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.

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

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.