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  2. 1. The Gazelle in Ancient Egyptian Art : Image and Meaning

    Author : Åsa Strandberg; Lana Troy; Lise Manniche; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; gazelle; Egyptian art; Egyptian religion; hunt; offering; desert fauna; Heb Sed; Hathor; Solar Eye; Egyptology; Egyptologi; Egyptology; egyptologi;

    Abstract : This thesis establishes the basic images of the gazelle in ancient Egyptian art and their meaning. A chronological overview of the categories of material featuring gazelle images is presented as a background to an interpretation. An introduction and review of the characteristics of the gazelle in the wild are presented in Chapters 1-2. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Workmen’s Graffiti in the Valley of the Kings : The Impact of Landscape and Social Networks on Graffiti-making, with a Focus on the Unpublished Graffiti Discovered by Howard Carter in 1915–1918

    Author : Muhammad R. Ragab; Andreas Dorn; Angus Graham; Chloé Ragazzoli; Fredrik Hagen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Graffiti; Valley of the Kings; Deir el-Medina; workmen’s community; landscape analysis; Place marking; Socio-spatial dynamics; social network analysis; Egyptology; Egyptologi;

    Abstract : Graffiti have the power to transform a space within a given landscape into a meaningful place. This study undertakes an in-depth analysis of more than 4000 graffiti created by the workmen of Deir el-Medina in the Theban Mountain during the New Kingdom (c. 1550–1050 BCE), with a particular emphasis on the Valley of the Kings. READ MORE

  5. 3. Looking at the Future : Divination and Astrology in Ancient Egypt

    Author : Andreas Winkler; Lana Troy; Kasia Szpakowska; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ancient Egypt; Graeco-Roman Egypt; Demotic; Coptic; divination; astrology; dream interpretation; calendar; pun; allegory; sages.; Egyptology; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi;

    Abstract : This study discusses divination in ancient Egypt, from the New Kingdom onwards in order to highlight the Egyptian elements in later astrological practices in Graeco-Roman Egypt. The first chapter treats divination and its study in general terms. READ MORE

  6. 4. Directing Deir el-Medina : The External Administration of the Necropolis

    Author : Sofia Häggman; Paul John Frandsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Egyptologi; Ancient Egypt; New Kingdom; Deir el-Medina; administration; Necropolis; workmen; tomb work; payment; demonstrations; economic history; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi; Egyptology; egyptologi;

    Abstract : ABSTRACTHÄGGMAN, SOFIA, 2002. Directing Deir el-Medina. The External Administration of the Necropolis. Uppsala Studies in Egyptology 4, Uppsala. READ MORE

  7. 5. Nut - The Goddess of Life in Text and Iconography

    Author : Nils Billing; Saphinaz-Amal Naguib; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Egyptologi; Ancient Egyptian religion; goddess; mother; water; space; ontology; Pyramid Texts; horizon; tree goddess; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi; Egyptology; Egyptologi;

    Abstract : This study delineates the basic characteristics of the ancient Egyptian goddess Nut as expressed in funerary texts and iconography. The goddess is treated as conceptual in character (Begriffsgottheit), i.e. as an animate expression for the ideas that the ancient Egyptians associated with the sky: space and water. READ MORE