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Before the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, the greatest find ever made in the Valley of the Kings was the 3,000-year-old tomb of Yuya (Iouiya) and Tjuyu (Touiyou), parents-in-law of King Amenophis III of the 18th Dynasty. The tomb contained their wonderfully preserved mummies, lying within magnificent coffins and surrounded by a gorgeous array of palace furniture and funerary equipment. This book containing the excavator s official reports on this important find was originally published in 1907-1908.Preface; by Theodore M. DavisList of Plates and IllustrationsNotice on Iouiya and Touiyou by Professor Gaston MasperoThe Finding of the Tomb by Theodore M. DavisDescriptions of the Objects found in the Tomb by Percy E. NewberryThe Sarcophagus of IouiyaOuter Coffin of IouiyaSecond Coffin of IouiyaInner Coffin of IouiyaMask and Mummy-Straps of IouiyaCanopic Jar-Box of IouiyaBook of the DeadThe Sarcophagus of TouiyouOuter Coffin of TouiyouInner Coffin of TouiyouMask and Mummy-Straps of TouiyouCanopic Jar-Box of TouiyouFunerary Statuettes of Iouiya and TuoiyaAlabaster Vase Bearing the Name of Amenophis III and Queen ThyiMagical Figure of IouiyaAlabaster VaseAlabaster VaseDummy VasesAmuletsThe ChariotChair of Princess Sat-AmenChair Bearing the Names of Queen Titi and Princess Sat-AmenOsiris BedsCoffer Bearing the Names of Amenophis IIICoffer Bearing the Names of Amenophis III and Queen ThyiStaff and Whip ... Read more

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Great Grandparents of Tutankhamen
KV46 is the tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu (or Tuyu), great grandparents of Tutankhamen.Although they were not royals, (at least the husband, Yuya, was not), they were buried in the Valley of the Kings because they were the parents of Tiye, the queen of Amenhotep III.Thus they are great grandparents of Tutankhamen.The product description and the first review tell most of what is important about this book.However, the Discovery Channel program of 21 February 2010 has dropped a bombshell, in that the DNA studies of 11 mummies, including Tutankhamen, Yuya, and Tuyu, have anchored the relationships of 4 generations of royal Egyptians.While this tomb was robbed (lightly) in ancient times, it nevertheless when found in the 20th century contained many interesting objects, including the mummies of Tuyu and Yuya, each in their sarcophagus. This book is part of the Duckworth Egyptology series, and is printed on glossy paper in a large format.It is written in the leisurely style of academic studies long past.The many black and white photographs detail the objects found in the tomb.A forward by Nicholas Reeves sets the scene for the topic of this book.

Give me that old time archaeology!
One of the great things about ancient Egypt is its mystery, and there are few episodes in its history more mysterious and more potentially important than the life and death of Yuya (Iouiya) and Thuyu (Touiyou).

Yuya and Thuyu were commoners, Yuya may have been a chariot officer during the hight of Egypt's empire, Thuyu may have been a servant in the royal palace... whatever their origins, the couple's young daughter, Tiyi, became the chief wife of the teenage pharaohAmenhotep III.This was strange enough, but then this rags-to-richs couple was granted a tomb in the royal cemetary in the so-called Valley of The Kings, and strangest of all was the fact that their tomb should have survived some 3,300 years largely intact until it could be discovered by an archaeological mission in 1905.

The two volumes reprinted in this work are two of the three basic source books on this discovery, the third, "The Tomb of Yuaa and Thuiu" by J.E. Quibell (Cairo, 1908) remains a scarce work to find.

I was overjoyed to learn that Duckworth Books had reprinted this important work.With its old-fashioned prose and typeset, it is an enjoyable visit to what has been called "the golden age of Egyptology" when major finds were made almost every day and enormous leaps were being made in the understanding of ancient Egyptian history, language and culture.

Besides which it remains one of the ONLY publications regarding this discovery, with the exception of some summaries in books such as Reeves' "Valley of The Kings: The Decline of a Royal Necropolis" (London, 1990), Reeves and Wilkinson's "The Complete Valley of The Kings" (New York, 1996) and Forbes' "Tombs, Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology (Sebastopol, 1998, available only through KMT Publications).

The "Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou" is typical in the time in that it is not nearly as thorough as a modern archaeological field report would be, but its contributors are a veritable "who's who" of the legends of Egyptology, including such notables as Theodore M. Davis, the American millionaire who financed the excavation; Gaston Maspero, then head of the Egyptian Antiquties Service; and even watercolors by a young Howard Carter who would later go on to discover Tutankhamen in 1922.The book features many black and white photographs that have been well reproduced (although not as well as in "Tombs, Treasures, Mummies"), although it would be nice if they had reproduced Carter's watercolors in color (some of which can be seen in "The Complete Valley of The Kings").

The "Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou" reprint listed here is a book that any serious student of the 18th Dynasty of the Egyptian New Kingdom should have.The reader should be aware that scholarship in the field has come a long way in the past century and some of the conclusions and theories espoused by the authors of the book are looked upon as being flawed or out-of-date by modern egyptologists.

Likewise the hieroglyphic translations are also somewhat outdated, which provides the student with a splendid opportunity to practice their own translations of the hieroglyphic inscriptions reproduced in the text.

