Afterglow of Empire Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance

by Dodson, Aidan

• ISBN13: 9789774165313
• ISBN10: 9774165314
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-08
• Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press

Summary

During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions. Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Against this background, Aidan Dodson reconsiders the evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the period. He also considers the art, architecture, and archaeology of the period, including the royal tombs of Tanis, one of which yielded the intact burials of no fewer than five pharaohs. The book is extensively illustrated with images of this material, much of which is little known to non-specialists of the period. By the author of the bestsellingAmarna SunsetandPoisoned Legacy.

Author Biography

AIDAN DODSON is a senior research fellow in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, where he teaches Egyptology. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2003. He is the author of Amarna Sunset (AUC Press, 2009) and Poisoned Legacy (AUC Press, 2010).

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations and Conventions Used in Text	p. xiii
Maps	p. xvii
Introduction: Imperial Egypt	p. 1
The Fall of the House of Rameses	p. 3
Of Tanis and Thebes	p. 39
The House of Shoshenq	p. 83
Disintegrations	p. 113
Saviors from the South?	p. 139
From Humiliation to Renaissance	p. 169
	p. 181
The Absolute Chronology of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period	p. 181
Outline Chronology of Ancient Egypt	p. 190
Correlation of Reigns, Regnal Years, and Pontificated	p. 195
Hieroglyphic Titularies of Kings and God's Wives	p. 202
Genealogies	p. 228
Sources of Images	p. 235
Notes	p. 237
Bibliography	p. 285
Index	p. 315
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