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Keyword: Ideology

Warfare in the Ancient Near East

ed. David B. Schreiner et al.

Archaeopress Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology 17

This volume examines warfare across Egypt, Assyria, Judea and Mesopotamia, exploring military strategy, fortifications, royal ideology, captivity, memory and trauma. Combining archaeological, textual and iconographic evidence, the volume reveals how war was prepared for, fought and remembered. READ MORE

Hardback: £55.00

Tutankhamun Knew the Names of the Two Great Gods: Dt and nHH as Fundamental Concepts of Pharaonic Ideology

Steven R.W. Gregory

Archaeopress Egyptology 38

Tutankhamun Knew the Names of the Two Great Gods offers a new interpretation of the terms Dt and nHH as fundamental concepts of Pharaonic ideology, terms that, until now, have often been treated as synonyms reflecting notions related to the vastness of time.

Paperback: £30.00 | Open Access

The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Moon: Coffin Texts Spells 154–160

Gyula Priskin

Archaeopress Egyptology 22

This book proposes that Coffin Texts spells 154–160, recorded at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, form the oldest composition about the moon in ancient Egypt and, indeed, the world. Based on a new translation, the detailed analysis of these spells reveals that they provide a chronologically ordered account of the phenomena of a lunar month. READ MORE

Paperback: £30.00 | eBook: £16.00

Mesoamerican Religions and Archaeology

Aleksandar Boškovic et al.

Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology 7

The main goal of this book is to produce a methodologically sound and ethically valid interdisciplinary introduction into the exciting world of ancient Mesoamerica. READ MORE

Paperback: £22.00 | eBook: £16.00