In short, this is (in its field) a very important book and you can't beat the price, especially as the original printing was a limited addition and the surviving copies are only to be found in some libraries and private collections.Given all the wild theories concerning the alleged ethnic and religous origins of Yuya and Thuyu and their supposed influence on the late 18th Dynasty, this book is a must for the serious scholar of the time-period, and may prove to be of value to anyone interetsted in the more mystical aspects of Egyptian society especially concering theories like Osman's that Yuya was the Biblical Joeseph. ... Read more

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This selection of essays covers aspects of the history of Ancient Egypt spanning a period of some 2000 years and includes topics drawn from art, history and religion. The author’s depth of knowledge coupled with her enthusiastic and informative writing style will appeal, not only to those involved in the active study of Egyptology, but also to the casual scholar wishing to gain further knowledge of this fascinating subject. Introduced by internationally renowned Egyptologist and hieroglyph expert, Dr. Bill Manley, this book is a compilation of Ann Mackie’s own university studies and contains a diversity of subject matter and contains:

Chapter One
A study of the evolution of funerary architecture from predynastic pit
graves to the pyramid complexes of the Old Kingdom.

Chapter Two
Comparing the main differences between conceptual and perceptual art including
an outline of the important features of conceptual art to be found in
Egyptian religious art, with particular reference to the scenes in the tomb of Ptahotep.

Chapter Three
The form and function of a typical New Kingdom temple giving specific consideration
to the cosmological and iconographic values of Luxor Temple.

Chapter Four
An outline of the main doctrines of Atenism and the extent to which these
represent entirely new religious concepts in Egypt.

Chapter Five
Examining Egypt’s relationships with Libya and the “Sea Peoples” during the New Kingdom
and their possible contribution to the decline of Egypt’s empire and international standing.

Chapter Six
A dissertation about great royal wives of the later 18th Dynasty.

For the casual reader and also for those involved in the academic study of Egyptology, this book is highly recommended for its wealth of information delivered in an informal yet highly informed text together with supporting illustrations and images.

Cover photography by Ken Buchanan and John Mackie.
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Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Consulting the relevant Arabic archives, Elliott Colla demonstrates that the emergence of Egyptology--the study of ancient Egypt and its material legacy--was as consequential for modern Egyptians as it was for Europeans. The values and practices introduced by the new science of archaeology played a key role in the formation of a new colonial regime in Egypt. This fact was not lost on Egyptian nationalists, who challenged colonial archaeologists with the claim that they were the direct heirs of the Pharaohs, and therefore the rightful owners and administrators of ancient Egypt's material remains. As this dispute developed, nationalists invented the political and expressive culture of "Pharaonism"--Egypt's response to Europe's Egyptomania. In the process, a significant body of modern, Pharaonist poetry, sculpture, architecture, and film was created by artists and authors who looked to the ancient past for inspiration.

Colla draws on medieval and modern Arabic poetry, novels, and travel accounts; British and French travel writing; the history of archaeology; and the history of European and Egyptian museums and exhibits. The struggle over the ownership of Pharaonic Egypt did not simply pit Egyptian nationalists against European colonial administrators. Egyptian elites found arguments about the appreciation and preservation of ancient objects useful for exerting new forms of control over rural populations and for mobilizing new political parties. Finally, just as the political and expressive culture of Pharaonism proved critical to the formation of new concepts of nationalist identity, it also fueled Islamist opposition to the Egyptian state. ... Read more

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A thematic dictionary of the most important titles of the Late Middle Kingdom, with a short description and short bibliography for each title. ... Read more

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Darius Ibrahim is not having a good week.He's been threatened by a knife-wielding maniac on a London train, interrogated by a mysterious warrior woman beneath the city's streets, pursued by a military death squad in Melbourne, Australia, had his new girlfriend kidnapped and held hostage in Prague, and been captured and taken to another world.And it's barely been three days since his life started to fall to pieces.On top of all this, he's developed a bizarre ability that allows him to teleport in quite unusual circumstances - an ability that several deadly enemies will do anything to gain control of.In a desperate struggle involving alternate worlds, Egyptian mythology, ancient prophecy, malevolent felines, subway stations and the power of dreams, can Darius long survive the arrival of his newfound power? ... Read more

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Mind the Gap (The Darius Transitions)

Mind the Gap zips along at a terrific pace, starting with an unprovoked attack on a young man riding the Underground in London, and flashing across countries (and train stations!) all over the world and in and out of a parallel universe towards an action-packed finale. Darius, the young man, is thrown into a wild ride in which it appears he is the focal point of a strange prophecy. Along the way a young Australian woman, Viv, is dragged into Darius's misadventures - along with scientists, soldiers, temple priests and an Italian policeman!

Although the pace is fast, it's easy to keep up with the shifts of scenery and point of view, because the writing is clear and very anchored in places and people who feel very real. There's a solid sense of place in both the real and invented places, and the characters are all very clearly drawn. The protagonists and their adversaries are all given depth and texture, too.

