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Haynes, Dawn. "The symbolism and significance of the butterfly in ancient Egypt." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79920.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2103.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ancient Egyptian art and artefacts reveal a great deal about the culture and beliefs of this civilization. It was a civilization steeped in myth, symbolism and imagery. Tomb art has been extensively analysed and studied in an effort to reveal the essential way of life of the Ancient Egyptians, their religious beliefs and their philosophy of life. It is agreed that symbolism was an inherent part of their lives and beliefs. They looked to nature and observed the behaviour of animals, plants, the environment and also the weather to attempt to rationalize the world they lived in. Their close observation of behaviour patterns in nature resulted in a complex hierarchy of gods and goddesses who were accountable for successful living. Among the animal kingdom, certain animals gained such distinction that they were linked to certain deities. The scarab beetle is one such creature. Insects featured variously in their art, their myths and their belief in magic. While the scarab beetle is possibly the most documented of the insects, other insects such as the bee, the fly, the locust and the praying mantis have all been investigated. The butterfly features frequently in Ancient Egyptian art and yet has not been the subject of in-depth study. This investigation attempts to examine the symbolism and significance of the butterfly in Ancient Egypt. Richard Wilkinson (1994) has provided a framework for analysing symbolism in Egyptian art. He suggests nine aspects which can be examined in order to reveal symbolism. In this study, a selection of art from various dynasties is systematically examined according to these nine aspects. Each art work portrays the butterfly. Through this careful examination it is hoped that a clearer indication of the role of the butterfly in Ancient Egypt will be obtained. Having discussed all nine aspects for each of the sources, a discussion and various conclusions follow which look at the trends which appear. Certain patterns emerge which indicate that the butterfly does indeed play a significant role as a symbol in Ancient Egypt.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Antieke Egiptiese kuns en artefakte openbaar baie oor die kultuur en oortuigings van hierdie beskawing. Dit was 'n beskawing ryk aan mites, simboliek en beelde. Grafkuns is deeglik ontleed en bestudeer in 'n poging om die wesenlike lewenswyse van die antieke Egiptenare, hul godsdienstige oortuigings en lewensfilosofie te openbaar. Daar word saamgestem dat simboliek 'n inherente deel van hul lewens en oortuigings uitgemaak het. Hulle het op die natuur gesteun en die gedrag van diere, plante, die omgewing en ook die weer waargeneem om te probeer om hul lewenswêreld te verklaar. Hul noukeurige waarneming van natuurverskynsels het tot 'n komplekse hiërargie van gode en godinne gelei wat vir 'n suksesvolle lewe verantwoordelik was. Sekere diere in die diereryk was so besonders dat hulle met sekere gode en godinne verbind was. Die skarabee kewer is een so 'n skepsel. Insekte verskyn onder andere in hul kuns, hul mites en hul geloof in magie. Terwyl die skarabee moontlik die mees gedokumenteerde insek was, is ander insekte soos bye, vlieë, sprinkane, en die bidsprinkaan ook almal ondersoek. Die skoenlapper verskyn gereeld in die antieke Egiptiese kuns, maar was nog nie die onderwerp van 'n grondige studie nie. Hierdie studie poog om die simboliek en belangrikheid van die skoenlapper in antieke Egipte te ontleed. Richard Wilkinson (1994) verskaf 'n raamwerk vir die ontleding van simboliek in Egiptiese kuns. Hy het nege aspekte voorgestel wat bestudeer kan word om die simboliek te openbaar. In hierdie studie, word 'n seleksie kuns van verskillende dinastieë, sistematies aan die hand van dié nege aspekte ontleed. Elke kunswerk beeld die skoenlapper uit. Deur hierdie noukeurige ondersoek, word daar gehoop dat die rol van die skoenlapper in antieke Egipte duideliker voorskyn. Na die bespreking van al nege aspekte vir elk van die bronne, volg daar 'n bespreking met verskillende gevolgtrekkings wat kyk na die tendense wat voorkom. Sekere patrone kom te voorsyn wat daarop dui dat die skoenlapper wel 'n belangrike rol as 'n simbool in antieke Egipte gespeel het.
