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Hieroglyphics. --- Egyptian language --- Writing, Hieroglyphic.

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In this book, Richard Bussmann presents a fresh overview of ancient Egyptian society and culture in the age of the pyramids. He addresses key themes in the comparative research of early complex societies, including urbanism, funerary culture, temple ritual, kingship, and the state, and explores how ideas and practices were exchanged between ruling elites and local communities in provincial Egypt. Unlike other studies of ancient Egypt, this book adopts an anthropological approach that places people at the centre of the analysis. Bussmann covers a range of important themes in cross-cultural debates, such as materiality, gender, non-elite culture, and the body. He also offers new perspectives on social diversity and cultural cohesion, based on recent discoveries. His study vividly illustrates how our understanding of ancient Egyptian society benefits from the application of theoretical concepts in archaeology and anthropology to the interpretation of the evidence.

Egypt --- Antiquities. --- Civilization

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Poverty and inequality are widely spread across the globe today. This volume explores to what extent they already shaped early complex societies and how they might encourage social modelling beyond the elite. The contributions include quantitative and qualitative case-studies from ancient Egypt, Sudan, Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, China and Greece and an anthropological response from present day Africa. Contextual discussion is key for understanding how inequality played out in specific historical and social settings, cautioning against unifying narratives. The evidence for poverty is ambivalent. Different from today, early states seem to have seen poverty not as a problem that required solving, unless it affected political stability.

Civilization, Ancient --- Poverty --- Poor

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Die Hinterlassenschaften der Gesellschaft des Alten Ägyptens reichen von monumentalen Pyramidenanlagen bis zu mikroskopischen Spuren menschlicher Aktivitäten, von Felsinschriften bis zu Romanen. Wie lässt sich das alles sinnvoll in Bezug stellen und welche Methoden und Fragestellungen sind dafür notwendig? Das Buch versammelt 28 Beiträge zu Ehren Stephan J. Seidlmayers, die versuchen, darauf aktuelle Antworten zu geben.

Antiquities --- Collection and preservation

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Die Hinterlassenschaften der Gesellschaft des Alten Ägyptens reichen von monumentalen Pyramidenanlagen bis zu mikroskopischen Spuren menschlicher Aktivitäten, von Felsinschriften bis zu Romanen. Wie lässt sich das alles sinnvoll in Bezug stellen und welche Methoden und Fragestellungen sind dafür notwendig? Das Buch versammelt 28 Beiträge zu Ehren Stephan J. Seidlmayers, die versuchen, darauf aktuelle Antworten zu geben.

HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt.