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Book Mrs  Tsenhor

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  • Author : Koenraad Donker van Heel
  • Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
  • Release : 2014-04-01
  • ISBN : 1617975699
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Mrs Tsenhor written by Koenraad Donker van Heel and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tsenhor was born about 550 BCE in the city of Thebes (Karnak). She died some sixty years later, having lived through the reigns of Amasis II, Psamtik III, Cambyses II, Darius I and perhaps even Psamtik IV. By carefully retracing the events of her life as they are recorded in papyri now kept in museums in London, Paris, Turin, and Vienna, the author creates the image of a proud and independent businesswoman who made her own decisions in life. If Tsenhor were alive today she would be wearing jeans, drive a pick-up, and enjoy a beer with the boys. She clearly was her own boss, and one assumes that this happened with the full support of her second husband Psenese, who fathered two of her children. She married him when she was in her mid-thirties. Tsenhor--who was probably named after her father's most important client--was a working wife. Like her father and husband, she could be hired to bring offerings to the dead in the necropolis on the west bank of the Nile. For a fee of course, and that is how her family acquired high-quality farm land on more than one occasion. But Tsenhor also did other business on her own, such as buying a slave and co-financing the reconstruction of a house that she owned together with Psenese. When Tsenhor decided to divide her inheritance, her son and daughter each received an equal share. Even the papyri proving her children's rights to her inheritance were cut to equal size, as if to underline that in her household boys and girls had exactly the same rights. Tsenhor seems in many ways to have been a liberated woman, some 2,500 years before the concept was invented. Embedded in the history of the first Persian occupation of Egypt, and using many sources dealing with ordinary women from the Old Kingdom up to and including the Coptic era, this book aims to for ever change the general view on women in ancient Egypt, that is far too often based on the lives of Nefertiti, Hatshepsut, and Cleopatra.

Book The Archive of the Theban Choachyte Petebaste Son of Peteamunip  Floruit 7th Century BCE

Download or read book The Archive of the Theban Choachyte Petebaste Son of Peteamunip Floruit 7th Century BCE written by Koenraad Donker Van Heel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-05-12 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first ever edition of an abnormal hieratic business archive from the Louvre of a mortuary priest in 7th century BCE Thebes (Egypt), discussing points of history, law, economics, religion, grammar, chronology and abnormal hieratic palaeography.

Book O estranho caso do Doutor Jekyll e do Senhor Hyde  The strange case of Dr  Jekyll and Mr  Hyde

Download or read book O estranho caso do Doutor Jekyll e do Senhor Hyde The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by Editora Landmark LTDA. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escrito em 1886 pelo escocês Robert Louis Stevenson, o clássico conta a história de Gabriel Utterson, um advogado que acompanha os horrores acontecidos em Londres no final do século 19 por um misterioso homem que comete crimes e provoca a polícia metropolitana. O clima sombrio da capital inglesa contorna a história e dá o tom de mistério, pois mesmo durante o dia, a nevoa deixa a cidade escura, transformando os transeuntes em vultos fantasmagóricos. O contexto histórico do país também é transcrito na trama: avanço nas pesquisas e experimentos científicos, êxodo rural devido a Revolução Industrial que ali se instalara, contraste econômico, centro urbano em estado de caos, fumaça, poluição e aumento dos índices criminais, motivo pelo qual em 1829 foi criada a Scotland Yard, considerado por muitos, sua primeira citação na literatura. Pode-se afirmar que em meio a esta conjuntura, o lado tenebroso da sociedade vitoriana e a dualidade do homem foram discutidas na obra prima de STEVENSON, O ESTRANHO CASO DO DOUTOR JEKYLL E DO SENHOR HYDE, publicado com nova tradução e em edição bilíngue. A questão de todos terem em si o bem, cristalizado em condutas corretas e morais, e o mal, quando as convenções sociais são abstraídas e atos condenáveis são cometidos, é um tema atual e aplicável em diversos setores da vida, talvez seja este um dos motivos que torna O ESTRANHO CASO DO DR. JEKYLL E DO SENHOR HYDE um clássico imortal da literatura, afinal, quantas vezes nos deparamos com várias faces de uma mesma pessoa? A respeito do tema, o médico e escritor inglês Theodore Dalrymple afirma: "mesmo pessoas iletradas, que nunca leram um livro em suas vidas, fazem uso de Jekyll e Hyde enquanto metáfora".

Book Senhor Antone

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  • Author : William Spoford Birge
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1901
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 172 pages

Download or read book Senhor Antone written by William Spoford Birge and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents  Papyrus editions

Download or read book A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents Papyrus editions written by A. A. den Brinker and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There seems to be no brief English equivalent for the concept of a +Berichtigungsliste; . This demotic +Berichtigungsliste; collects and critically presents corrections and supplements to editions of demotic documentary texts: papyri, ostraka, inscriptions, mummy labels, graffiti - everything demotic that was not clearly written as a secular or religious literary composition. We have added all the information we have found concerning inventory numbers and photographs as well as republications of the texts in question which the scholar working with these texts might like to have. Although the +Berichtigungsliste; chiefly concerns text editions, be they published in monographs or articles, texts that have been published only in photography or facsimile are also included. The period covered for the publications that have been ransacked for the purpose of our +Berichtigungsliste; is roughly the Twentieth Century: 1900-2000. In subsequent volumes, we intend to extend this time-range into the Nineteenth Century as well as into the future.