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Mbokazi, Jabulani Tadeus. "Aspects of the family in Ancient Egypt." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/698.
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Thesis (MA (Ancient Studies)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study deals with the ancient Egyptian family. Cultural anthropology is used as a point of departure to reconstruct the daily lives of the ancient Egyptians. Cultural anthropology usually applies to living communities but most of the principles it uses are just as relevant in the study of a dead culture. The emphasis of this study is on the different cultural domains, which include education, religion, family livelihoods, family recreation, entertaimnent and travel and social organization and how these are interrelated. Most of our ancient Egyptian knowledge comes from the tombs of wealthy individuals, and thus incomplete since we have no record of how peasants perceived the world, as they could not afford a good burial. Other sources are the ancient documents and artefacts from town sites all associated with wealthy individuals. While peasants were too poor to send their children to school, wealthier Egyptians did send their children to school especially boys. Agriculture was central in ancient Egyptian life. The nobility and other higher classes depended on the toil of the peasant for basic commodities and food. The peasant families in the rural areas were unable to attend the lavish festivals in the cities. Their basic focus was centred on their homes, families and on the success of the harvest. The peasant had his own private god or gods to whom he could tum for aid or comfort in times of trouble. Surplus items of food, clothing, oil and such like could be used for barter for purchasing essential items for everyday living. During their spare time the Egyptian families entertained friends, engaged in the various pastimes and travel. The peasant, as providers of food, formed an important social base for the Egyptian state.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie handel oor die Egiptiese familie. Kulturele antropologie word gebruik as metode om die daaglikse lewe van die antieke Egiptenare te rekonstrueer. Kulturele antropologie word gewoonlik op "lewende" gemeenskappe toegepas, maar die beginsels daarvan is net so relevant vir die bestudering van "dooie" kulture. Die fokus van hierdie studie is op die verskillende kulturele domeine wat insluit onderrig, religie, familie aktiwiteite, familie ontspanning, vermaak, reis en sosiale organisasie en hoe hierdie domeine op mekaar inwerk. Meeste van die kennis oor antieke Egipte word verkry uit die grafte van ryk individue en is daarom gebrekkig ten opsigte van kleinboere en hul siening van die wêreld, omdat hulle nie behoorlike grafte kon bekostig nie. Ander bronne is die antieke tekste en artefakte wat gevind word in dorpe, wat ook meestal behoort het aan ryk persone. Die kleinboere kon nie bekostig om hul kinders na 'n skool te stuur nie, maar ryk Egiptenare kon wel - veral dan seuns. Landbou was baie belangrik tot Egiptiese lewe. Die aristokrasie en ander klasse was afhanklik van die sukkelbestaan van kleinboere om hulle te voorsien van die basiese goedere en voedsel. Kleinboer families, wat in die platteland gebly het kon nie die groot feeste in die stede bywoon nie. Hul persoonlike oortuigings het daarom gefokus op die huishouding, familie en suksesvolle oeste. Kleinboere het 'n persoonlike god of gode gehad wat tot hul hulp kon kom, of troos kon bied in tye van krisis. Surplus goedere soos, onder andere, voedsel, klere en olie kon as ruilmiddel gebruik word om ander items wat benodig word, te bekom. In vrye tyd het families vriende onthaal, verskillende stokperdjies beoefen en rondgereis. Die kleinboere, as verskaffers van voedsel, het 'n belangrike sosiale basis van die Egiptiese staat gevorm.
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Fletcher, Amy Joann. "Ancient Egyptian hair : a study in style, form and function." Thesis, Online version, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.488165.
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Montagno-Leahy, Lisa. "Private tomb reliefs of the late period from Lower Egypt." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1988. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3b3699de-8498-4021-bf5f-b35fcf1cf33c.
