Bøger om Det gamle Egypten

Da arkæologen Howard Carter efter ti års ihærdig søgen den 4. november 1922 fandt indgangen til barnekongen Tutankhamons grav, var hans lykke gjort. Der var nok guld til at gøre ham og hans sponsor, adelsmanden lord Carnarvon, både berømte og stenrige. Men ikke alt var fryd, guld og gammen. Fundene førte til slagsmål mellem journalister, styrkede nationalistiske strømninger i Egypten og var med til at forværre det anspændte forhold mellem Egypten og Storbritannien. Jagten på Tutankhamon er ikke kun en dramatisk fortælling med helte og skurke, forbandelser og ørkenstøv, glitrende guld og rygter om et 3.000 år gammelt kongemord. Det er i høj grad også en historie om skattens betydning, det oldegyptiske samfund og Carters egyptiske kolleger – de kvinder, mænd og børn, som er blevet glemt. Det er historien om Tutankhamons korte liv og den lange søvn, som Carter vækkede ham af. Og endelig er det fortællingen om, hvordan fundene kom til at præge den vestlige verdens syn på de gamle egyptere. Nicky Nielsen er lektor i egyptologi ved University of Manchester. Den danske forsker har deltaget i en lang række udgravninger i Egypten. Jagten på Tutankhamon er hans første bog på dansk.

Det nye rige er syvende bind i Wilbur Smiths populære serie, der foregår i det gamle Egypten. Senest er kommet Ørkenguden og Farao.Hui lever et fortryllende liv i Lahun. Som yndlingssønnen og den kommende hersker er hans skæbne fastlagt. Men bag den smukke facade foregår et infamt magtspil og ondskaben kender ingen grænser. Huis stedmor, den store troldkvinde Ipsetnofret, er drevet af jalousi og magtsyge og har sammen med Qen, Huis bror, orkestreret faderens undergang.Snart må Hui kæmpe den største kamp for selveste Egyptens hjerte. Og han må vælge sin livsbane - vil han blive en helt i den gamle verden eller en hersker i et nyt rige?

For 5000 år siden byggede egypterne pyramider.Det var grave til en farao.Men gravrøvere stjal skattene i pyramiden.I stedet skjulte man gravene i ørkenens sand.I en grav fra dengang fandt man verdens største skat.Howard Carter kigger gennem et lille hul ind i et rum. Carter er arkæolog. Han har fundet noget utroligt. Det er en skjult grav for kong Tut. Sammen med ham er Lord Carnavon. De bryder væggen ned. Graven er fyldt med guld. Der er også stole, vogne, smykker og meget andet. Det er den største skat nogensinde. Året er 1922. Kort efter dør Lord Carnavon. Læs mere om faraoer, pyramider og mumier i denne bog.Det gamle Egypten er en del af Maxi-serien. Maxi er en serie af letlæste fagbøger til børn i 2.-5. klasse. Bøgerne har en klassisk opbygning og er særdeles velegnede til faglig læsning i indskolingen og på mellemtrinnet. Bøgerne er rigt illustreret med forskellige grafiske elementer og faktabokse, der understøtter de faglige tekster. Maxi-serien berører en bred vifte af aktuelle og relevante emner om alt fra klima, gaming, sport, og naturens verden. Der følger opgaver med til alle bøgerne.

This book presents a comprehensive corpus of beads and pendants found during excavations undertaken by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago between 1960 and 1968 at the Lower Nubian sites of Qustul, Adindan, Serra East, Dorginarti, Ballana, and Kalabsha and stored in the Oriental Institute Museum. This vast, illustrated catalog organizes the finds first chronologically according to the main periods of Nubian history and then by cultural units, beginning with the A-Group and ending with modern times. The present volume-the first of two-comprises beads from Early Nubian (A-Group, Post-A-Group), Middle Nubian (C-Group, Pan Grave, Kerma, Middle Kingdom), and New Kingdom sites. The discussion of each cultural unit begins with background information and develops into a fascinating story of the most characteristic types that form part of that group's identity, though types and materials often cross chronological and regional borders. The story is also one of jewelry fashions and the wealth and long-distance contacts of Lower Nubia, which lay at the crossroads of ancient routes in this part of the world. More specialized information on bead types, ordered by the materials from which the beads were made, is given in the second section of each cultural category. An outline of the preserved beadwork and an anthropological analysis of the remains of the beads' owners, together with references to parallels known from relevant literature and museum research, are also provided. The volume concludes with illustrated synoptic and concordance tables that allow the reader to switch easily between catalog, Oriental Institute Museum, and Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition find numbers.

