Pharaoh's Land and Beyond

Pearce Paul Creasman is Associate Professor & Curator at the University of Arizona, author or co-author of fifty articles, and editor of Archaeological Research in the Valley of the Kings and Ancient Thebes.Richard H. Wilkinson is Regents' Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, author or editor of eleven books, including The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings.

• Table of Contents List of Contributors 4Acknowledgments 6List of Figures and Plates 7 Introduction 13 Pearce Paul Creasman and Richard H. Wilkinson SECTION I: PathwaysChapter 1 Finding the Beyond: Exploration 16 Thomas SchneiderChapter 2 Paths in the Deep: Maritime Connections 31 Pearce Paul Creasman and Noreen DoyleChapter 3 Pathways to Distant Kingdoms: Land Connections 52 Gregory Mumford SECTION II: PeopleChapter 4 Children of Other Gods: Social Interactions 80 Bettina BaderChapter 5 Between Brothers: Diplomatic Interactions 100 Richard H. Wilkinson and Noreen DoyleChapter 6 The Armies of Re 118 Anthony Spalinger SECTION III: Objects Chapter 7 The Long Arm of Merchantry: Trade Interactions 143 Samuel MarkChapter 8 Artisans and Their Products: Interaction in Art and Architecture 166 Stuart Tyson SmithChapter 9 Traded, Copied, and Kept: The Ubiquitous Appeal of Scarabs 186 Vanessa Boschloos SECTION IV: IdeasChapter 10 Technology in Transit: The Borrowing of Ideas in Science and Craftwork 206 Ian ShawChapter 11 The Flow of Words: Interaction in Writing and Literature during the Bronze Age Part I: Writing Systems: Cuneiform and Hieroglyphs in the Bronze Age: Script Contact and the Creation of New Scripts 226 Orly Goldwasser Part II: Literature: Egyptian and Levantine Belles-Lettres-Links and Influences during the Bronze Age 238 Noga Ayali-DarshanChapter 12 All Gods Are Our Gods: Religious Interaction Part I: "From Bes to Baal": Religious Interconnections between Egypt and the East 254 Izak Cornelius Part II: Egypt and Nubia 264 Kathryn Howley Part III: Religious Interaction between Egypt and the Aegean in the 2nd Millennium BCE 275 Nanno Marinatos SECTION V: EventsChapter 13 Violence in Earth, Water and Sky: Geological Hazards 284 James A. HarrellChapter 14 The Fickle Nile: Effects of Droughts and Floods 300 Judith BunburyChapter 15 Illness from Afar: Epidemics and Their Aftermath 316 Rosalie David References and Further Reading 332Index 417

At all times, and often against its 'Egyptocentric' self-representation, ancient Egypt was dependent on manifold interconnections with the world around. While such interconnections- especially diplomatic or trade relations- have been explored previously, many ways in which the ancient Egyptians were entangled with their neighbours still need investigating. This book does exaclty that... The intended audience are lay enthusiasts interested in interconnections in the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean, yet the theoretical approach of some chapters; the choice of topics , written by specialists in their field; and the comprehensive bibliographies for each entry open this volume up and make it a very useful tool for students and academic researchers as well.