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8.3.2007
The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology: Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31 – June 4, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Prague, edited by Miroslav Bárta
In 2004, a conference dedicated to the history, art, archaeology and language of the Old Kingdom Egypt (2700 - 2200 BC) was organised by the Czech Institute of Egyptology in Prague. The forthcoming publication makes available a representative overview of the latest research and trends presented by more then thirty Egyptologists, most of them leading experts in their respective fields of specialisation. 381pp., b/w illus, 22 pls (Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, ISBN 80-200-1465-9).
The title is available through David Brown Book Co. at www.oxbowbooks.com and Academia, Publishing House of the Czech Academy of Sciences at www.academia.cz.
Table of Contents
Tomb and social status. The textual evidence - Nicole Alexanian, Some aspects of the non-royal afterlife in the Old Kingdom - James P. Allen, Miniature and model vessels in Ancient Egypt - Susan Allen, Presenting the nDt-Hr-offerings to the tomb owner - Hartwig Altenmüller, King Sahura with the precious trees from Punt in a unique scene! - Tarek El Awady, The Sixth Dynasty tombs in Abusir. Tomb complex of the vizier Qar and his family - Miroslav Bárta, Die Statuen mit Papyrusrolle im Alten Reich - Edith Bernhauer, False doors & history: the Sixth Dynasty - Edward Brovarski, The iconography of the princess in the Old Kingdom - Vivienne G. Callender, A new necropolis from the Old Kingdom at South Saqqara - Vassil Dobrev, The development of the Eastern and GIS Cemeteries at Giza during the Fourth Dynasty. The relationship between architecture and tomb decoration - Laurel Flentye, Rethinking the rules for Old Kingdom sculpture. Observations on poses and attributes of limestone statuary from Giza - Rita Freed, Continuity or collapse. Wooden statues from the end of the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period - Julia Harvey, Portions of an Old Kingdom offering list reified - Salima Ikram, Old Kingdom tombs and dating – problems and priorities. The Cemetery en Échelon at Giza - Peter Jánosi, Research into Fifth Dynasty sun temples – past, present and future - Jaromír Krejčí, Dušan Magdolen, The title xtmtj nTr – god’s sealer – in the Old Kingdom - Kamil O. Kuraszkiewicz, The function of the faience inlays in the funerary temple of Raneferef at Abusir - Renata Landgráfová, Stones, ancestors, and pyramids: investigating the pre-pyramid landscape of Memphis - Serena Love, A re-examination of Reisner’s Nucleus cemetery concept at Giza. Preliminary remarks on Cemetery G 2100 - Peter Der Manuelian, Are large excavations really necessary? - Ian Mathieson, The ‘Dry Moat’ west of the Netjerykhet enclosure - Karol Myśliwiec, Two enigmatic circular mud brick structures in the Western Field at Giza. A preliminary report - Stephen R. Phillips, Der Grabherr und die Lotosblume. Zu lokalen und geschlechtsspezifischen Traditionen eines Motivkreises - Gabriele Pieke, Little women: gender and hierarchic proportion in Old Kingdom mastaba chapels - Ann Macy Roth, Grave consequences. Developing analytical methods to elucidate patterns of social differentiation at early Egyptian cemetery sites - Joanne M. Rowland, Dog missing his master. Reflections on an Old Kingdom tomb relief in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore - Regine Schulz, Ideal and reality in Old Kingdom private funerary cults - Yayoi Shirai, The translation of texts of the Old Kingdom - Nigel Strudwick, The columns of Abusir - Miroslav Verner, The administrative documents in the Abusir papyrus archives - Hana Vymazalová, A new early Old Kingdom layered stone structure at Northwest Saqqara. A preliminary report - Sakuji Yoshimura, Nozomu Kawai, The architectural complex of Akhethetep at Saqqara: the last discoveries - Christiane Ziegler.