Dreams play an important part in the plot, and the infusion of Egyptology into the story's mythos has created a very distinct, richly detailed world. There's a lot of humour as well as action as the plot hurtles along.It's complex without being impenetrable, fun but with heart, vividly written and very entertaining.
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A reprint of the second edition but with a new supplement to this invaluable guide to a complex period of Egyptian history. His focus is on the establishment of a firm chronology, which he bases on a wide range of evidence. The supplement takes into account the discoveries of more recent years. ... Read more

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My definitive reference book for the 3rd Intermediate Period
When Iread Kenneth Kitchen's book "On the Reliability of the Old Testament", I was impressed by the depth and breadth of his knowledge and his very careful analysis of the available data on the Old Testament which relies heavily on his knowledge of the Third Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt.The archaeological data for this period is often sparse and ambiguous, and not very well covered by other scholars. Many of the books I have read about Egypt quote his research on this subject and tend to use it as a basic reference to the political history of Egypt during this period.Sincethere is considerable difference of opinion between scholars about the sequence of events and persons during the greater part of this period, what better place to start than with his book on this subject.

The book focuses on the 20th through 26th Dynasties of Ancient Egypt, and is a detailed analysis of the available archaeological data for this period, which is then used to put some order intothe sequence of the Pharaohs, High Priests, and other eminent families and persons during this period.The first edition of this book waspublishedin 1972, and further revised in 1986.The current edition of the book which was published in 1996, includes a lengthy preface which deals directly withthe various controversies which have erupted since the book was first published.It is therefore not exactly light reading.

The 1995 Preface, which is 33 pages long, includes Professor Kitchen's notes on the discussions of a number of major issues which challenge his interpretations.If the reader's knowledge of this periodis weak, then this may be a difficult section to read, but it is worth reading itfirst in order to get some indication of what these issues are, and to get some idea of the position of those scholars who disagree with him.The book is in six parts, in the first three of which the author reviews the available archaeological data, analyses the various hypotheses which have been proposed, and puts forward his own conclusions as to the most likely interpretation of the data.Thesecomprise:

Part IThe Chronology of the 21st Dynasty. The five chapters in this section cover the basic sequences of Kings and High Priests of Amon, the lengths of reigns and Pontificates at both ends of the Dynasty, the middle years of the Dynasty,family relationships, and the author's summary and conclusions about the Dates, Reigns, and Pontificates of this dynasty.

Part IIThe Chronology of the 22nd to 25th Dynasties comprises six chapters, the first three dealing with the Kings involved in the 22nd and 23rd Dynasties, the next with the 24th and early 26th Dynasty,the fifth dealing with the Nubian rulers of the 25th Dynasty, and the final chapter summarizing the author's conclusions aboutthe dates for these dynasties.

Part IIIThe Chronology of the Officials of the Realm is in three chapters dealing with those who officiated at Memphis, Thebes, and Heracleopolis.

In Part IV The Outline Historical Survey, the author draws upon his conclusions from Parts I-III to develop an overview of the whole period from 1100 - 650 BC from the fall of the Ramessides of the 20th Dynasty to the triumph of the early 26th Saite Dynasty which under Psammetichus I reunited the whole of Egypt in 650BC.

Part V The Excursuses.These provide a detailed description and interpretation of the key sources which the author refers to in this work, andinclude the bandage epigraphs in the 21st Dynasty, the Palestine campaign of Shoshenq I, and the date for Manetho for the 21st to 25th Dynasties.

Part VIThe Tables. The 24 tables in this section cover the Dates of the Kings, a Ready Reckoner for Contemporaneus Reigns, Royal Geneaologies, Chief Dignitaries of the Realm, andNear Eastern Rulers of the contemporary Near East.

In addition, the author provides a large bibliography, a lengthy index, and copious notes on the archaeological data he is analyzing.I found the tables to be important reference material for the discussion, with thosein the Ready Reckoning section to be most helpful in understanding the difficulties in aligning the overlapping reigns of the kings of 22nd to 24th Dynasties.The final section, the Supplement, was written for the 2nd edition in 1986, and deals with new data which was not included in the analysis and conclusion in Parts I to VI.

This is a very difficult book to read, as the 1995 Preface assumes a level of knowledge which makes it difficult tounderstand the issues at hand unless the reader has expert knowledge of the period. In my case,this is a considerably higher level of prior knowledge than I possessed, soit would have been helpful to provide a summary overview and the basic issues within thepreface.Notwithstanding this, I did get some glimmer of understanding of the issues as I ploughed through it before going on to the major sections of the book.The inclusion of the Supplement as a separate section is also a distraction, but I can see it would have been a major undertaking to incorporate it into the appropriate sections.

So after completing the first reading of the book, I realized that it was necessary to reread it again from beginning to end, and to pay considerably more attention to the analysis and interpretation of the archaeological datadiscussed in Parts I - III.Having done so, I now have a much greater understanding of the events of this period which, as the author clearly demonstrates, is a period of slow decentralization and disintegration of the Egyptian state which led inexorably to the establishment of the 25th Nubian Dynasty in Egypt, its expulsion with the advent of the Assyrian power in the Middle East, and finally the reunion of Egypt under the 26th Saite Dynasty.

Although Professor Kitchen is frequently dismissive and scornful of the people who have challenged his interpretations, I have no hesitation in recommending this book to readers who really want to understand the Third Intermediate Period, and the problems of interpreting the surviving sparse and ambiguous data of Egyptbefore its final conquest by the Persians in 525BC.