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This study considers the relief decoration of private tombs in Lower Egypt in the period 664-332 BC. The basis for analysis is a chronologically arranged descriptive catalogue, which includes both isolated blocks in museum collections and tombs whose location is known. The present condition of the relief and its content are described in detail there. Texts are considered where they provide infotmation on provenance and dating, and hand-copies are provided. Each piece is illustrated in the plate volume. Enough of the material can be dated by textual evidence to provide a solid framework for stylistic ordering of the remainder. The resulting chronology has important implications, dividing the period into two major phases, covering the seventh and sixth centuries, and the fourth century, separated by a hiatus in production of tomb reliefs. The chronology proposed eliminates the possibility that either Greeks or Persians exercised any significant influence on Egyptian art before the very end of the period. Instead, native tradition emerges as the primary inspiration for Late Period artists. Two sources stand out. The first is the Old-Middle Kingdom tomb repertory (archaism), the second is the New Kingdom tradition carried on in the minor arts, a source largely-ignored hitherto. These were not slavishly copied, but adapted and "modernized" to suit the taste of the time. The independence and creativity of Late Period artists is emphasized. A discussion of stylistic development in light of the dating system is given, and several themes are analyzed in detail as illustrations of the larger issues raised.
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Hilliard, Kristina Marie. "Images of a Gendered Kingship: Visual Representations of Hatshepsut and Her Influence on Images of Nefertiti." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5323/.
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I investigate why gendered images of Hatshepsut influenced androgynous images of Nefertiti in New Kingdom Egypt and how Nefertiti and Akhenaten used their images in the promotion of their monotheistic religion; through a contextual, stylistic and feminist examination of the images. Hatshepsut cultivated images of herself to legitimize her rule in relation to canonical kings before her. Similarly, Nefertiti represented herself as a figure indiscernible from Akhenaten, creating an image of female co-rulership. Although the visual representations of both Hatshepsut and Nefertiti differ, the concepts behind each are analogous. They both manipulated androgyny to create images displaying powerful women equal in status to male Egyptian kings.
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Brophy, Elizabeth Mary. "Royal sculpture in Egypt 300 BC - AD 220." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:590228be-3001-49b3-bf6c-137af08ac71c.
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The aim of this thesis is to approach Ptolemaic and Imperial royal sculpture in Egypt dating between 300 BC and AD 220 (the reigns of Ptolemy I and Caracalla) from a contextual point of view. To collect together the statuary items (recognised as statues, statue heads and fragments, and inscribed bases and plinths) that are identifiably royal and have a secure archaeological context, that is a secure find spot or a recoverable provenance, within Egypt. I then used this material, alongside other types of evidence such as textual sources and numismatic material, to consider the distribution, style, placement, and functions of the royal statues, and to answer the primary questions of where were these statues located? what was the relationship between statue, especially statue style, and placement? And what changes can be identified between Ptolemaic and Imperial royal sculpture? From analysis of the sculptural evidence, this thesis was able to create a catalogue of 103 entries composed of 157 statuary items, and use this to identify the different styles of royal statues that existed in Ptolemaic and Imperial Egypt and the primary spaces for the placement of such imagery, namely religious and urban space. The results of this thesis, based on the available evidence, was the identification of a division between sculptural style and context regarding the royal statues, with Egyptian-style material being placed in Egyptian contexts, Greek-style material in Greek, and Imperial-style statues associated with classical contexts. The functions of the statues appear to have also typically been closely related to statue style and placement. Many of the statues were often directly associated with their location, meaning they were an intrinsic part of the function and appearance of the context they occupied, as well as acting as representations of the monarchs. Primarily, the royal statues acted as a way to establish and maintain communication between different groups in Egypt.
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Olivier, Anette. "Social status of elite women of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt a comparison of artistic features /." Thesis, Pretoria : UNISA, 2008. http://etd.unisa.ac.za/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-09262008-134009/unrestricted/dissertation.pdf.
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Moore, Cathie A. "Eternal Gaze: Third Intermediate Period Non-Royal Female Egyptian Coffins." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1401301633.
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Klop, Damian J. R. "Beneath the raptor’s wings : the avian composition grasping the symbol for eternity in Egypt." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2724.
