The Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt

The Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt

Proceedings of the International Symposium held at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 22 & 23 February 2013

In: Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften, 36

Edited by: Harco Willems and Jan-Michael Dahms
Funded by: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2016: Frontlist Collection

transcript-Verlag | 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839436158

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Although Herodot's dictum that "Egypt is a gift of the Nile" is proverbial, there has been only scant attention to the way the river impacted on ancient Egyptian society. Egyptologists frequently focus on the textual and iconographic record, whereas archaeologists and earth scientists approach the issue from the perspective of natural sciences. The contributions in this volume bridge this gap by analyzing the river both as a natural and as a cultural phenomenon. Adopting an approach of cultural ecology, it addresses issues like ancient land use, administration and taxation, irrigation, and religious concepts.

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Harco Willems (Prof.) reads Egyptology at KU Leuven. He is the director of the Dayr al-Barsha project of KU Leuven.
Jan-Michael Dahms holds a PhD in Egyptology from the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg.

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Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	1
Contents Free access PDF PDF	5
Preface Open Access PDF PDF	7
Modelling the Nile Agricultural Floodplain in Eleventh and Tenth Century B.C. Middle Egypt Jean-Christophe Antoine Open Access PDF PDF	15
Harbours and Coastal Military Bases in Egypt in the Second Millennium B.C. Manfred Bietak Open Access PDF PDF	53
Development of the Memphite Floodplain Judith Bunbury, Ana Tavares, Benjamin Pennington and Pedro Gonçalves Open Access PDF PDF	71
Karnak’s Quaysides Mansour Boraik, Luc Gabolde and Angus Graham Open Access PDF PDF	97
Medamud and the Nile Félix Relats Montserrat Open Access PDF PDF	145
The Nile in the Fayum Cornelia Römer Open Access PDF PDF	171
Nilometers – or: Can You Measure Wealth? Sandra Sandri Open Access PDF PDF	193
In Search of a Future Companion Joshua Trampier Open Access PDF PDF	215
The Dynamic Nature of the Transition from the Nile Floodplain to the Desert in Central Egypt since the Mid-Holocene Gert Verstraeten, Ihab Mohamed, Bastiaan Notebaert and Harco Willems Open Access PDF PDF	239
The Analysis of Historical Maps as an Avenue to the Interpretation of Pre-Industrial Irrigation Practices in Egypt Harco Willems, Hanne Creylman, Véronique De Laet and Gert Verstraeten Open Access PDF PDF	255
Landscapes of the Bashmur Penelope Wilson Open Access PDF PDF	345
Authors Open Access PDF PDF	369

The Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt

Proceedings of the International Symposium held at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 22 & 23 February 2013

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