Book Women in Ancient Egypt

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  • Author : Mariam F. Ayad
  • Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
  • Release : 2022-11-15
  • ISBN : 1649032692
  • Pages : 511 pages

Download or read book Women in Ancient Egypt written by Mariam F. Ayad and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cutting-edge research by twenty-four international scholars on female power, agency, health, and literacy in ancient Egypt There has been considerable scholarship in the last fifty years on the role of ancient Egyptian women in society. With their ability to work outside the home, inherit and dispense of property, initiate divorce, testify in court, and serve in local government, Egyptian women exercised more legal rights and economic independence than their counterparts throughout antiquity. Yet, their agency and autonomy are often downplayed, undermined, or outright ignored. In Women in Ancient Egypt twenty-four international scholars offer a corrective to this view by presenting the latest cutting-edge research on women and gender in ancient Egypt. Covering the entirety of Egyptian history, from earliest times to Late Antiquity, this volume commences with a thorough study of the earliest written evidence of Egyptian women, both royal and non-royal, before moving on to chapters that deal with various aspects of Egyptian queens, followed by studies on the legal status and economic roles of non-royal women and, finally, on women’s health and body adornment. Within this sweeping chronological range, each study is intensely focused on the evidence recovered from a particular site or a specific time-period. Rather than following a strictly chronological arrangement, the thematic organization of chapters enables readers to discern diachronic patterns of continuity and change within each group of women. · Clémentine Audouit, Paul Valery University, Montpellier, France · Anne Austin, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Mariam F. Ayad, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt · Romane Betbeze, Université de Genève, Switzerland, and Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL, France · Anke Ilona Blöbaum, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany · Eva-Maria Engel, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany · Renate Fellinger, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK · Kathrin Gabler, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland · Rahel Glanzmann, independent scholar, Basel, Switzerland. · Izold Guegan, Swansea University, UK, and Sorbonne University, Paris, France · Fayza Haikal, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt · Janet H. Johnson, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Il, USA · Katarzyna Kapiec, Institute of the Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland · Susan Anne Kelly, Macquarie University Sydney, Sydney, Australia · AnneMarie Luijendijk, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA · Suzanne Onstine, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA · José Ramón Pérez-Accino Picatoste, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain · Tara Sewell-Lasater, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA · Yasmin El Shazly, American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt · Reinert Skumsnes, Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway · Isabel Stünkel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA · Inmaculada Vivas Sainz, National Distance Education University), Madrid, Spain · Hana Vymazalová, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czeck Republic · Jacquelyn Williamson, George Mason University, Fairfax, Viriginia, USA · Annik Wüthrich, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna, Austria

Book Diplomatic List

Download or read book Diplomatic List written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directory of foreign diplomatic officers in Washington.

Book The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

Download or read book The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 50 Ways to Improve your Portuguese  Teach Yourself

Download or read book 50 Ways to Improve your Portuguese Teach Yourself written by Helena Tostevin and published by Teach Yourself. This book was released on 2012-04-13 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you have a working knowledge of Portuguese, but want to improve? Allow this book to come to your rescue and eliminate basic errors and slips of the pen. Each one of 50 top tips for improving your spoken and written Portuguese is presented and analysed across a whole double page, with explanations as to where and why people sometimes go wrong. The tips are grouped into grammar, spelling, false friends, pronunciation and cultural faux pas sections. There's even free downloadable audio content available to help you with your pronunciation. Polish your Portuguese with this brand new series from Teach Yourself - the No. 1 brand in language learning. 50 ways to improve your Portuguese touches all essential bases and is divided into the following easily digestible sections: Only got a minute? A 60-second introduction to Portuguese to get you started. Only got five minutes? Get to grips with Portuguese and its common pitfalls even if you're short of time. Only got ten minutes? Use your free time wisely to learn something about the Portuguese language. Insights Instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on Manuela Cook and Helena Tostevin's many years of experience. Test yourself Tests online to keep track of your progress. Articles Extra information to keep you motivated. Summaries Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. Grammar Easy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding. Pronunciation Don't sound like a tourist - polish your pronunciation before you go. Audio Downloadable audio support online to help with key areas - iPod/MP3 compatible. For your free audio download please visit: www.hodder.co.uk/TYLfreedownloads

Book The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology written by Ian Shaw and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 1300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology offers a comprehensive survey of the entire study of ancient Egypt from prehistory through to the end of the Roman period. It seeks to place Egyptology within its theoretical, methodological, and historical contexts, indicating how the subject has evolved and discussing its distinctive contemporary problems, issues, and potential. Transcending conventional boundaries between archaeological and ancient textual analysis, the volume brings together 63 chapters that range widely across archaeological, philological, and cultural sub-disciplines, highlighting the extent to which Egyptology as a subject has diversified and stressing the need for it to seek multidisciplinary methods and broader collaborations if it is to remain contemporary and relevant. Organized into ten parts, it offers a comprehensive synthesis of the various sub-topics and specializations that make up the field as a whole, from the historical and geographical perspectives that have influenced its development and current characteristics, to aspects of museology and conservation, and from materials and technology - as evidenced in domestic architecture and religious and funerary items - to textual and iconographic approaches to Egyptian culture. Authoritative yet accessible, it serves not only as an invaluable reference work for scholars and students working within the discipline, but also as a gateway into Egyptology for classicists, archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists, and linguists.

