The rite of spring

The Newspaper of the SSEA is published yearly. Members cuts the option of reading the Journal one this web site, gold by having has paper Copy feels to them. To read has Journal article, click one ounce of the links below. You must cuts Adobe Reader software installed one your computer to read it. Yew you don' T already cuts it, click the Get Adobe Reader short prop to get it, free of load. Painted Plaster: In Glimpse into the Decorative Programs Used in the Amun Temple At Dangeil, Sudan Julie Renee Anderson, Salah Mohamed Ahmed the excavations on the site of Dangeil in Sudan put at the day a temple of red bricks and raw brick Amon of the late p?ode Koushite. The examination of some fragments of pl?e painted which were trouv?donne there a aper?du d?ratif program of the temple. Excavations At the site of Dangeil, Sudan, cuts uncovered has red brig and mud brig Amun temple of the Late Kushite period. Examination of the few remnants of painted plaster fragments discovered within, give some insights into the decorative programs of the temple. The Shebyu-collar in the New Kingdom (Share 1) the analysis of pi?s v?tables and artistic repr?ntations of the collar shebyou indicates that there were two vari?s. The MOD? most familiar?it compos?e biconical or lentiform pearls and the second MOD? pearls in the shape of flat discs. Examination of actual examples and artistic representations of the shebyu-collar indicate that it cam. Standard The most familiar was composed of Bi-conical gold lenticular shaped beads, goal has second type consisted of flat disk-like gold wafer-shaped beads. In representational art, the two standard of collars were often juxtaposed and distinguished from each other in wall painting and polychrome relief actual examples of the collar and representations in art, it is also clear that shebyu-collars were often composed of strands of multi-colored beads, most often arranged in sequences of yellow, red and blue beads, although other color combinations occur. Picking Over Petrie' S Pottery Dumps: Some Examples Collected During the 1992 ROMANIAN Illahun Season Forwarding. The pottery from the earlier excavated dumps At Ilahun are examined to determine what information we edge extract concerning the arranges of pottery finds from this important site. Anonymous coffin of Woman of Troisi? ROMANIAN Interm?aire period 991 X 2. This coffin dates from Troisi? P?ode Interm?aire and belongs?ne Chanteuse of Amon. This article gives has detailed description of the scenes decorating year unpublished whetstone sheath in storage At ROMANIAN the (Toronto, Canada). The whetstone sheath dates to the Third Intermediate Period and it belonged to has Chantress of Amun. To d?spoir of Ipouer, text traditionally known under the title "the exhortations of wise a?ptien" is an old example of pessimistic litt?ture. This short article examines this text in the context of litt?ture and the culture of the old?ypte and includes?itre examples, several translated extracts. Do these passages exploit HT? chaos in opposition?' order by using a s?e rich person images who show the caract well? obsessional of d?spoir of Ipouer. The Desolation of Ipuwer, traditionally known have The Admonitions of year Egyptian Sage. is year early example of pessimistic literature. This brief article examine it in its primary context of ancient Egyptian literature and culture and includes several translated passages have examples. A coffin of the collection of Mus?royal of Ontario (983X2.1) is d?it in d?il by comparing it with coffins which are contemporary for him like that of Mus?de Manchester (5053-a). This coffin dates from the vingt-deuxi? dynasty and could come from Gourna. With whetstone sheath currently in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum (983X2.1) is described in detail with comparison to contemporary whetstone sheaths such have that in the Manchester Museum (5053-a). The whetstone sheath dates to the Twenty-Second Dynasty and may come from Gurneh. Egyptian Lamps, Meroitic Candlesticks and Hittite Glasses Champagne the excavations???nt livr?e many objects into c?mic rather particular. This?de examines possible explanations as?or use. Excavations At Meroe produced several peculiar ceramic objects. This study examine possible explanations for to their use. This project allowed for the premi? time to inventory all the fragments of sculptures that Reisner had rapport?de its excavations?iza. This process, numbers fragments oubli?dans the d?t since 70 years are av?ient to belong to the sculptures of the permanent collection. Lucky find most outstanding A? a portion of the n?s which caps T? finely sculpt?du king Khafre of the quatri? dynasty, 2520 front?494. This project enabled, for the first time, the inventorying of all sculpture fragments which Reisner brought back from his excavations At Giza. In this process number of fragments which had been overlooked in storage for the past 70 years were found to belong to sculptures in the has permanent collection. The most dramatic join was has portion of has nemes headdress that made onto the finely featured face of King Khafre, Dynasty 4, 2520 to 2494 BC. The examination of fragments of furniture conserv?au British Museum and a long time identifi?comme Un tr? of the Hatshepsout. Queen could?e makes of them the