ABSTRACT
This volume challenges assumptions about—and highlights new approaches to—the study of ancient Egyptian society by tackling various thematic social issues through structured individual case studies.
The reader will be presented with questions about the relevance of the past in the present. The chapters encourage an understanding of Egypt in its own terms through the lens of power, people, and place, offering a more nuanced understanding of the way Egyptian society was organized and illustrating the benefits of new approaches to topics in need of a critical re-examination. By re-evaluating traditional, long-held beliefs about a monolithic, unchanging ancient Egyptian society, this volume writes a new narrative—one unchecked assumption at a time.
Ancient Egyptian Society: Challenging Assumptions, Exploring Approaches is intended for anyone studying ancient Egypt or ancient societies more broadly, including undergraduate and graduate students, Egyptologists, and scholars in adjacent fields.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |7 pages
Introduction
section Section I|92 pages
Power
chapter 4|11 pages
Making the Past Present
chapter 9|11 pages
Co-Regency in the 25th Dynasty
section Section II|122 pages
People
chapter 12|18 pages
Eight Medjay Walk into a Palace
chapter 17|15 pages
Revealing the Invisible Majority
section Section III|126 pages
Place