Standard book on the TIPE era but several points required.
Having read Kenneth Kitchen's 1986 2nd edition book on the Third Intermediate Period in Egypt(TIPE), I can attest to its excellent scholarship and clear prose. Kitchen was the first scholar to prove that a period of coregency existed between Pseusennes I and Amenenope in 1972. He also convincingly demonstrated that Karnak Quay Text No.13 equated Year 28 of Osorkon III with Year 5 of his son Takelot III, rather than Year 28 of Osorkon II to Year 5 of Takelot II, as scholars previously assumed. The author notes that Shebitku was most likely the Egyptian king who fought the Assyrians during the Battle of Eltekh in 701 BC. Kitchen's work is by far the standard treatment for this complex era. The author supports many of his arguments with an excellent use of various intricate genealogical, textual and chronological evidence which few readers can readily get access to. However, several remarks should be made on Kitchen's seminal work here.

Point #1: I must point out that an updated 3rd edition 1996 issue of this book has been released. In this latest publication, Kitchen accepts Karl Jansen-Winkeln's evidence in VA 3(1987) that Takelot I, rather than Takelot II, was the king Hedjkheperre Takelot who is attested by a Year 9 stela from Bubastis and the Owner of a Royal Tomb at Tanis. Evidently, both king Takelots shared the same prenomen: Hedjkheperre Setepenre; the main difference between the two Pharaohs is that Takelot II used the epithet Si-Ese to affiliate himself with Thebes. Jansen-Winkeln in VA 3(1987) published several inscriptions found written on this king's tomb walls which conclusively prove that Osorkon II buried his father, Takelot I, here. The presence of grave goods which named the known parents of Takelot I--namely a Gold Bracelet and Alabaster Jar of Osorkon I and an Ushabti figure of Queen Tashedkhons--in this partially disturbed burial also suggested that the Tomb belonged to this king. Kitchen accepts Aidan Dodson's evidence--in GM 137(1993)--for a king Hedjkheperre Sheshonq ('IV') who intervened between Sheshonq III and Pami. (Kitchen, TIPE 1996, pp.xxvi) Kitchen now ascribes Sheshonq III and the new Sheshonq 'IV' a reign of 39 Years and 13 Years respectively. The original Sheshonq IV in his 1972 and 1986 books has been renamed Sheshonq VI because he was a Theban, rather than a Tanite, king.

Pami's Highest Year Date is now his Year 7, as an Annal Document from Heliopolis--which records this ruler's Annual donations to the locals Gods of this city--attests. (Source: BIFAO 98 article) As an Aside, Takelot III's Highest Year date is now his Year 13, rather than his Year 7. It was found on a newly unearthed stela from the Dakhla Oasis by American excavators and published in JEOL 39(2005). In addition, Year 14 of Takelot III is most likely attested in Papyrus Berlin 3048 which F. Payraudeau, in a GM 198 (2004) article, argued belongs to this ruler rather than Takelot II on palaeographic and geneaological grounds. This would mean that Takelot III ruled Upper Egypt for a minimum of 14 Years.

Point #2: Professor Kitchen believes that Harsiese A was a High Priest of Amun before he became a king at Thebes around Takelot I or Osorkon II's reign. However, Karl Jansen-Winkeln, in a JEA 81(1995), pp.129-149 article, has demonstrated that all the Monuments of the first Harsiese show this individual to be only an Ordinary PRIEST OF AMUN--never a High Priest--albeit the son of the High Priest Sheshonq C (and thus the grandson of Osorkon I) before he became king. In response, Kitchen maintains that Harsiese A was a High Priest of Amun because he wishes to limit Osorkon II's reign to only 25 years. Kitchen does, however, accept Jansen-Winkeln's evidence that the inscriptions on the funerary lid of [..du], Harsiese A's son, show that [...du] was not a High Priest of Amun as previously thought. (Kitchen, TIPE 1996, pp. xxv)]Jansen-Winkeln also establishes in his JEA paper that it was rather the second Harsiese, Harsiese B, who became High Priest. Harsiese B served as the High Priest of Amun in the final years of Osorkon II's reign as statue CGC 42225 shows and survived into Sheshonq III's and Pedubast I's reign, as several Nile Level Texts from their reigns show. Altogether, Harsiese B was in office at Thebes for at least than 28 Years (3 Years under Osorkon II; 7-8 Years under Sheshonq III and a minimum of 18-19 Years under Pedubast I.) He is last attested in Year 19 of Pedubast I as Nile Level Text NLT #27 shows.

Point #3: Since the publication of Kitchen's 1986 and 1996 TIPE books, a brand new Egypt-Near Eastern synchronsym has been discovered for the Nubian Dynasty. Grant Frame, in a Vol. 68(1999) Orientalia paper, has established that it was Shebitku, rather than Shabaka, who extradited Iamanni to Sargon II(721-705 BC) of Assyria. This fact is revealed in the Tang-i Var inscription of Sargon II which is datable to 706 BC. Since Sargon II explicitly identifies Shebitku as the "King of the Land of Melunha," this strongly implies that Shebitku was already on the throne by 706 BC and vindicates Kitchen's long held view that Shebitku was the King of Egypt during the Battle of Eltekh in 701 BC. Dan'el Kahn, in an Orientalia 70, pp.1-18(2001) paper, has proposed a new Nubian Chronology based on this evidence and dates PIYE at 752-721 BC, SHABAKA at 721-707/706 BC and SHEBITKU at 707/706-690 BC.This more recent chronology has been accepted by several scholars including K. Jansen-Winkeln, R. Krauss and Aidan Dodson--the latter in a JEA 88(2002) paper on the God's Wife of Amun.