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Thesis (MPhil (Ancient Studies)--University of Stellenbosch, 2008.A particular motif in Egyptian art is that of avians. This is frequently depicted in a significant number and variety of visual sources from the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV 62) (1336-1327 BC) and other find contexts throughout Egyptian history from c. 3000 BC, but is little understood. The motif mostly depicts an avian creature with wings outstretched, talons grasping the Egyptian hieroglyph symbol for eternity (shen). In some instances the avian’s falcon or vulture body or parts of the body is/are replaced with parts of another creature, namely that of a snake, cobra, ram, human, duck, or a hieroglyph sign. A study was undertaken to assess how and why this avian motif was composed and what the function in Egyptian culture was. A manual search of published material for relevant visual sources depicting specific versions of the avian motif was undertaken and selected sources were indexed into a representative graphical database including one hundred and ninety-one items. Textual sources (academic literature and literature from ancient Egypt) were then consulted to support and/or expand on the iconographic, symbolic, and functional aspects of the motif: - At the iconographic level, the historical development and ‘structural dynamics’ of the motif are investigated to deduce the artistic rules that applied to its creation. - At the symbolic level, the symbolic meaning of the artwork is ascertained by theorizing on the meaning of the motif and its parts in an Egyptian context. - At the functional level, the function of the artwork is ascertained by investigating how the motif’s symbolism was intended to be applied to benefit the individual. The results of this research is that the avian motif developed over time according to strict artistic rules; that it symbolized the king, eternity and protection; and that its function was to protect the king in all phases of his existence in a political and mythological context in order to ensure that the he would attain an eternal life in the afterlife. In the mind of the ancient Egyptian this was achieved through the transference of the avian motif’s magical qualities to the user. The intended outcome of this study is to highlight the avian motif’s importance in the context of the ancient Egyptian culture.
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Bryson, Karen Margaret. "An Egyptian Royal Portrait Head in the Collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2008. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/31.
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This thesis discusses a small, red granite, Egyptian royal portrait head in the collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. The head is determined to be a fragment from a group depicting the king in front of the monumental figure of a divine animal, probably a ram or baboon. Scholars have attributed the head to the reigns of various New Kingdom pharaohs, including Horemheb and Seti I, but on more careful examination its style demonstrates that it dates to the reign of Ramesses II (1304-1237 B.C.).
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Dasen, Véronique. "Dwarfs in ancient Egypt and Greece /." Oxford : New York : Clarendon press ; Oxford university press, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35628127r.
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Mehmedi, Rijad. "Recherches sur les ivoires du Proche-Orient ancien (Âge du Bronze - Âge du Fer) : les documents égyptisants et leurs sources égyptiennes." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013STRAG036.
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L’objet de cette thèse est l’étude d’un groupe d’ivoires, trouvés dans plusieurs sites du Proche-Orient ancien, connu sous le nom d’ivoires égyptisants. Nous avons examiné les différentes interprétations possibles, quant à l’origine et la signification de ces objets, en examinant les sources bibliographiques à notre disposition. Sans proposer une révision fondamentale des hypothèses présentées jusqu’à aujourd’hui, ce travail, en se fondant sur des témoignages archéologiques, iconographiques et textuels, essaye de mettre en évidence les différentes voies de transmission des motifs iconographiques égyptiens dans le répertoire iconographique du Proche-Orient ancien et cela notamment dans l’art de l’ivoire. Après une discussion générale sur l’ivoire et sur les différentes sources dont disposaient les artistes de l’antiquité, nous sommes arrivés à la conclusion que les ivoires égyptisants étaient le produit des artistes locaux du Proche-Orient ancien, qui se sont inspirés de l’art égyptien,soit à travers les échanges commerciaux, soit à travers les objets égyptiens trouvés dans plusieurs sites du Levant. Quant à l’interprétation de ces motifs, nous pensons que les artistes du Proche-Orient ancien ont représenté les objets de culte égyptien sans forcément comprendre la signification religieuse ou symbolique que ces motifs représentaient pour les Égyptiens. Ceci dit, ces artistes n’ignoraient pas complètement le message général attaché à ces objets ; ils ont adopté et adapté l’iconographie égyptienne en suivant les conventions de l’art proche-Oriental selon leur besoin du momentThe purpose of this thesis is the study of a group of ivories found in several sites of the ancient