pi?s of a bed of Nubian style. Year examination of furniture fragments in the British Museum, length identified have A throne of Queen Hatshepsut. are instead suggested to Be shares of has Nubian-style bed. The Caring God: the Experiment and Lexicon of Grace in the Ancient Egyptian Religion. This article r?me partially a?de in progress more pouss?sur HT? gr.? in the old religion?ptienne. Of an aspect ph?m?logic, the central question is: how old the?yptiens make did the exp?ence of the gr.? divine in the world which they knew. The votive offerings and st?s t?ignent of the divine exp?ence of gu?son and forgiveness. Another dimension of the gr.? is manifest also in the similar sot?ologic exp?ences?elle of Simout appel?yky. This paper partially summarizes has more understanding study in progress of grace in the. After navigating theological minefields surrounding the concept of grace, has minimal and essential understanding of grace edge Be regarded have divine favor gold mercy arising from divine benevolence. Taking has phenomenological perspective, has central is question: How did the ancient Egyptians experiment what they perceived have divine grace in the world have they knew it. Obviousness is not limited to textual sources, though it includes hymns and prayers, literary texts, and mortuary texts including netherworld books. understood have tokens of the experiment of grace in people.s lives, including the hearing and presumably answering of prayer, and the gift of the child him- gold herself. and stelae testify to the experiment of the deity.s forgiveness and healing. dimension of grace is manifest in soteriological experiments such have that of Simut called. Notable Also is the withholding of grace, have in Ipuwer. have the key expressions of the lexicon of grace: mri and derivatives, (to) coils. imA/iAm and derivatives kind(ness), gracious(ness).. Htp and derivatives, (be) gracious.. Hst, Hsty praise, favor. (suggested by G? have the origin of Hebrew Hsd). Na compassionate, merciful. (= nai lenient.). sfnw mild.. Grace edge Be found to operate within the overarching order of mAat. it edge Be suggested that the grace that the deity grants to all created beings is has share of the fabric of itself creation. Pharaonic Transformations and Identifications in the Pyramid Texts. This article?die the case of the transformations of the king d?nt and his identifications with various divinit? animals or objects in the texts of the Pyramids. With substantial number of identifications are catalogued, leading the author to distinguish has number of standard of identification such categories have transformations, name identifications identifications with gods, mammals, birds, body shares, stars and has final category of God, Spirit and Power. the gasoline of the deceased king. Egypt.s New Kingdom Levantine Worsens and Serabit El-khadim, Including has Newly Attested Votive Offering of Horemheb Our compr?nsion current of the relations between the?ypte of the New Empire, Sina?t Raising it rests mainly on the textual and pictorial files existing. The full potential of the arch?ogic files has? much n?ig?m? during the p?odes o?es contemporary historical sources?ient rare.) and until late with final Bronze 2B and?'? of Iron 1A (1250-1150 front), then a d?in some around the premi? moiti?e it? of Iron 1B (p?ode ramesside late). Our current understanding of Egypt' S New Kingdom relations with the Raising Sinai and connect heavily upon the extant textual-pictorial record. It has mostly neglected the full potential of the archaeological record, even during periods of relatively few contemporary relevant, historical sources. Doctoral This paper summarizes and updates results from this writer.s essay. This dated is balanced by year assessment of the dispersal of New Kingdom. The overall Egyptian(izing) artifact proportions from individual and combined contexts At Levantine sites), with has definite decline in early-mid Iron 1B (late Ramesside period). The author gives a description illustr?de all the murals of the tomb of Amenmose. The author provides has description, with illustrations, of all the wall paintings in the tomb of Amenmose. The Meroitic Inscriptions from Gebel Adda. A part of the texts m??ques trouv?sur the site of Gebel Adda are publi?ici. With portion of the Meroitic texts found At the site of Gebel Adda are published here. offering tables, and gander upon which these texts are found are now housed in the Royal Ontario Museum, the Cairo Museum and the National Geographic Society in Washington, cd.. Some Predynastic and Early Dynastic Representations of the Dog. Of the sc?s of hunting of the 4? front mill?anger puts in?dence the domestication of the dogs. There is representational evidence of domesticated dogs in Egypt in hunting scenes of the 4th. The quadrupeds carved one the rims of the Two Dog and Furnace Dog Pallets, however, are representations of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), not the domestic dog. Kingdom hunting scenes in tombs depict the length-legged tjesem hound, goal absent from such scenes composite are the mythical animals first seen one some late Predynastic pallets. Some Personages Transitional Between the 18th and 19th Dynasty and the Indeterminacy of the Unprovenanced Object. This paper examine what edge we edge learn