Point #4: In Kitchen's TIPE books, the author resolutely refuses to credit a reign of more than 25 Years to Osorkon II. This is based on Kitchen's belief that Osorkon II survived his son Prince Sheshonq D, for only a short while after the Burial of an Apis Bull in his Year 23. It is well known, however, that Osorkon II was predeceased by all 3 of his sons and that 2 of them--Sheshonq D and the High Priest Nimlot C at Thebes--reached maturity and bore at least one child in their own lifetimes. This alone suggests that Osorkon II enjoyed a considerably longer reign of between perhaps 30 to 40 Years. The fact that the High Priest Takelot F, son of Nimlot C, actually succeeded his father in office and served as the High Priest of Amun late under the reign of his own grandfather--Osorkon II--as the inscribed Walls of Temple J at Karnak prove, also points to this conclusion. (Aston, JEA 75(1989), p.147)

There is circumstantial evidence to show that Osorkon II survived into his 30th Year at the very least. The damaged Heb Sed inscription at the Great Hall of Bubastis could equally well be read as Year 30 of this king as Edward Wente pointed out long ago in his JNES 35(1976) review of Kitchen's 1972 TIPE book--not just Year 22 as Kitchen had assumed.Moreover, there is compelling evidence which proves Osorkon II was alive in his 29th Year. Nile Level Text(NLT #14) is explicitly dated to Year 29 of an Usimare Setepenamun. Superficially, this king could be either Osorkon II or III since both used this Prenomen. However, NLT #13 states that Year 28 of Usimare Osorkon Si-Ese(ie. Osorkon III) equals Year 5 of his son, Takelot III. In the following year, however, NLT #4 is dated solely to Year 6 of Takelot III, while Osorkon III is omitted altogether. This can only mean that Osorkon III must have died before the Arrival of the Nile Floods at Thebes in his 29th Year. Accordingly, the Year 29 date for Usimare Setepenamun can only belong to Osorkon II.Gerard Broekman's recent analysis of the Karnak Quay Texts on pages 174-178 of his JEA 88(2002) article also dated NLT #14 to Osorkon II on epigraphic grounds.Consequently, one should more plausibly read the damaged Jubilee inscription of Osorkon II as Year 30, rather than Year 22, as Wente noted.

Point #5: Kitchen believes that Sheshonq II was the High Priest of Amun Sheshonq C, son of Osorkon I and Queen Maatkare, who served as his father's junior coregent but died before assuming the throne for himself. The author bases his view of a coregency on the discovery of bandages on the Ramesseum Mummy of Nakhtefmut which bears the inscription 'Year 33 Second Heb Sed' and 'Year 3 [Blank]' respectively. (p.308) Since Nakhtefmut wore a bracellet inscribed with Osorkon's prenomen--Sekhemkheperre--the Year 33 bandage can only belong to Osorkon I's reign. Kitchen's basic premise, however, that Year 33 of Osorkon I equals Year 3 of Sheshonq II is undermined by the fact that the dated inscriptions are on two completely separate bandages. The burial practices of the Temple Priests in this period, argues against such an interpretation. For instance, the Mummy of the Third Prophet of Amun, Djedptahiufankh bears separate bandages dating to Years 5, 6 and 11 of Sheshonq I or an interval of 6 Years while the Mummy of Khonsmaakheru in Hamburg contains bandages dating to Years 11, 12 and 23 of Osorkon I for a spread of 12 Years in their use. (H. Altenmuller, Alt-Agypten 30[2000]) Therefore, it seems probable that the Temple Priests simply reused whatever old or recycled bandages which they could procure for the mummification process regardless of the year when they were made. This means that the Year 3 bandage likely came from the reign of Osorkon I's successor and that no coregency occured in the first place.

The author's contention that Sheshonq II was the High Priest Sheshonq C who predeceased his father Osorkon I is weakened by the fact that not a single object from Sheshonq II's intact royal burial named Osorkon I. This is an IMPROBABLE situation if Osorkon I had to bury his son, as Kitchen's Chronology requires since Osorkon would surely have included heirlooms or jewellry mentioning himself and/or his wife Queen Maatkare in the burial. Other Tanite kings such as Takelot I and Amenemope retained grave goods naming their parents in their own tombs. However, the only other ruler mentioned in Sheshonq II's intact burial was Sheshonq I. (TIPE, pp.117-118) Since Sheshonq II employed a distinctive royal prenomen--Heqakheperre--on his funerary goods (cartonnage, pectorals, silver coffin, etc) and had a rich burial, he likely enjoyed a brief independent reign of c.2-3 Years at Tanis. This is the interpretation that J. Von Beckerath--who places Sheshonq II in the interval between Takelot I and Osorkon II--follows in his well regarded 1997 book, Chronologie des Pharaonischen Agypten.

Point #6: Finally, Kitchen's view that Takelot II succeeded Osorkon II is contradicted by the total abscence of references or monuments to Takelot II which contained his distinctive Si-Ese epithet in Lower Egypt. This is a strange situation for a king whose Highest date was his 25th Year, according to a donation stela from Thebes. In contrast, other Tanite Pharaohs such as Osorkon II, Sheshonq III and even the short-lived Pami are reasonably well attested in towns and cities throughout Lower Egypt. Most Egyptologists today including J. Von Beckerath in his aforementioned 1997 book, Karl Jansen-Winkeln in JEA 81(1995), Aidan Dodson in GM 137(1993), G. Broekman in GM 205(2005) pp.21-35 and M.A. Leahy accept the theory--first outlined by David Aston in a famous JEA 75(1989), pp.139-153 paper--that Sheshonq III, rather than Takelot II, succeeded Osorkon II at Tanis. Aston argued that Year 25 of Takelot II was equivalent to Year 22 of Sheshonq III based upon evidence from Osorkon B's Chronicle document. Takelot II, hence, ruled a separate kingdom in Upper Egypt concurrently with Sheshonq III who ruled Memphis and Lower Egypt since all of Takelot's monuments and those of his son--the well-known Crown Prince Osorkon B--are found only in Upper Egypt.

