Never Had the Like Occurred: Egypt's View of its Past

by John Tait (Editor)

Overview

"Never Had the Like Occurred" examines Ancient Egypt's own multifaceted encounters with its past. As Egyptian culture constantly changed and evolved, this book follows a chronological arrangement, from early Egypt to the attitudes of the Coptic population in the Byzantine Period. Within this framework, it asks what access the Egyptians had to information about the past, whether deliberately or accidentally acquired; what use was made of the past; what were the Egyptians attitudes to the past; what'sense of past time did the Egyptians have; and what kinds of reverence for the past did they entertain? This is the first book dedicated to the whole range of these themes. It provides an explanatory context for the numerous previous studies that have dealt with particular sets of evidence, particular periods, or particular issues. It provides a case study of how civilizations may view and utilize their past.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138404892
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/13/2017
Series:	Encounters with Ancient Egypt
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION - '... SINCE THE TIME OF THE GODS', John Tait; Chapter 2 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN VIEW OF WORLD HISTORY, E. P. Uphill; Chapter 3 ARCHAISM AND MODERNISM IN THE RELIEFS OF HESY-RA, Whitney Davis; Chapter 4 LOOKING BACK INTO THE FUTURE: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM AS A BRIDGE TO THE PAST, Dietrich Wildung; Chapter 5 ARCHAISM AND INNOVATION IN ART FROM THE NEW KINGDOM TO THE TWENTY-SIXTH DYNASTY, Robert Morkot; Chapter 6 LITERATURE AS A CONSTRUCTION OF THE PAST IN THE MIDDLE KINGDOM, Ludwig D. Morenz; Chapter 7 REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PAST IN NEW KINGDOM LITERATURE, Hans-W. Fischer-Elfert; Chapter 8 VIEWS OF THE PAST IN EGYPT DURING THE FIRST MILLENNIUM BC, Antonio Loprieno; Chapter 9 EGYPT'S VIEWS OF 'OTHERS', David O'Connor; Chapter 10 FOREIGNERS AT MEMPHIS? PETRIE'S RACIAL TYPES, Sally-Ann Ashton; Chapter 11 ALL IN THE FAMILY? HEIRLOOMS IN ANCIENT EGYPT, David Jeffreys; Chapter 12 THE PTOLEMAIC ROYAL IMAGE AND THE EGYPTIAN TRADITION, Sally-Ann Ashton;