Kategoria BISAC: History >> Middle East - Egypt (see also Ancient - Egypt)

Egyptian Mummies results from research done in preparation for the mummification of a human body, the first to be done in the Egyptian style in two thousand years. Through these studies, noted Egyptologist Bob Brier has unearthed the gripping stories of grave robberies and stolen mummies, the forgotten language of the pharaohs, and the tombs of the royal mummies. In an easily accesible and lively style, Brier uncovers the complete historical context of ancient Egyptian culture and offers a fascinating contemporary interpretation of it. Illuminating their mysteries, myths, sacred...

Die arabische Papyrologie ist in den letzten Jahren verstarkt in den Fokus der Arabistik geruckt, da die Dokumente Informationen zu Bereichen der islamisch-arabischen Kultur-, Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte liefern, wie sie so in literarischen Quellen nicht greifbar sind. Die Erschlieung der Bestande ist allerdings nach wie vor gering.

Mit diesem Band werden die Bestande der Papyrussammlung der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien weiter erschlossen. Es handelt sich um 18 uberwiegend vollstandige Briefe auf Papier, die aus dem 10.-16. Jahrhundert n. Chr. stammen. Sie...

Debunking most historians' opinion that the Suez crisis was merely a minor incident linked to the end of colonial rule in Egypt, Eisenhower 1956--drawing on hundreds of newly declassified documents--makes clear that it was the most dangerous crisis of Eisenhower's presidency. Eisenhower used economic threats to force his British, French, and Israeli allies to withdraw from...

At present scantily populated, Suakin was the most prominent port on the Red Sea coast from the fifteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. It was an archetype of an Islamic urban built town which remained continuously occupied by the same multi-generational families. During the period of British rule in Sudan they replaced the ancient port by the establishment of Port Sudan. Using this ancient site as an illustration, the main goal of the research is to gain an insight into the relationships between people and heritage sites: how and why people feel attachments to them...

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Spanning virtually the entire twentieth century and as timely as the outbreak of the 2011 January Revolution, this work has much to say about where Egypt has been, who Egyptians are and, ultimately, where they may take their country. Joel Gordon, author of Nasser: Hero of the Arab Nation

A truly extraordinary accomplishment that is thought provoking, creative, and inspiring. Belli is the first in Middle Eastern studies to examine the cultural history of twentieth- century Egypt through the interactions between education and remembrance. Her revised theoretical approach is...