Other than these points, I wholeheartedly recommend Kitchen's excellent book to the lay reader. His book is a thoroughly balanced, rational, and well supported discussion of this rich and complex era of Egypt's long and distinguished history. It is required reading for this period which explains why it rests on the library shelves of virtually every major University in the world. ... Read more

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Egyptology: The Missing Millennium brings together for the first time the disciplines of Egyptology and Islamic Studies, seeking to overturn the conventional opinion of Western scholars that Moslims/Arabs had no interest in pre-Islamic cultures. This book examines a neglected period of a thousand years in the history of Egyptology, from the Moslem annexation of Egypt in the seventh century CE until the Ottoman conquest in the 16th century. Concentrating on Moslem writers, as it is usually Islam which incurs blame for cutting Egyptians off from their ancient heritage, the author shows not only the existence of a large body of Arabic sources on Ancient Egypt, but also their usefulness to Egyptology today. Using sources as diverse as the accounts of travelers and treasure hunters to books on alchemy, the author shows that the interest in ancient Egyptian scripts continued beyond classical writers, and describes attempts by medieval Arab scholars, mainly alchemists, to decipher the hieroglyph script. He further explores medieval Arab interest in Ancient Egypt, discussing the interpretations of the intact temples, as well as the Arab concept of Egyptian kingship and state administration - including a case study of Queen Cleopatra that shows how the Arabic romance of this queen differs significantly from Western views. This book will be of great interest to academics and students of archaeology, Islamic studies and Egyptology, as well as anyone with a general interest in Egyptian history. ... Read more

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Egypt’s forbidden power…
The fate of the world written in stone.

Third in the Egyptology thriller series after 'The Smiting Texts' and 'The Hathor Holocaust'...

Was Egypt's magical Book of Thoth originally carved in stone - on a stela- rather than written on a scroll?

Anson Hunter, controversial alternative Egyptologist and theorist, is obsessed with locating the forbidden Stela of Destiny before the wrong people get hold of it.

The Stela, or stone book, of Thoth, Egypt’s god of magic, is the most powerful and malefic source of esoteric texts ever written. The texts bring frightening power but also a terrible backlash. Twice in history the contents have come to light – the first time in the reign of Rameses the Great, linked with the Plagues of Egypt and the suffering of the Hebrews, and in 1939 when a German Egyptologist took rubbings of the stone texts to Hitler’s Germany before the horrors of World War II.

Israeli Intelligence and its allies in the USA become alarmed when the Destiny Stela threatens to break into history once again.As they are all too aware, the Stela of Destiny is the Holy Grail for organisations and conspirators with dangerous political and religious agendas, both in the USA and in Europe.

Anson embarks on an investigation under the cover of shooting a screen documentary, pursued by enemies and shadowed by striking Israeli Mossad agent Zara Margolin and suspicious Egyptian authorities, in a hunt that covers USA, UK and secret archaeological sites in Egypt.

Can he find and penetrate the deadly series of chambers of the Sanctuary of Thoth that guards the Stela of Destiny before a dangerous new dawn breaks for humankind?

‘The Ibis Apocalypse’ is a danger-fraught adventure that unfolds against the background of ancient Egypt’s enthralling legend and mythology.
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The scarab is the single most abundant artifact to have survived from ancient Egypt and hundreds of thousands, if not millions, were made throughout the course of Egyptian history. Today, scarabs continue to be found on excavations throughout Egypt and thousands reside in museum collections around the world.This volume examines these ubiquitous and important artifacts by first considering the unique biology and behavior of the scarab beetle and its incorporation into Egyptian symbolism, religion and art.The development of the scarab amulet is then considered, and the many types of scarab produced by the Egyptians are surveyed.Two particularly important classes of scarab - the heart scarab and the commemorative scarab - are examined in detail. Finally, the export of Egyptian scarabs and their imitation by the nations around Egypt is examined as a tangible mark of the extent of Egypt's influence in the ancient world and of the importance of the scarab itself. ... Read more

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Very good book for beginners.
All of the Shire books I have seen have been quite educational and nicely done.
This book is in that catagory although it is for a beginner in collecting or studying scarabs.
Very informative. ... Read more

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Discussions of words for Egyptian furniture and boxes, mainly found in texts of the workmen village of Deir el-Medina. A special chapter is devoted to several words found in Ostracon Varille 19. ... Read more

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A concise history of the development and practice of Egyptian medicine and its related subjects. It examines the images which are carved and painted on the walls of tombs, represented in statues, in the hieroglyphs and in the papyri and offers and explanation of the types of representation which show obvious disease and deformity. The application of modern scientific methodlogy to palaeopathology and palaeopidemiology has given Egyptologists and medical historians a greater understanding of the interaction between human disease and the contemporary environment.An overview of modern scientific studies is included along with specific case studies detailing evidence of disease.The Egyptians knew and used at least one-third of all the medicinal plants listed in modern pharmacopoeias and the constituents and efficacy of the pharmacists' remedies are examined.A brief overview of the medical papyri and medical inscriptions is included.These provide further poignant insights into the Egyptian medical practioner's understanding of anatomy and physiology. ... Read more