This volume introduces latest research on the necropolis of ancient Asyut and a broad spectrum of different topics. It opens with a deep insight in the long history of the ancient town of Asyut and its different functions throughout history, followed by a contribution highlighting the connections between the city and the oases of Kharga and Dakhla via the Darb el Arba'in, the ancient caravan route through the Western Desert. Research on the temple of Wepwawet, chief deitiy of Asyut, closes the section on the ancient town itself. Turning to the necropolis on Gebel Asyut al-gharbi, an as yet unpublished tomb of a high official of the late 11th/early 12th Dynasty is presented, followed by contributions on material culture including an in-depth analysis of a statue head found during recent fieldwork, an iconographical study on the depiction of wedjat-eyes on Asyuti coffins of the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom; the detailed analysis of a hitherto unpublished coffin and a study on the "Book of the Two Ways" inscribed on another coffin from Asyut. Objects discussed include wooden models and their correlation with wall decoration, latest finds of pottery offering trays and first results of the examination of Asyuti stone offering tables. New Kingdom and Late Period finds are discussed in an article with new information on ushebtis from the collections of Sayed Bey Khashaba and the Museo Gregoriano in Città del Vaticano, and in a typological analysis of faience chalices with a focus on recent finds of The Asyut Project. The volume closes with a hitherto unpublished copy of spell 72 of the Book of the Dead that is inscribed on the early Ptolemaic mummy cartonnage of Padiamun found during fieldwork and an article that details Christian tomb stelae and the special local Asyuti formulae used for inscribing them.

The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of the roles of local elites and local populations in the construction, negotiation, and adaptation of political, economic, military and ideological power within these states in formation. The two states, conceived as multi-ethnic empires, are sufficiently similar to make comparisons valid, while the process of comparison highlights and better explains differences. Regions that were successively incorporated into the Ptolemaic and then Seleucid state receive particular attention, and are understood within the broader picture of the ruling strategies of both empires. The book focusses on forms of communication through coins, inscriptions and visual culture; settlement policies and the relationship between local and immigrant populations; and the forms of collaboration with and resistance of local elites against immigrant populations and government institutions.

The Near Eastern Late Bronze Age is known for heightened political and economic interconnectivity as kings of wealthy states like Egypt and Hatti competed in the pursuit of valuable commodities, raw materials and technologies. An outcome of this interaction is argued to be the creation of a shared elite visual culture, an idiom of kingship, that has been called the 'International Style' in scholarship. This dissertation critiques the model and investigates evidence for this so-called style from Egypt, in particular addressing artefacts from the tomb of Tutankhamen that have been associated with this style in the past. It challenges the model for a shared idiom of kingship from Egypt and instead proposes an internal value within 18th royal rhetoric.

London, 1906. Theodosia tilbringer det meste af sin tid på Museet for Legender og Antikviteter. Hendes far arbejder der, og udstillingerne visersjældne genstande, som hendes forældre har gravet frem rundt om i verden.Hvad forældrene ikke kan se er, at mange af dem er underlagt mørkeforbandelser – men det kan Theodosia. Da hendes mor vender hjem med Egyptens hjerte, en legendarisk amulet hentet fra en gammel grav, bliver Theos evner sat på prøve. Amuletten er omgivet af en forbandelse så ond, at den truer med at ødelægge hele det britiske imperium! Nu er det op til Theo at gøre alt, hvad der står i hendes magt, for at forhindre det i at ske. Ikke en nem opgave for en 11-årig...Dette er første del i serien om Theodosia og hendes eventyr - en rigtig spændingsserie for alle, der kan lide Den Magiske Boghandel, HarryPotter og Indiana Jones!

The Egyptian Book of GatesTranslated into English by Erik Hornung in collaboration with Theodor AbtThe Egyptian Book of Gates is the second large Pharaonic Book of the Afterlife after The Egyptian Amduat.The revised English translation is based on the German edition, edited by Erik Hornung. The hieroglyphs and transcriptions are given on the basis of a collation of the extant texts found in different tombs. The main illustrations of the text come from the sarcophagus of Seti I. The 100 scenes of the Book of Gates are furthermore represented with one or more colored illustrations, originating from different sources.With an Introduction by Theodor Abt. Contains Bibliography and Index.