Evolving Egypt: Innovation, Appropriation, and Reinterpretation in Ancient Egypt

by John Gee (Editor), Kerry Muhlestein (Editor)

Papers from an international Egyptological conference entitled Evolving Innovation, Appropriation, and Reinterpretation in Ancient Egypt held in February 2006 at BYU-Hawaii (Oahu). 1) Possibilities and Pitfalls in Identifying The Early Ramesside Era as a Case Study (Kerry Muhlestein); 2) Les bateaux et le sacré dans l'ancienne Egypte (Ana María Rosso); 3) Symbolic Connotations of Pyramid Temples in the 5th and 6th Dynasties (Pal Steiner); 4) Dating of Stelae of the 12th A Statistical Approach (Des Bright); 5) The Expansionist Policies of the New Kingdom and the Increase in Craft Specialization in the Textile Industry (Giovanni Tata); 6) Copy and Reinterpretation in the Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Hermeneutics (Valérie Angenot); 7) The Daily Space, Continuity and Change (Robyn Gillam); 8) Glossed Ancient Egyptian Interpretations of Their Religion (John Gee); 9) The Hieratic Scribal Tradition in Preexilic Judah (David Calabro); 10) Ptolemaic Translation and The Hellenistic Sculptural Program of the Memphite Sarapieion (Shanna Kennedy-Quigley); 11) Appropriation of Egyptian Judgment in the Testament of Abraham? (Jared Ludlow); 12 New Evidence of Coptic Mummification Techniques From Tell El-Hibeh, Middle Egypt (Robert M. Yohe II, Jill K. Gardner, and Deanna Heikkinen).

124 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2012