects as Subject | |
| Art of Ancient Egypt | p. 123 |
| Ancient Egypt in Museums Today | p. 144 |
| Artifact Conservation and Egyptology | p. 163 |
| Texts: Words of Gods and Men | |
| The Egyptian Language | p. 189 |
| Ancient Egyptian Literature | p. 206 |
| Egyptian Religious Texts | p. 230 |
| Afterword: The Past in the Future: Egyptology Tomorrow | p. 248 |
| Bibliography | p. 251 |
| Index | p. 277 |
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