Near East, known as egyptianizing ivories. We studied various interpretations as to the origin and meaning of these objects by consulting the bibliographic sources at our disposal. Without proposing a fundamental revision of the hypotheses made so far, this study, based on archaeological, iconographical and textual evidence, tries to highlight the different routes of transmission of the Egyptian iconographic motifs into the iconographical repertoire of the Ancient Near East, with a special emphasis on the art of ivory carving. After a general discussion on the ivory and the various sources available to the artists of antiquity, we concluded that the egyptianizing ivories were the product of local artists of the ancient Near East, that were inspired by the Egyptian art, either through trade or through the Egyptian artefacts found at several sites in the Levant. As for the interpretation of these motifs, we believe that the artists of the Ancient Near East have represented Egyptian cult objects without necessarily understanding the religious or symbolic meaning that these motifs had for the Egyptians. That said, these artists were not completely unaware of the general message attached to these objects; they have adopted and adapted the Egyptian iconography by following the conventions of the ancient neareastern art according to their needs
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Guasch, Jané Maria Rosa. "Wine in ancient Egypt : a cultural and analytical study /." Oxford : Archaeopress, 2008. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb413796608.
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La'da, Csaba A. "Foreign ethnics in hellenistic Egypt /." Leuven ; Paris ; Dudley (Mass.) : Peeters, 2002. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38989709w.
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McLaren, Kevin Todd. "Pharaonic Occultism: The Relationship of Esotericism and Egyptology, 1875-1930." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2016. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1658.
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The purpose of this work is to explore the interactions between occultism and scholarly Egyptology from 1875 to 1930. Within this timeframe, numerous esoteric groups formed that centered their ideologies on conceptions of ancient Egyptian knowledge. In order to legitimize their belief systems based on ancient Egyptian wisdom, esotericists attempted to become authoritative figures on Egypt. This process heavily impacted Western intellectualism not only because occult conceptions of Egypt became increasingly popular, but also because esotericists intruded into academia or attempted to overshadow it. In turn, esotericists and Egyptologists both utilized the influx of new information from Egyptological studies to shape their identities, consolidate their ideologies, and maintain authority on the value of ancient Egyptian knowledge.
This thesis follows the Egypt-centered developments of the Freemasons, the Golden Dawn, Aleister Crowley's A∴A∴, the Theosophical Society, the Anthroposophical Society, and the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis to demonstrate that esotericism evolved simultaneously with academia as a body of knowledge. By examining these fraternal occult groups' interactions with Egyptology, it can be better understood how esotericism has affected Western intellectualism, how ideologies form in response to new information, and the effects of becoming an authority on bodies of knowledge (in particular Egyptological knowledge). In turn, embedded in this work is a challenge to those who have downplayed or overlooked the agency of esotericists in shaping the Western intellectual tradition and preserving the legacy of ancient Egypt.
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Beylage, Peter. "Aufbau der königlichen Stelentexte vom Beginn der 18. Dynastie bis zur Amarnazeit /." Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag in Kommission, 2002. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41080142g.
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Reiche, Christina. "Ein hymnischer Text in den Gräbern des Ḥwyʼ, ʼIʻḥ-ms und Mry-Rʻ in El-ʻAmarna : Text und Textsorte, Textanalyse und Textinterpretation : ein "sozio-kommunikativer" Ansatz /." Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 1998. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37673727h.
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Texte remanié de: Diss.--Fachbereich Philologie III--Mainz--Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 1995.Contient les textes égyptiens du "Grand hymne à Aton" et du "Petit hymne à Aton", et leur trad. allemande en regard. Commentaire en allemand. Bibliogr. p. 375-401. Index.
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Marsh-Letts, Glennda Susan. "Ancient Egyptian linen - the role of natron and other salts in the preservation and conservation of archaeolgical textiles a pilot study /." View thesis, 2002. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20031219.155140/index.html.
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Rathbone, Dominic. "Economic rationalism and rural society in third-century Egypt : the Heronimos Archive and the Appianus estate /." Cambridge (GB) ; New York ; Port Chester (N.Y.) [etc.] : Cambridge university press, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37454663k.
