The Nile: Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt
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Beschreibung
Ancient Egypt as we know it with all its wonders like pyramids and temples wouldn't have existed without the Nile. The first recent attempt to explain the importance of this natural phenomenon for the culture of pharaonic Egypt.
Although Herodot's dictum that "Egypt is a gift of the Nile" is proverbial, there has been only scant attention to the way the river impacted on ancient Egyptian society. Egyptologists frequently focus on the textual and iconographic record, whereas archaeologists and earth scientists approach the issue from the perspective of natural sciences. The contributions in this volume bridge this gap by analyzing the river both as a natural and as a cultural phenomenon. Adopting an approach of cultural ecology, it addresses issues like ancient land use, administration and taxation, irrigation, and religious concepts.
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Harco Willems
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Egyptology Egyptology Fluvial Dynamics Fluvial Dynamics Socio-Economic History Socio-Economic History Archaeology Archaeology Nile Nile Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt Cultural Ecology Cultural Ecology Society
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»Das Buch sollte in keiner ägyptologischen und archäologischen Bibliothek fehlen.Der Gewinn für den Leser besteht darin, dass die Studien aus verschiedenen Disziplinen zusammengeführt und vielfältige Ergebnisse erzielt werden, was einen wertvollen Überblick hydrologischer Einrichtungen erlaubt.«
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