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Despite the [...] testimonials, because the chronology for the development of metals did not include wrought iron in the age of the pyramids, the specialists at the British Museum concluded that this wrought-iron artifact could not be genuine and must have been introduced in modern times. That is one of the enduring myths about Ancient Egypt that is not actually true! There was no slavery at the time of the pyramids. To put it bluntly, 95% of the population of Egypt worked on the land, and for three months of every year the land was underwater when the Nile flooded. So what do you do to feed and mobilise a work force that is otherwise idle and potentially restive? The answer is that the people were required to give their labour to the state as a form of taxation (in a pre-monetary economy). It was a brilliant way of deploying a huge work force. This book follows the lives of a young girl and her family, representing the everyday life of middle-class inhabitants in ancient Lahun during Egypt’s Middle Kingdom era. This perfect moment in time has been meticulously reconstructed using recently published textual information and archaeological discoveries. Search SOLO, the University's resource discovery tool, for print and ejournals at Oxford. You can filter by topic, publisher and more. CORE’s mission is to aggregate all open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide and make them available to the public. In this way CORE facilitates free unrestricted access to research for all. A vast amount of material onEgyptology can be accessed through this portal.

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Yes. This is, to my mind, one of the most original pieces of scholarship on Ancient Egypt published in the last 50 years – and there is a particular connection to me, because the author, Barry Kemp, was my lecturer at university. He also supervised my doctoral thesis, so I know him very well. But that is not the reason I chose the book! Whilst collections and resourcesare focused onthe Bodleian Libraries' collections,the following online library catalogues can be useful for locating copies in collections in the UK and Ireland as well as in collections worldwide:

Five Books interviews are expensive to produce. If you're enjoying this interview, please support us by donating a small amount. The foundations fortoday'sEgyptologicalcollection held at the Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library were laid byF.Ll. Griffith, the first Professor of Egyptology at Oxford. In theBritish Isles Oxford has the best collection for printed books onEgyptology, offering alsoaccess to a growing collection of ebooks on this subject. Today the physical books are held bythe Art, Archaeology and Ancient WorldLibraryas well asthe Bodleian Library, and anyone studying or researchingEgyptology in Oxford should expect to make use of both libraries. What made ancient Egypt so remarkable that women were given such free access to the highest political position? What was it about these women that allowed them to break through male-dominated barriers? What impact did Egypt’s feminist leadership have on society, and could today’s world benefit from its example? Celebrated Egyptologist Kara Cooney explores the reasons why it has been so difficult for women to exercise power throughout history, and why we should care in this fascinating narrative. Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt by John Baines and Jaromir Malek We ask experts to recommend the five best books in their subject and explain their selection in an interview.Propylaeum DOK is thefull-text server of the Specialized Information Service Classics and is made available by the University Library of Heidelberg. It includes Egyptological and Ancient Near Eastern Studies electronic publications. For thousands of years, the great civilization of Egypt produced some of the world’s finest art, including delicately painted tomb walls, carved in stone or wood, and cast in metal. This book traces the history of Egyptian art from its sudden, early bloom to its ultimate resurgence during the Ptolemaic era, when it developed into one of the world’s greatest civilisations. It is illustrated with over 250 wonderful artefacts from the British Museum and other collections in Egypt, the United States, and Europe. The CDO aims to make it easy to look up Coptic words in all dialects and to supply freely accessible translations in English, French and German. This volume contains the most up-to-date statements about the major and current aspects of Egyptology from leading experts. It offers a broad and deep treatment of the subject, giving full scope to the discussion of this remarkable culture. It is written in an extremely readable tone and fully illustrated, providing unprecedented breadth and depth of coverage, enabling you to grasp all there is to know about this wonderful civilization. You talk about the re-balancing of our image of Ancient Egypt. But for many people, there is this popular image of all the slaves dying while things like the pyramids were being built…