..., the emotional charge of heritage, and even – in the case of ancient Egypt – the tendency to perceive certain pasts through a legendary lens. At the same time, the story of Merit Ptah reveals how important role models have been for women entering science and medicine. women physicians ancient Egypt popular...

... Bialas AJ , Kaczmarski J , Kozak J , Kempinska-Miroslawska B . Pectus excavatum in relief from ancient Egypt (dating back to circa 2400 BC) . Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2015 ; 20 : 556 – 7 . 7 Protopapas AD . Could this be a first depiction of Poland syndrome...

... ]. The recognition of this deformity in antiquity is not reported; however, as a visible, inherited abnormality, this surely represents inadequate searching or reporting [ 1 ]. The aim of the study was to analyse 621 artefacts (reliefs, sculptures, paintings) from Ancient Egypt, in terms of anatomical defects...

... of research for the centuries.” Turning the pages of beautifully chromolithographed plates, Lane remembered the original drawings that Lepsius had shown him twenty years before in Cairo. As he occasionally confided, a secret part of him was still fascinated with ancient Egypt. Lane Edward William passim Lane...

...A number of bull cults were present in ancient Egypt. The detailed ideas behind their inceptions are nowhere set out, but it seems very likely that there are connections with the broad concept of the bull as a manifestation of physical and sexual power. This kind of link certainly lay behind...

...This chapter argues that that ancient Egypt became an important trope for imagining African American cultural identity and history in the early twentieth century — a means by which to intervene in contemporary debates on such issues as colonialism, leadership, and nation-building. It also shows...

...Genealogy played an important role in Ancient Egypt for religious, social, legal, and chronological reasons. Despite a paucity of words to describe relationships, the Egyptians sought to commemorate their family and ancestors in their tombs and on stelae and statuary. This desire not only includes...

... she lived in (which saw the conquest of Egypt by the Persians), as well as the extraordinary legal position of women in Ancient Egypt. The papers left by Tsenhor strongly suggest that she was a liberated woman, almost 2,500 years before the concept was invented. This book aims to change the general...

...In the hearts of London and New York stand their two oldest public monuments, Cleopatra’s Needles, the last of a series of obelisks from Ancient Egypt to be moved abroad during a period of over two thousand years. This book uses the Needles to examine how objects embody the cultures that create...

... pseudo Dioscorides Face Cosmetics Ovid Horace Pliny pseudo Dioscorides Diocletian Odors Theophrastus Theophrastus Catullus Lucius Cattius Nemesion Thermouthis Augustus Enquiry into Plants Theophrastus cosmetics makeup women perfume ancient Egypt in the latter portion...

... of ‘policing’ that existed in the past. It examines the historical development of the various bodies, individuals, and officials who carried these out in different societies, in Europe and European colonies, but also with reference to countries such as ancient Egypt, China, and the United States...

...This introductory chapter provides an overview of ancient Egypt's investment in three distinct, yet interdependent, historical areas during the third millennium BCE. These include death, and imagined life after death; power, via public displays of social capital for eternity; and apotheosis...

...This chapter discusses the Egyptian mortuary culture, which explores the social role of the dead, lays the foundation for quotidian mortuary practices, and describes components of the ancient Egyptian self. Mortuary culture in ancient Egypt included practices of real and symbolic offerings...

... maat akhu funerary literature afterlife ancient Egypt akh ancient Egyptian religious order Appeals to the Living Letters to the Dead Oh, living ones who are upon earth … ​may they say “1,000 bread and beer” for the owner of this tomb. Then I will watch over them in the necropolis. I am...

...This concluding chapter analyzes the sociopolitical and historical impact of the esteemed dead of ancient Egypt. It re-affirms that the mobilization of these esteemed dead undermined royal authority and was one of many catalysts that contributed to the decline of royal authority at the end...

...One of the most distinctive characteristics of Martin Bernal's Black Athena is the extent to which the books have continuing effects for critical analysis across a range of different intellectual fields. In this essay, three are examined: the use of ancient Egypt in American...

... pharaoh 1334–1325 BC Tuthmosis I pharaoh 1546–1516 BC Cleopatra VII Queen of Egypt 51–33 BC Mark Antony Ptolemy Soter pharaoh 323–285 BC Ramses III pharaoh 1194–1163 BC Tanis Egypt history ancient Egypt Menes Egyptian dynasties Neolithic communities Ancient Egypt owed its existence...

... in ancient Egypt, the focus is also put on the photographic archives of Bruyère and on the information that can be drawn from them. A review of the work made after Bruyère is finally detailed, along with a summary of the ongoing activities on the site. Ancient Egypt Deir el-Medina archive archaeological...

... is that the protracted process of acquiring the London Needle offers a rare chance to examine differences in the understanding of Ancient Egypt between groups in society at various times, and changes in understanding over time, in relation to a single example of material culture. The other main contention...

... library provides a unique opportunity to investigate the operation of an institutional library from ancient Egypt. This chapter focuses on a range of formal features, palaeography, and the maintenance of texts and manuscripts. An analysis and comparison of formal features—e.g. the choice of new vs reused...