| The Writing of History in Ancient Egypt During the First Millennium BC (Ca. 1070-180 Bc): Trends and Perspectives Contributor(s): Gozzoli, Roberto B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 095502563X ISBN-13: 9780955025631 Publisher: Golden House Publications OUR PRICE: $56.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2006 Annotation: In order to reconstruct the chronology and history of ancient Egypt, the relevance of the royal inscriptions Herodotus and Manetho has been fundamental in scholarly research since Champollion's times. Those sources, however, together with other historical and pseudo-historical material such as the Bentresh and Famine stelae are here analysed as historical documents per se, completely disregarding their value for the histoire vnementielle. Genre and format of royal inscriptions become important in order to establish the power of the tradition, while all the historical sources mentioned above embody hopes, fears, as well as social and cultural conflicts existing in Egyptian society at the times they were written. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Egypt - History | Historiography |
| Dewey: 932.015 |
| LCCN: 2007297413 |
| Series: GHP Egyptology |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 7.2" W x 9.65" (1.96 lbs) 397 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - North Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Royal inscriptions, Herodotus and Manetho have been fundemental in order to reconstruct the chronology and history of ancient Egypt since Champillon's times. Without denying the righteousness of the approach, historical and pseudo-historical material are here analysed as historical documents per se, completely disregarding their value for the histoire v nementielle . Genre and format of royal inscriptions become important in order to establish the power of the tradition, as the entire group of historical sources mentioned embody hopes, fears, as well as social and cultural conflicts existing in Egyptian society at the times they were written. |