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Illustrated (and other) Manuscripts before the Digital Revolution
[H/T to hrsilvers, who verified that the above is a depiction of St. Luke, together with his symbol of a winged ox, or bull. More on this interesting feature in another blog.] Digital techniques are revolutionizing access to collections in libraries and … Continue reading
Ebony & Adobe: Modern Words that Survive from Ancient Egypt – What, How and Why
Above are but two of a series of words that originated in the Nile Valley. The reasons for these survivals is perhaps not such a surprise, as discussed below. Ebony: ‘Ebony’ as named and used in ancient Egypt, was the species … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-East, Arabic, Coptic, Demotic, Egypt-Ancient, Egypt-Recent, Hieroglyphic, Indigenous crops & medicinal plants, Mud brick houses
Tagged African Hardwood, Ancient, Ancient Egypt, Dalbergia melanoxylon, Den, Ebony, Egypt, History, Middle East, Nile, World Agroforestry Centre
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Recent Botanical Studies on Plant Materials from Ancient Egypt
Several items have recently been published or republished on botanical topics relating to ancient Egypt. I post them below together with links for ordering. They are all quite good. The last 5 items are available on academia.edu and if you’re not a member … Continue reading
Posted in Botany, Egypt-Ancient, History-Ancient, Indigenous crops & medicinal plants, Nile Valley
Tagged Africa, Ancient, AncientEgypt, Archaeology, Armenian Egyptology Centre, Egypt, Egyptology, Flora, History, nature, Royal Botanical Gardens, science, Social Sciences, society, Tutankhamun, University College London
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Graeco-Roman Mummy Portraits, Coptic Papyri, and Paintings of Fathi Hassan
Graeco-Roman Mummy Portraits Coptic Papyri, and paintings by Fathi Hassan go on show at the John Rylands Library 18 Jul 2012 Ten remarkable mummy portraits from one of the world’s greatest collections are to go on show, as part of a ground-breaking exhibition … Continue reading
Food strikes in Ancient Egypt – The Turin Strike Papyrus, and Other Records
Bread riots have been a regular feature of public protests in Egypt, and the most recent unrest in Midan Tahrir, Cairo, is associated with rises in food prices. So it is timely to look at what is thought to be the … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt-Ancient, Food & Politics, History-Ancient, Nile Valley, War Games
Tagged Africa, History, Libya - Ancient, West Bank
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An Ancient Egyptian ‘Recipe’ – for curing urinary ailments
[First posted November 2009, Revised 10 November 2011] Even though ancient Egyptian art is replete with drawings of both banquets and crops – and even though tombs are filled with a variety of dried or preserved foods for use in … Continue reading
Posted in Cuisine, Egypt-Ancient, Food, Health, History, History-Ancient, Indigenous crops & medicinal plants, Middle East, Nile Valley, Recipes
Tagged Africa, Ancient Egypt, AncientEgypt, Eber, Egypt, History, Howard Carter, King Tut, Menna, Papyrus Ebers
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The Ancient Egyptian Negative Confessions and Cuisine
In later periods of Egyptian history the Book of the Dead, which contained directions and spells for the newly deceased as he entered the netherworld, began to contain the so-called Negative Confessions. These were the actions not committed by the … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt-Ancient, Nile Valley, Religion
Tagged Africa, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptian religion, Book of the Dead, Egypt, Egyptian, History
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