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Naǧǧār, ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm al. "Les systemes de couvrement dans l'architecture de l'egypte ancienne : les voutes." Paris 4, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989PA040089.
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En egypte ancienne, les voutes etaient construites en brique ou en pierre selon trois procedes: par assises horizontales en tas-decharge (vol. I,1); au moyen de blocs inclines en chevrons (vopl. I,2) ou d'elements disposes suivant des lits rayonnants (vol. Ii,1) la voute fermee (coupole), rare (vol. Ii,2) est un cas particulier de la voute en general. , le vol. Iii presente de brefs chapitres complementaires au couvrement: en bois, a godrons, a intrados, de decharge, trace de la voute, decoration, representations, dans l'habitat. Suivent enfin conclusions et indices. , la voute la plus ancienne que nous connaissions a ete decouverte a saqqara-nord; en berceau, elle est datee de la fin de la iere dynastie (env. 2700 av. J. -c. ). , excepte les monuments majeurs realises en pierre, la plupart des constructions sont en brique. Contrairement a l'affirmation de plusieurs manuels d'archeologie, selon lesquels les egyptiens ne connaissaient pas bien les voutes et en realisaient peu, tous les monuments en brique utilisaient sans doute la voute, hormis un certain nombre de tombes des iere et iieme dynasties qui avaient des couvrements en bois. -certaines publications nentionnent la voute pour couvrir des maisons privees, ce qui, en fait, restait exceptionnel et localise a la region nubienne au sud d'assouanThe ancient egyptian vaults were of three types of construction: 1- by horizontal courses "corbelled vaults" (vol. I,1); 2- by inclined large slabs leaning against each other, gable-wise "gabled vaults" (vol. Ii,3). The closed vault (cupola); rarely used in a special form of vault in general (vol. Ii,4). , brief chapters concerning roofing systems are mentioned in vol. Iii("annexes"): wooden roofs, ripped vaults, curved roofs, relieving systems, ancient tracing, decorations, representations of vaults and house's roofing. , vaults are frequently used in funerary and religious architecture in ancient egypt. Some publications mentioned their use in private houses but except for the nubians we don't have any element to prove it. , the most ancient vault was found in north saqqara compound of radiated mud bricks and dating back from the end of the ist dynasty (about 2700 b. C. ). , only important monuments are built of stones, but the majority of others are of mud brick. All these mud brick constructions excepting some tombs and mastabas of the two first dynasties used brick vaults
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Torras, Benezet Núria. "La sepat dels dos ceptres-uas a la llum de les processons geogràfiques: recerques en Geografia sagrada i "teologia" local a l'antic Egipte." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/378044.
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Aquest treball analitza la conceptualització i representació de la sepat dels dos ceptres-uas en el context de la Geografia sagrada d'Egipte des d'una perspectiva diacrònica a partir de la documentació papirològica i epigràfica relativa a aquesta regió, des del Regne Antic fins a època grecoromana. Durant més de 2500 anys, aquest territori de l'Alt Egipte es representà als temples del país en un intent de reactualització constant de la seva hipòstasi i dels textos que l'acompanyen. Les fonts analitzades són el reflex d'una geografia simbòlica i selectiva, validada a través de mites i arquetips que, en la mentalitat egípcia antiga, contituïa ritualment la més eficaç. Un dels principals eixos del treball el constitueix l'estudi textual, iconogràfic i espacial de les representacions de la sepat i dels seus components topogràfics en cada una de les processons geogràfiques dels temples que han pogut ser constrastades in situ. La caracterització i anàlisi de l'evolució dels cultes locals en aquest territori d'orígen sethià ha esta l'altre pol de la recerca. El mètode d'anàlisi emprat ha tingut en compte les regles de sintaxi naològica i la "Gramàtica del temple" que regeixen el programa "decoratiu" de cada temple en particular.The principal aim of this research is to characterise the conceptualisation and representation of the double was-scepter sepat and its place in Egypt's ritual topography. A diachronic approach has been adopted, based on epigraphic sources of this region dating from the Old Kingdom to the Graeco-Roman period. Through more than 2500 years this territory in Upper Egypt was depicted in temples in order to update its hypostasis and its accompanying texts. The sources articulate a sacred topography expressed in myths and archetypes considered by the ancient Egyptians as the most valid and efficacious. One of the main research axis is the study of textual, iconographical and spatial analysis of the representations of this territory and its topographical components in geographical processions laid out in temple contexts that had been verified in situ. This is complemented by the characterisation and the analysis of local cults dynamics in this sethian region. The methodology involves the study of the rules of the naological syntax and the "Grammar of the temple" that govern a temple's decoration, revealing that the representation of Egypt's sacred landscape varies from temple to temple.
