Egypt in its African context
Subtitle: proceedings of the conference held at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, 2-4 October 2009
By: edited by Karen Exell
Series: BAR international series -- 2204; BAR international series -- 2204.
Publisher: Archaeopress; British Archaeological Reports
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781407307602
Subjects: Civilization; Congresses; African influences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Egypt in its African context / C.A. Folorunso and Stephen Quirke; title: Pt. 1. Egypt in Africa. The strategic importance of Kemet / Kimani S.K. Nehusi; title: The Nubian pastoral culture as link between Egypt and Africa: a view from the archaeological record / Maria Carmelo Gatto; title: The predynastic Bos primigenius as a royal image of territory, boundaries and power in an African context / Ana I. Navajas Jiménez; title: Some notes about an early African pool of cultures from which emerged the Egyptian civilisation / Alain Anselin; title: Egypt in Afrika and Afrika in Egypt: the example of libation / Kimani S.K. Nehusi; title: Meroitic worship of Isis at Philae / Solange Bumbaugh; title: pt. 2. Interpreting ancient Egypt. Introduction: Critical comments on essays on interpreting ancient Egypt presented at the Egypt in its African Context Conference / Charles A. Grantham; title: Contesting Egypt: racts, rhetoric or sentiment? / C.A. Folorunso; title: West African perspectives on ancient Egypt: African renaissance / José Lingna-Nafafé; title: Petrie's revolutions: the case of the Qurneh Queen / Bill Manley; title: Public understandings of Ancient Egypt in the formation of Dalit and Afro-American identities and history curriculum / Clyde Ahmad Winters; title: Curating Kemet, fear of a black land? / Sally-Ann Ashton.