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FIVE STARS PLUS
Everyone in my family adores this book! My grown children have asked for copies and my grandchildren have nearly worn out my first copy. It is so full of fun and educational facts and also some myths about Ancient Egypt. Very user friendly and interactive. I highly recommend this book for kids of any age. The art work is beautiful and the details are great. I have had mine for years and still love to go back and read and or play within the pages of a truly amazing, fun book. ... Read more

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Although the first edition of the study appeared overseventy years ago, Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar remains the mostcomprehensive presentation of Middle Egyptian available, and is stillan essential reference tool for all advanced work in the language. Thelatest, third, edition, appeared in 1957 and is now in its tenthreprinting. After each new element of grammar the learner is given aset of exercises, and the book also contains useful resources such asa list of hieroglyphic signs and information about the development ofthe language. ... Read more

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Impractical
Every Egyptologist will acknowledge that Gardiner's text is central in the field as far as covering everything you might ever need to know about Middle Egyptian grammar. If you're someone who has already had an introduction to the language, either in a university course or through self-directed study with another textbook, then Gardiner might be useful for learning about all the little tics of Egyptian that your initial study didn't cover. However, for the beginning student - even the most determined and intelligent student - this text is not ideal for learning hieroglyphic from the ground up.

Gardiner's material is hardly presented in a logical fashion. He seems to want to exhaust topics before moving on to anything else, which generally means that you get a rundown of every exception and quirk of one form before learning even the basics of another, which doesn't seem to be the best way to actually learn even a classical language. Exercises at the end of the chapter are minimal, and the English-to-Egyptian ones begin to seem pointless after the first few lessons. For the student without a teacher, an even greater downfall is the lack of any sort of answer key to these exercises. On top of that, this book is HUGE. Textbooks of ancient languages don't have to be gigantic and wordy; take a look at Caplice's Akkadian Grammar.

Other reviewers have remarked that the field lacks a viable alternative for the serious student; James Allen's second edition of Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs (2010) answers that need. It's far more readable than Gardiner, has many more exercises (with answers in the rear of the book), and does not treat the student like an idiot. Allen includes all of the index material from Gardiner, with updates, as well as "Introductory Essays", one per chapter, that provide the student with a thorough grounding in the culture of the Egyptians.

All in all, Gardiner makes a good reference text for the bookshelf, but anyone who wants to begin reading Middle Egyptian would do far better to learn with Allen.

Great book for learning hieroglyphics...
This book is an easy 4.5 stars!This is an excellent book for someone serious about learning the Egyptian language through hieroglyphics.It is laid out like one large text book.By that, it has a lesson and then it has exercises where you are transliterating and translating hieroglyphics as well as taking English sentences and turning them into hieroglyphic.It is very thorough and no small undertaking.It will take someone already somewhat familiar with hieroglyphics countless hours to get through 400+ pages of text and exercises.It will work just as well for someone that has never dealt with hieroglyphics before as it starts at the beginning and works you into it.It does not assume that you know anything relating to the material.This is exactly what I was looking for as I truly want to get a working knowledge of hieroglyphics.

The only reason that I am not giving this book a full 5-stars is that there are no answers for the exercises at the end of each lesson.Therefore, anytime you are left completing an exercise that you are not 100% sure on there is no way to know for sure if you are right or should have done something slightly or completely different.It has led to me spending much time going back over the previous lesson/lessons to try and determine the accuracy of my work.This method probably just forces me to learn more than flipping to the answers and moving on but I would still appreciate the knowledge that what I have done is accurate.

This book also contains a very thorough sign-list, a lengthy Egyptian-English dictionary, and a smaller, but handy at times, English-Egyptian dictionary.This is a must have for anyone wanting to learn Egyptian hieroglyphics.It provides you with tons of information and the exercises to help you learn it.

Middle Egyptian Grammar
Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs (Egyptology: Griffith Institute)In the effort to teach myself to read Egyptian Hieroglphs I have bought quite a few books.Subsequent to this purchase I soon realised this should have been the first book to buy.It particular it suits my inquiring mind and my need to get it right when dealing with Middle Egyptian gramma.As I have learnt Egyptian gramma applied incorrectly can totally alter the meaning of the text.I would recommend this book to all who are seroius about translating Egyptian Hieroglphs.

Good Resource For Intermediate and Advanced Researchers
I found this book to be more for those with some level of linguistics background as well as a good grasp of English grammar. Have a thesaurus and dictionary handy as some archaic terms are used (this book was written in mid-20th century by a Brit).
This book is a good resource for those wanting to study the Mdr-Ntr. It should be in your library if you are serious about learning this ancient language. It can also be a primer for learning Arabic and Hebrew. The only thing this book lacks is an answer key to help you if you get stuck in some of the many exercises included within.

