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A richly illustrated history that sheds light on ancient Egypt across the millenniaIn this richly illustrated book, renowned archaeologist Donald Redford draws on the latest discoveries—including many of his own—to tell the story of the ancient Egyptian city of Mendes, home of the mysterious cult of the "fornicating ram who mounts the beauties." Excavation by Redford and his colleagues over the past two decades has cast a flood of light on this strange center of worship and political power located in the Nile Delta. A sweeping chronological account filled with photographs, drawings, and informative sidebars, City of the Ram-Man is the first history of Mendes written for general readers.Founded in the remote prehistoric past, inhabited continuously for 5,000 years, and abandoned only in the first-century BC, Mendes is a microcosm of ancient Egyptian history. City of the Ram-Man tells the city's full story—from its founding, through its development of a great society and its brief period as the capital of Egypt, up to its final decline. Central to the story is millennia of worship dedicated to the lascivious ram-god. The book describes the discoveries of the great temple of the ram and the "Mansion of the Rams," where the embalmed bodies of the avatars of the god were buried. It also discusses ancient Greek reports that these ram-gods occasionally ritually fornicated with women.Vividly written and informed throughout by Redford's intimate knowledge of the remains of Mendes, City of the Ram-Man is a unique account of a long-lost monument of Egyptian history, religion, and culture.

Mythology, Egyptian --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Mendes (Extinct city) --- Mendes (Extinct city) --- Egypt --- History. --- Religious life and customs. --- History --- Akhenaten. --- Amanuensis. --- Ambonese. --- Amenemhet III. --- Amenhotep III. --- Amun. --- Anau. --- Annexation. --- Arameans. --- Archetype. --- Ashdod. --- Assyria. --- Athribis. --- Avaris. --- Babylonia. --- Brickwork. --- Bubastite Portal. --- Cambyses II. --- Cement. --- Central Asia. --- City Of. --- City proper. --- Cubicle. --- Dahshur. --- Darius II. --- Detritus. --- Dialect. --- Djed. --- Egyptians. --- Embellishment. --- Entryway. --- Epithet. --- Fortified tower. --- Granary. --- Hermopolis. --- Hittites. --- Incarnation. --- Intimidation. --- Invention. --- Jordan Valley (Middle East). --- Kadesh (Israel). --- Khonsu. --- King of Egypt. --- King of the Gods. --- Kingdom of Kush. --- Land of Goshen. --- Majordomo. --- Mammisi. --- Masonry. --- Mastaba. --- Medinet Habu (location). --- Mendes. --- Middle Kingdom of Egypt. --- Military art. --- Mortuary cult. --- Nebuchadnezzar II. --- Necho I. --- Necho II. --- Neo-Babylonian Empire. --- New Kingdom of Egypt. --- Nile Delta. --- Nile. --- Nitocris. --- Old Kingdom of Egypt. --- Omnipotence. --- Osiris myth. --- Pelusium. --- Philistia. --- Philistines. --- Pilaster. --- Pithom. --- Plaster. --- Pottery. --- Proskynesis. --- Ptolemy I Soter. --- Ptolemy II Philadelphus. --- Pyramid Texts. --- Ramesses I. --- Ramesses II. --- Ramesses III. --- Ramesses VI. --- Redaction. --- Regnal year. --- Sargon II. --- Sekhmet. --- Shabaka. --- Shasu. --- Smendes. --- Smuggling. --- Sudan. --- Taharqa. --- Three Cities. --- Thutmose III. --- Tiglath-Pileser III. --- Tomb. --- Trading post. --- Transhumance. --- Uruk. --- Vandalism. --- Vizier.