Research Catalog

Title

'Never had the like occurred' : Egypt's view of its past / edited by John Tait.

Publication

London : UCL Press, Institute of Archaeology ; Portland, Or. : Cavendish Pub., 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tait, W. J. (William John)
• University College, London. Institute of Archaeology

Description

xvi, 260 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.

Summary

"Never Had the Like Occurred examines Ancient Egypt's own multifaceted encounters with its past. As Egyptian culture constantly changed and evolved, this book follows a chronological arrangement, from early Egypt to the attitudes of the Coptic population in the Byzantine Period. Within this framework, it asks what access the Egyptians had to information about the past, whether deliberately or accidentally acquired; what use was made of the past; what were the Egyptians' attitudes to the past; what sense of past time did the Egyptians have; and what kinds of reverence for the past did they entertain?" "This is the first book dedicated to the whole range of these themes. It provides an explanatory context for the numerous previous studies that have dealt with particular sets of evidence, particular periods, or particular issues. It provides a case study of how civilizations may view and utilize their past."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Encounters with ancient Egypt

Uniform Title

Encounters with ancient Egypt (London, England)

Alternative Title

Egypt's view of its past

Subjects

• To 640
• History
• Historiography > Egypt
• Egypt > History > To 640 A.D > Historiography

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Includes extensively revised and updated papers originally presented at a conference held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in December 2000.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-247) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : ' ... since the time of the Gods' / John Tait -- The ancient Egyptian view of world history / E.P. Uphill -- Archaism and modernism in the reliefs of Hesy-Ra / Whitney Davis -- Looking back into the future : the Middle Kingdom as a bridge to the past / Dietrich Wildung ; translated by Fiona Handley -- Archaism and innovation in art from the New Kingdom to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty / Robert Morkot -- Literature as a construction of the past in the Middle Kingdom / Ludwig D. Morenz ; translated by Martin Worthington -- Representations of the past in New Kingdom literature / Hans W. Fischer-Elfert -- Views of the past in Egypt during the first millennium BC / Antonio Loprieno -- Egypt's views of 'others' / David O'Connor -- Foreigners at Memphis? : Petrie's racial types / Sally-Ann Ashton -- All in the family? : heirlooms in ancient Egypt / David Jeffreys -- The Ptolemaic royal image and the Egyptian tradition / Sally-Ann Ashton.

ISBN

1844720071 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2004272365

OCLC

• 52231786
• SCSB-10586650

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library