Expanding Horizons
Formerly I was mainly familiar with Hieroglyph of the Ptolemic Period and needed more information for a project. Sir Alan H. Gardiner's Text Book not only filled this needed, but increased my interest in pursuing the subject even more comprehensively than I have had before. At my age (74) this keeps my mind active and gives another purpose to my life.
I feel this volumn is well worth the cost of acquirement and is an excellent addition to my library. ... Read more

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The Hyksos were a foreign dynasty, which dominated Egypt from their capital in the Nile delta during the politically unstable Second Intermediate Period (1782-1570 BC). Portrayed by Egyptian propaganda a satheist barbarians, they were in fact a valuable part of Egyptian civilisations, and it is clear from Egyptian archaeological examination of the remains of the capital that their kings maintained relations with many foreign nations and constructed monumental buildings, using a combination of Egyptian and Canaanite styles. This book explores the religion, politics and customs of the Hyksos and provides a clear and concise overview of this short but controversial period of Egyptian history. ... Read more

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A Superficial Pamphlet
Outside of somephotos of plain-vanilla museum pieces,
this thin pamphlet can tell us nothing about the Hyksos period
in Canaan or Egypt.It is foggy.It has no sense of history or
human events at all.A D- school paper.

Al Sundel

Hyksos-Egypt's dark Age
Shire Egyptology books has put out a series of books on many aspects of Ancient Egypt. This book,THE HYKSOS PERIOD IN EGYPT is a very useful book for an amateur Egyptologist as there are very few books on this period of time. It is short, concise and full of beautiful illustrations. It is definitely on the must have list for those who love Egypt. ... Read more

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important contributors write about two serious subjects
Containing essays written by established scholars (O'Connor, Richards, Lustig, Smith, Adams, Wenke and Trigger among others), this bookdemonstrates the use and importance of anthropology in the field ofEgyptology. It provides a wealth of information on past and futurerelations between the two fields. Recommended, for all with an interest ineither of the fields. ... Read more

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The rock-cut tomb was the most ubiquitous of Egyptian funerary monuments.This book surveys many of these varieties and traces their development. The New Kingdom royal tombs at Thebes and Amarna are described and capters are devoted to the groups of private tombs that date from the Old Kingdom onwards; the distinction is drawn between the tomb-chapels, decorated with the so-called 'scenes of daily life', and the associated burial chamters, in some casese cut a considerable distance away.The changes in decorative themes are explored, as are those in architecture and location.The book concludes with a brief look at the contruction of rock tombs, particularly in the context of workmen's village of Deir el-Medina, and their uncertain future. ... Read more

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a great little book on the subject
Many people know about the rock tombs of the Valley of the Kings, yet little know that these tombs were the end product of a development which had been ongoing since at least the Old Kingdom. There are tombs where thedead were buried and tomb-chapels, sometimes placed far apart. This bookparticularly describes the relationship between Deir el-Medina (theworkmen's village) and the New Kingdom rock tombs. It is a refreshing book,recommended for all interested scholars. ... Read more

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A thorough and detailed account of one of the best known pharaohs of Egypt, written by the leading expert on the subject. Kitchen discusses the early life and childhood of the young king, his reign, politics, wars and policies, and his death and the after-life. This book is to be read rather than studied and is more than a simple biography, giving the wider context of Ramesses' life; daily life in the towns and cities, temples and the gods, political advisers and the royal family. ... Read more

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The Best book on Ramesses II
Dr. Kitchen's monumental work is the standard book on Ramesses the Great, one of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs. The author meticulously examines Egypt's history prior to Ramesses' reign and Ramesses II's motivations as king. Kitchen explains Ramesses II's need to enhance his family line's legitimacy to the throne since his grandfather, Ramesses I, only acquired the throne by being appointed as heir apparent to Pharaoh Horemheb. In addition, his family were commoners with no previous blood ties to the royal family. This helps explains Ramesses II's need to create massive statues, rock cut temples at Abu Simbel, the great Ramesseum at Karnak, his initiation of almost yearly military campaigns against the Libyans, the Barbary Sea Pirates, and most famously, the Hittites, among his many numerous deeds in order to prove the legitimacy of his kingship.

Ramesses ended up becoming one of Egypt's most famous and dynamic kings and was probably the Pharaoh of the Bible who faced Moses since the prominent city of 'Raamses' is explicitly mentioned in the Biblical account in Exodus as being one of the Egyptian cities in the fertile Delta that the Ancient Israelites left. This is probably the new city of Pi-Ramesse Aa-nakhtu or the "House of Ramesses-Great-of-Victories" which Ramses II built in his reign. His extremely long reign--at 66 Years--allowed him to virtually stamp his authority and memory into posterity. All in all, Kitchen gives an insightful study of Ramesses II: the model pharaoh in war, international diplomacy and monument building. Hence, Kitchen's astute book title: Pharaoh Triumphant indeed.

An exellent and enlightening book.
This book gives the reader a massive insight into the land of Egypt under the fist of pharaoh Ramesses II. The book paints a clear picture into the truth behind this greatest of kings, it explains his family, the historypreceeding his reign and the various campaigns during his time on thethrone. This is truly a book for the experienced Egyptologist as you haveto have a lot of back ground knowledge on the 19th Dynasty. This book makesthe great hero out of Ramesses as he no doubt truly was, he truly was"PHARAOH TRIUMPHANT". ... Read more

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How long I stood at the window I cannot say; it may have been only five minutes, it might have been an hour. Then, suddenly, an extraordinary thing happened. I knew that it was imprudent, I was aware that it was even wrong, but an overwhelming craving to go out seized me. I felt as if the house were stifling me and that if I did not get out into the cool night air, and within a few minutes, I should die. ... Read more