The ancient Egyptians & the natural world : flora, fauna & science

The ancient Egyptians & the natural world : flora, fauna & science / edited by Salima Ikram, Jessica Kaiser & Stéphanie Porcier.

This book explores the interaction between animals, plants, and humans in ancient Egypt. It draws together different aspects of the bioarchaeology of Egypt: flora, fauna, and human remains. These come from sites throughout the country from Alexandria to Aswan, as well as material from museum basemen...

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Other Authors: Ikram, Salima (Editor), Kaiser, Jessica (Editor), Porcier, Stéphanie (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Human remains (Archaeology) > Egypt.
Animal remains (Archaeology) > Egypt.
Plant remains (Archaeology) > Egypt.
Human-animal relationships > Egypt > History.
Human ecology > Egypt > History.
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Human-animal relationships
Human ecology
Human remains (Archaeology)
Plant remains (Archaeology)
Egypt
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Curatorial Training in Human Remains for the Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna in the Early Dynastic Period at Abydos, Egypt
  • Humans and Animals Together in the Journey to the Afterlife
  • The Burial in Area R11 under the Temple of Millions of Years of Amenhotep II, Luxor, West Thebes
  • Italian Archaeological Project
  • To Be or Not to Be a Dog Mummy
  • How a Metric Study of the Skull Can Inform on Selection Practices Pertaining to Canid Mummification in Ancient Egypt
  • Newcomers in the Bestiary
  • A Review of the Presence of Lycaon pictus in Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Environment and Iconography
  • Dévots et animaux sacrés
  • Tuberculosis at Tell-el Amarna
  • A Theoretical Exercise in the Economic and Social Effects of Chronic, Terminal Disease in Ancient Egypt
  • Burial Practies in the West Delta: Cases from Kom Aziza
  • A Structure-from-Motion Pipeline for Bone Morphology 3D Analysis
  • Lions and Science and Whorls, Oh My!
  • Human and Faunal Remains in Egypt: A New Department and a New Approach
  • Creatures of the Sun, Creatures of the Moon: Animal Mummies from Lisbon's National Archaeological Museum
  • Brief Notes about a Mummified Crocodile from the National Archaeological Museum (MANN) of Naples, Italy
  • Venerunt, Viderunt, Vicerunt: The Roman Conquest and the Non-Elite
  • Faunal Remains at the Causeway of Sahura
  • Interactions between Teeth and Their Environment: A Study of the Effect on Adult Dental Age Estimation
  • Discovery of an Unexpected Textile Fiber in a Fish Mummy from the Musée des Confluences (Lyon) Collection
  • Women's Health Issues Reflected in Case Studies from Theban Tomb 16
  • Analyse des gazelles momifiées de Kom Mereh/Komir (Haute Egypte) conservées au Musée des Confluences (Lyon, France)
  • Did Egyptians Eat Donkeys? Reflections from Historical and Archaeological Data
  • What I Have Learned: Assumptions Bad, Intersections Good
  • Biomolecular Stable Isotope and Carbon-14 Dates of Ancient Egyptian Food Offerings: A Case Study from a Provincial Cemetery of Deir al-Ballas
  • Animal Butchering Technology in Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt: Textual and Iconographic Evidence for the Shift from Stone to Metal Tools
  • Anthropological Study of the Egyptian Mummy from the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Using Computed Tomography
  • Intentionally Burnt Human Remains from the Kom Ombo Temple Salvage Excavation

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