4. Symposium zur agyptischen Konigsideologie /4th Symposium on Egyptian Royal Ideology Egyptian Royal Residences: London, June 1st-5th 2004 (Konigtum, Staat und Gesellschaft fruher Hochkulturen) Review

4. Symposium zur agyptischen Konigsideologie /4th Symposium on Egyptian Royal Ideology Egyptian Royal Residences: London, June 1st-5th 2004 (Konigtum, Staat und Gesellschaft fruher Hochkulturen)
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The subsequent volume is a collection of papers presented by prominent Egyptologists at the "4-th Symposium on Ancient Egyptian Royal Ideology" held at The British Museum, in 2004. The topic was a captivating, and controversial one: structure and form of the royal residences in Ancient Egypt. The authors try to give an answer if in case of Ancient Egypt is proper to use the term of capital, or rather that of royal residences spread throughout the country. Anyhow, their opinion will stimulate new debates on the subject. At the same time, there are not neglected the main activities related to the king and his court, the manifold nature of the king and the role of nomarchs, too.
The individual papers are worth reading in themselves: they give an updated status question on discussed matters and ample bibliographies. Due to explicit content, and logically structured and formulated papers, the "Egyptian Royal Residences" should find a wide audience among both scholars and general reader.
What is surprising, and can induce in error the future reader is a statement in the product description: German texts. Except the Forward in German, by Prof. Gundlach, all the contribution is written in an accurate English.

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The fourth symposium in the series on Ancient Egyptian Royal Ideology was held at the British Museum in London in 2004, taking at its theme Egyptian Royal Residences: Structure and Form. The scholars who participated in this gathering approached the subject from a broad range of perspectives. They embraced all phases of history from the foundation of the Egyptian state to the Late Period, and covered a variety of interrelated topics. These included the physical layout and architectural design of palaces, the activities which happened inside, and the ideological questions raised by the status of the king - his divine, personal and institutional functions. Beginning with these focal points, the papers and discussions ranged further afield to include the roles of members of the court, their relationship with the king, and their activities at the residence.The papers published in this volume focus strongly on the Middle and New Kingdoms, since it is from these periods that the richest sources of data concerning the royal residence survive. Textual sources and archaeological traces of palaces have been carefully studied in conjunction to provide new insights and to open new avenues of research. German text.

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