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OBENGA, JOSEPH THEOP. "Ensemble de travaux qui couvrent la methodologie de l'histoire africaine (8 titres) - l'antiquite africaine, notamment les liens culturels et linguistique entre l'egypte ancienne et le reste de l'afrique noire (10 titres) - les bantu." Montpellier 3, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986MON30034.
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La soutenance a porte sur dossier, c'est-a-dire sur un ensemble de travaux de 1710 pages qui montrent l'unite de l'oeuvre, centree sur la methodologie de l'histoire africaine, l'antiquite africaine, l'egypte et le lien linguistique, la linguistique historique, la tradition orale et l'histoire de l'afrique centrale avec des sujets specifiques comme les teke, les vili, les mbochi et les kongo. Le domaine bantu : langues, peuples et civilisations. Epistemologie historique dans le cadre de la recente historique dans le cadre de la recentre historigraphie africaine. L'effort global tend vers la systematisation de l'histoire anthropologique ou culturelle qui n'est pas encore realisee en afrique, et l'histoire portee par l'oral subit un traitement chronologique, afin d'inserer l'histoire portee par l'oralite dans le temps universel. On voudrait appliquer a l'afrique les methodes interdisciplinaires de la nouvelle histoire avec reflexion consequente. Il s'agit de tenter de fonder l'histoire africaine comme un possible de l'histoire humaine parmi tant d'autres possibles historiques. Le travail historique en afrique reste par consequent, avant tout, un labeur d'ordre epistemologique. Or, en afrique noire, les historiens affichent jusqu'ici une certaine timidite a se hisser au niveau d'une conceptualisation generale de l'histoire humaine. D'autre part, au niveau des origines et des appartenances genetiques des civilisations noires du continent africain, une nouvelle theorisation conceptuelle. .The thesis including all our previous works of about 1710 pages is focused on african historical methodology, african antiquity, ancient egypt, central africa with specific items such as teke, vili, mbochi and kongo. Bantu area is also covered by studying languages, peoples and civilisations. A particular accent is made on the historical epistemology in the context of the actual african historiography. So, the global effort leads to a systematic conceptualisation of african cultral history which is not yet carried out in africa. Being just a part of mankind history, african history must indeed receive a scientific treatment, so that the oral aspect of african history becomes a subject of interest in the general framework of mankind history. The problem of the africanity of ancient egypt cannot be dodged, and the socalled "chamito semitic" or "afro-asiatic" family is a false one because without any concrete, scientific basis. The book africa in antiquity is still present when discussing the africanity of ancient egypt. We have attempt to make a new classification of ancient egyptian language which belongs as a matter of fact to negroafrican family. It is steadly question of history since comparative linguistic is always history
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Vargas, Miguel M. "Causes of the Jewish Diaspora Revolt in Alexandria: Regional Uprisings from the Margins of Greco-Roman Society." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849731/.
