| Author | : Christina Riggs |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 019968278X |
Explores the variety of arts produced in Egypt over a span of 3,500 years. Examing the stories behind these objects and buildings, Riggs looks not only at what they can tell us about ancient Egyptian life, but also how their legacy continues to shape the contemporary world.
| Author | : Penelope Wilson |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2004-08-12 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 0192805029 |
Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years. In this exciting new study, Penelope Wilson explores the cultural significance of hieroglyphs with an emphasis on previously neglected areas such as cryptography and the continuing deciphering of the script in modern times.
| Author | : Geraldine Pinch |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2004-04-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0192803468 |
This text explains the cultural and historical background to the fascinating and complex world of Egyptian myth, with each chapter dealing with a particular theme.
| Author | : Andrew Ballantyne |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2002-08-22 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0191579211 |
This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach in favour of giving an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally. The book begins by looking at how architecture acquires meaning through tradition, and concludes with the exoticism of the recent avant garde. Illustrations of particular buildings help to anchor the general points with specific examples, from ancient Egypt to the present day. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
| Author | : Ian Shaw |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 217 |
| Release | : 2021-01-28 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 0198845464 |
The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination, from mummies and pyramids, to curses and rituals. In this second edition of his Very Short Introduction, Ian Shaw explores the history and culture of pharaonic Egypt, and examines the latest research on Ancient Egyptian ideas of death, kingship, religion, race, sex, and gender.
| Author | : Melinda K. Hartwig |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 624 |
| Release | : 2014-12-01 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1118325095 |
A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key concepts, critical discourses, and theories that shape the discipline of ancient Egyptian art. • Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Single Volume Reference in the Humanities & Social Sciences • Features contributions from top scholars in their respective fields of expertise relating to ancient Egyptian art • Provides overviews of past and present scholarship and suggests new avenues to stimulate debate and allow for critical readings of individual art works • Explores themes and topics such as methodological approaches, transmission of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, ancient reception, technology and interpretation, • Provides a comprehensive synthesis on a discipline that has diversified to the extent that it now incorporates subjects ranging from gender theory to ‘X-ray fluorescence’ and ‘image-based interpretations systems’
| Author | : Christina Riggs |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2014-04-10 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0857854984 |
First runner-up for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies 2015. In ancient Egypt, wrapping sacred objects, including mummified bodies, in layers of cloth was a ritual that lay at the core of Egyptian society. Yet in the modern world, attention has focused instead on unwrapping all the careful arrangements of linen textiles the Egyptians had put in place. This book breaks new ground by looking at the significance of textile wrappings in ancient Egypt, and at how their unwrapping has shaped the way we think about the Egyptian past. Wrapping mummified bodies and divine statues in linen reflected the cultural values attached to this textile, with implications for understanding gender, materiality and hierarchy in Egyptian society. Unwrapping mummies and statues similarly reflects the values attached to Egyptian antiquities in the West, where the colonial legacies of archaeology, Egyptology and racial science still influence how Egypt appears in museums and the press. From the tomb of Tutankhamun to the Arab Spring, Unwrapping Ancient Egypt raises critical questions about the deep-seated fascination with this culture – and what that fascination says about our own.
| Author | : Christina Riggs |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2020-04-07 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0500052123 |
An entertaining and informative introduction to how ancient Egyptians practiced magic in their daily lives. In the ancient world, if you needed a love charm, wanted to contact your dead wife, or needed the ability to fly like a bird, the magicians of Egypt were the ones who could make it happen. In Ancient Egyptian Magic, Christina Riggs explores how the Egyptians thought about magic, who performed it and why, and also helps readers understand why we’ve come to think of ancient Egypt in such a mystical way. Readers will learn how to cure scorpion bites, discover why you might want to break the legs off your stuffed hippopotamus toy, and uncover whether mummies really can come back to life. Readers can also learn how to save a fortune on pregnancy tests—urinating on barley grains will answer that question— as well as how to use the next street parade to predict the future or ensure that an annoying neighbor gets his comeuppance. Was magic harmless fun, heartfelt hope, or something darker? Featuring demons, dream interpreters, the Book of the Dead, and illustrations from tomb paintings and papyrus scrolls, Riggs breathes new life into ancient magic and uses early texts and images to illuminate the distinctions between magic, religion, and medicine.
| Author | : John Baines |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780801497865 |
Lectures given at a symposium held in 1987, sponsored by Fordham University.