Book Referring to discourse participants in Ibero Romance languages

Download or read book Referring to discourse participants in Ibero Romance languages written by Pekka Posio and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together contributions by researchers focusing on personal pronouns in Ibero-Romance languages, going beyond the well-established variable of expressed vs. non-expressed subjects. While factors such as agreement morphology, topic shift and contrast or emphasis have been argued to account for variable subject expression, several corpus studies on Ibero-Romance languages have shown that the expression of subject pronouns goes beyond these traditionally established factors and is also subject to considerable dialectal variation. One of the factors affecting choice and expression of personal pronouns or other referential devices is whether the construction is used personally or impersonally. The use and emergence of new impersonal constructions, eventually also new (im)personal pronouns, as well as the variation found in the expression of human impersonality in different Ibero-Romance language varieties is another interesting research area that has gained ground in the recent years. In addition to variable subject expression, similar methods and theoretical approaches have been applied to study the expression of objects. Finally, the reference to the addressee(s) using different address pronouns and other address forms is an important field of study that is closely connected to the variable expression of pronouns. The present book sheds light on all these aspects of reference to discourse participants. The volume contains contributions with a strong empirical background and various methods and both written and spoken corpus data from Ibero-Romance languages. The focus on discourse participants highlights the special properties of first and second person referents and the factors affecting them that are often different from the anaphoric third person. The chapters are organized into three thematic sections: (i) Variable expression of subjects and objects, (ii) Between personal and impersonal, and (iii) Reference to the addressee.

Book Joyful in Thebes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kathlyn M. Cooney
  • Publisher : Lockwood Press
  • Release : 2015-08-25
  • ISBN : 1937040410
  • Pages : 545 pages

Download or read book Joyful in Thebes written by Kathlyn M. Cooney and published by Lockwood Press. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international group of scholars have contributed to Joyful in Thebes, a Festschrift for the distinguished Egyptologist Betsy M. Bryan. The forty-two articles deal with topics of art history, archaeology, history, and philology representing virtually the entire span of ancient Egyptian civilization. These diverse studies, which often present unpublished material or new interpretations of specific issues in Egyptian history, literature, and art history, well reflect the broad research interests of the honoree. Abundantly illustrated with photographs and line drawings, the volume also includes a comprehensive bibliography of Bryan's publications through 2015.

Book In Bed with the Ancient Egyptians

Download or read book In Bed with the Ancient Egyptians written by Charlotte Booth and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating history of sex in ancient Egyptian society, from homosexual pharaohs to beauty regimes and aphrodisiacs

Book Djekhy   Son

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  • Author : Koenraad Donker van Heel
  • Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
  • Release : 2013-03-01
  • ISBN : 1617973459
  • Pages : 227 pages

Download or read book Djekhy Son written by Koenraad Donker van Heel and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Djekhy & Son, two businessmen living 2500 years ago in the densely populated neighborhoods built around the great temple of Amun at Karnak, worked as funerary service providers in the necropolis on the western bank of the Nile. They were also successful agricultural entrepreneurs, cultivating flax and grain. In 1885, the German Egyptologist August Eisenlohr acquired a unique collection of papyri that turned out to be Djekhy's archive of mainly legal documents. Using this rich trove of evidence, augmented by many other sources, the author has painted a vivid picture of life in ancient Egypt between 570 and 534

Book One Who Loves Knowledge

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  • Author : Betsy Bryan
  • Publisher : Lockwood Press
  • Release : 2022-05-01
  • ISBN : 1948488361
  • Pages : 585 pages

Download or read book One Who Loves Knowledge written by Betsy Bryan and published by Lockwood Press. This book was released on 2022-05-01 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thirty-nine articles in this volume, One Who Loves Knowledge, have been contributed by colleagues, students, friends, and family in honor of Richard Jasnow, professor of Egyptology at Johns Hopkins University. Despite his claiming to be just a demoticist, Richard Jasnow's research interests and specialties are broad, spanning religious and historical topics, along with new editions of demotic texts, including most particularly the Book of Thoth. A number of the authors demonstrate their appreciation for Jasnow's contributions to the understanding of this difficult text. The volume also includes other studies on literature, Ptolemaic history, and even the god Thoth himself, and features detailed images and abundant hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic, Coptic, and Greek texts.

Book Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States

Download or read book Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book House documents

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1895
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 860 pages

Download or read book House documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: