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Egypt and Africa : Nubia from prehistory to Islam / edited by W.V. Davies.

By: Davies, W. V
Contributor(s): British Museum | Egypt Exploration Society
Language: English London : British Museum Press, Egypt Exploration Society, 1991Description: 356 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, plates ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0714109622Subject(s): Nubia -- HistoryOwnership: SARS copy donated by William Y. Adams
Contents:
Contents: L'archéologie nubienne et soudanaise / J. Vercoutter; The National Museum of Nubia at Aswan / G. Mokhtar; Prehistoric hunters, herders and tradesmen in central Sudan: data from the Geili region / I. Caneva; Néolithique Soudanais: les coutumes funéraires / J. Reinold; Relationship between the central Nile Valley and the eastern Sudan in later prehistory / Anthony E. Marks; At the periphery of the empire: the Gash Delta (Eastern Sudan) / R. Fattovich; Trade routes of the ancient Sudan 3000 BC-AD 350 / P.L. Shinnie; Connections between ancient Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa: the evidence of cultivated plants / Roger Blench; Burial customs in the upper main Nile / F. Geus; A prospectus for exploring the historical essence of ancient Nubia / Bruce Williams; The development of the "A-Group" culture in lower Nubia / H.S. Smith; Upper Nubia from 3000 to 1000 BC / Charles Bonnet; The stone vase deposit at Kerma / P. Lacovara; Relations between Egypt and Kerma during the Middle and New Kingdoms / J. Bourriau; Early states along the Nubian Nile / David O'Connor; Counting gifts to the dead / P.J.J. Sinclair, Lana Troy; Te-khet, the cultural and sociopolitical structure of a Nubian princedom in Tuthmoside Times / T. Säve-Söderbergh; Iconography and mentality: three remarks on the Kushite way of thinking / L. Török; The Saite and Persian period forts at Dorginarti / Lisa A. Heidorn; Proportion and harmony: the process of planning in Meroitic architecture / F.W. Hinkel; Der Wein- und Ölimport in Meroitischen Reich / Inge Hofmann; Plateaux de Gobelets dans les sépultures de Méroé / P. Lenoble; The birth of Christian Nubian art / W. Godlewski; The United Kingdom of Makouria and Nobadia / William Y. Adams; Africa in Egypt: new evidence from Qasr Ibrim / Mark Horton; Early medieval and pre-Medieval Soba / D.A. Welsby; Old Nubian studies / Gerald M. Browne; Nubia is the new kingdom: the limits of Egyptian control / R.G. Morkot; The Napatan palace at Gebel Barkal / Timothy Kendall; "Egypt and Africa" in the British Museum / W.V. Davies.
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Book Book British Museum Egypt and Sudan Sars NC.DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 000233
Book Book British Museum Egypt and Sudan Shelves RWC.EGY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 54063000219421
Book Book British Museum Egypt and Sudan Shelves RA1.EGY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 54063000090475
Book Book British Museum Egypt and Sudan Shelves RWC.EGY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 54063000220874
Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Closed Stacks qKYC [DAV-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M26791
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Published on the occasion of the opening of the permanent exhibition gallery "The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Gallery of Egypt and Africa" in July 1991.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: L'archéologie nubienne et soudanaise / J. Vercoutter; The National Museum of Nubia at Aswan / G. Mokhtar; Prehistoric hunters, herders and tradesmen in central Sudan: data from the Geili region / I. Caneva; Néolithique Soudanais: les coutumes funéraires / J. Reinold; Relationship between the central Nile Valley and the eastern Sudan in later prehistory / Anthony E. Marks; At the periphery of the empire: the Gash Delta (Eastern Sudan) / R. Fattovich; Trade routes of the ancient Sudan 3000 BC-AD 350 / P.L. Shinnie; Connections between ancient Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa: the evidence of cultivated plants / Roger Blench; Burial customs in the upper main Nile / F. Geus; A prospectus for exploring the historical essence of ancient Nubia / Bruce Williams; The development of the "A-Group" culture in lower Nubia / H.S. Smith; Upper Nubia from 3000 to 1000 BC / Charles Bonnet; The stone vase deposit at Kerma / P. Lacovara; Relations between Egypt and Kerma during the Middle and New Kingdoms / J. Bourriau; Early states along the Nubian Nile / David O'Connor; Counting gifts to the dead / P.J.J. Sinclair, Lana Troy; Te-khet, the cultural and sociopolitical structure of a Nubian princedom in Tuthmoside Times / T. Säve-Söderbergh; Iconography and mentality: three remarks on the Kushite way of thinking / L. Török; The Saite and Persian period forts at Dorginarti / Lisa A. Heidorn; Proportion and harmony: the process of planning in Meroitic architecture / F.W. Hinkel; Der Wein- und Ölimport in Meroitischen Reich / Inge Hofmann; Plateaux de Gobelets dans les sépultures de Méroé / P. Lenoble; The birth of Christian Nubian art / W. Godlewski; The United Kingdom of Makouria and Nobadia / William Y. Adams; Africa in Egypt: new evidence from Qasr Ibrim / Mark Horton; Early medieval and pre-Medieval Soba / D.A. Welsby; Old Nubian studies / Gerald M. Browne; Nubia is the new kingdom: the limits of Egyptian control / R.G. Morkot; The Napatan palace at Gebel Barkal / Timothy Kendall; "Egypt and Africa" in the British Museum / W.V. Davies.

SARS copy donated by William Y. Adams.

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