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This thesis examines the progression from relatively peaceful relations between Alexandrians and Jews under the Ptolemies to the Diaspora Revolt under the Romans. A close analysis of the literature evidences that the transition from Ptolemaic to Roman Alexandria had critical effects on Jewish status in the Diaspora. One of the most far reaching consequences of the shift from the Ptolemies to Romans was forcing the Alexandrians to participate in the struggle for imperial patronage. Alexandrian involvement introduced a new element to the ongoing conflict among Egypt’s Jews and native Egyptians. The Alexandrian citizens consciously cut back privileges the Jews previously enjoyed under the Ptolemies and sought to block the Jews from advancing within the Roman system. Soon the Jews were confronted with rhetoric slandering their civility and culture. Faced with a choice, many Jews forsook Judaism and their traditions for more upwardly mobile life. After the outbreak of the First Jewish War Jewish life took a turn for the worse. Many Jews found themselves in a system that classified them according to their heritage and ancestry, limiting advancement even for apostates. With the resulting Jewish tax (fiscus Judaicus) Jews were becoming more economically and socially marginalized.
The Alexandrian Jews were a literate society in their own right, and sought to reverse their diminishing prestige with a rhetoric of their own. This thesis analyzes Jewish writings and pagan writings about the Jews, which evidences their changing socio-political position in Greco-Roman society. Increasingly the Jews wrote with an urgent rhetoric in attempts to persuade their fellow Jews to remain loyal to Judaism and to seek their rights within the construct of the Roman system. Meanwhile, tensions between their community and the Alexandrian community grew. In less than 100 years, from 30 CE to 117 CE, the Alexandrians attacked the Jewish community on at least three occasions. Despite the advice of the most Hellenized elites, the Jews did not sit idly by, but instead sought to disrupt Alexandrian meetings, anti-Jewish theater productions, and appealed to Rome. In the year 115 CE, tensions reached a high. Facing three years of violent attacks against their community, Alexandrian Jews responded to Jewish uprisings in Cyrene and Egypt with an uprising of their own. Really a series of revolts, historians have termed these events simply “the Diaspora Revolt.”
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Vargas, Miguel M. "Causes of the Jewish Diaspora Revolt in Alexandria: Regional Uprisings from the Margins of Greco-Roman Society, 115-117 CE." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849731/.
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This thesis examines the progression from relatively peaceful relations between Alexandrians and Jews under the Ptolemies to the Diaspora Revolt under the Romans. A close analysis of the literature evidences that the transition from Ptolemaic to Roman Alexandria had critical effects on Jewish status in the Diaspora. One of the most far reaching consequences of the shift from the Ptolemies to Romans was forcing the Alexandrians to participate in the struggle for imperial patronage. Alexandrian involvement introduced a new element to the ongoing conflict among Egypt’s Jews and native Egyptians. The Alexandrian citizens consciously cut back privileges the Jews previously enjoyed under the Ptolemies and sought to block the Jews from advancing within the Roman system. Soon the Jews were confronted with rhetoric slandering their civility and culture. Faced with a choice, many Jews forsook Judaism and their traditions for more upwardly mobile life. After the outbreak of the First Jewish War Jewish life took a turn for the worse. Many Jews found themselves in a system that classified them according to their heritage and ancestry, limiting advancement even for apostates. With the resulting Jewish tax (fiscus Judaicus) Jews were becoming more economically and socially marginalized.
The Alexandrian Jews were a literate society in their own right, and sought to reverse their diminishing prestige with a rhetoric of their own. This thesis analyzes Jewish writings and pagan writings about the Jews, which evidences their changing socio-political position in Greco-Roman society. Increasingly the Jews wrote with an urgent rhetoric in attempts to persuade their fellow Jews to remain loyal to Judaism and to seek their rights within the construct of the Roman system. Meanwhile, tensions between their community and the Alexandrian community grew. In less than 100 years, from 30 CE to 117 CE, the Alexandrians attacked the Jewish community on at least three occasions. Despite the advice of the most Hellenized elites, the Jews did not sit idly by, but instead sought to disrupt Alexandrian meetings, anti-Jewish theater productions, and appealed to Rome. In the year 115 CE, tensions reached a high. Facing three years of violent attacks against their community, Alexandrian Jews responded to Jewish uprisings in Cyrene and Egypt with an uprising of their own. Really a series of revolts, historians have termed these events simply “the Diaspora Revolt.”
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Van, Ryneveld Maria Magdalena. "The presence and significance of Khepri in Egyptian religion and art." Diss., 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30345.
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