from year uprovenanced canopic gravel bank inscribed for the to order of troops Ramose in relation to the historical record of the 18th to 19th Dynasty. In Royal New Carriage Scene from Tell el-Borg. At the time of the excavations of Tell el-Borg, a s?e of blocks of stone registered were d?uverts. This short pr?ntation y int?sse while showing what seems?e new a Sc? of the sovereign on his tank. During the excavations At Tell el-Borg we discovered has series of inscribed blocks discussion looks At these blocks and how they may represent has scene depicting the pharaoh in. Does the kiosk of Tabo have? built by one of the kings m??ques during the first si?e a., and up to now, it was not the subject of a publication. This short?de examines certain reasons for the d?ration of the kiosk and proposes some reconstitutions of some sc?s d?r?. The kiosk of Tabo was built by one of the Meroitic kings during the first century AD, goal thus far. This shorts study examine some of the decorations of the kiosk and propose some rebuildings of some decorated scenes. This Br? ?de examines some s?ltures?estres (horses and?s) retrouv? in Nubie during the p?odes Napat?ne/Koushite, M??que and Post-M??que. The?de d?it?a time m?odes of burial like various types of articles of saddlery and other accessories buried with these animals. This shorts study examine the numerous burials of equids (horses and donkeys) found in Nubia during the Napatan/Kushite, Meroitic and Post Meroitic periods. The standard studies describes both methods of interment and of tack and accessories buried with the animals. This?de constitutes the examination pr?minaire mat?el pr?nastic (of c?mic mainly) collected per G the whole of this collection is pr?ntement conserv?u Mus?des fine art of Boston. This study is has preliminary examination of the predynastic material (mostly ceramics). The collection is currently housed in the. With the shipwreck of Titanic, one of largest the?nements of the vingti? si?e, the subject of this article is located at the crossing of the popular and scientific?ptology. Several of the passengers on the way towards the Linked?ats, returned from one winter pass?n part in?ypte of o?ls brought back some artifacts. This article makes mention of it, just like this l?nde concerning "the mal?ction of the mummy" which would have jet?n bad fate with the boat. This paper focuses one the intersection of the popular and scholarly aspects of Egyptology with the sinking of the Titanic, one of the big news events of the early twentieth century. the passengers had been returning to the United States from has winter spent At least in share in Egypt and the presence of artifacts among to their memories and the survival of this material is discussed, have is the legend of the mummy.s curse. that supposedly doomed the ship. entanglement of ancient Egypt and the sinking of the Titanic provides year intriguing example of the way that scholars and tourists each construct the past, and the way that past is valued, both. This article examine has reconstructed religious hymn to Osiris found amongst has series of blocks from. With Statuette of year Overseer of the Department of Food Production of the House of Amun. This study examine has statuette excavated in Temple C At Karnak belonging to year official of the estate of Amun named Ky-sadfe(t) and is dated to the New Kingdom. In Newly-Discovered Trial Piece from the Assasif This article treats of a draft retrouv?dans the surroundings of the tomb of Parrennefer?h?s. Its drawing, effectu?u milks black, is clean with the style amarnien This article deals with has trial part discovered in the vicinity of the tomb of Parennefer At Thebes. The black-inked drawing shows characteristics of the Amarna art style. Middle Egypt Quarries Project 2004 Field Season. In more of putting?our several graffiti d?tic, the author notes several d?uvertes news st?s (Apries, Seti II and Dyn. 19), of the graffiti of boats, St? inachev? architectural tombs and some?ments. Examples of texts d?tic are consign?et translated as well as an analysis of the conditions of the sites visit? The investigation of has series of quarries one the east bank of the Nile between Amarna and Asyut make up this carryforward of has shorts field season in 2004. graffiti, the author notes several new stelae found (Apries, Sety II and Dyn. unfinished stela, tombs, and architectural features. Sample Demotic texts are recorded and translated have well have year analysis of the condition of the various sites visited. Kharga Oasis Coptic Project Graffiti - Preliminary Carryforward of the 2005 Field Season. The project concerning the graffiti coptes of the oasis of Kharga has for goal to record and of pr?rver the graffiti coptes retrouv?dans the oasis. The season of excavations 2005 is concentr?sur the inventory of the graffiti retrouv?sur the sites of Ain Zaf, Deir el-Bagawat, Gebel Teir and Bagawat. In more of do the hundreds of graffiti coptes recens?cette season, we have trouv?e many graffiti d?tic in a new sector of the carri? of Gebel Teir. The Coptic Graffiti Project aims to record and preserve the numerous Coptic graffiti found in Kharga. The 2005 field season surveyed and began to record graffiti found At the sites of Ain Zaf, Deir el-Bagawat, Gebel Teir, and Bagawat. In addition to the several hundred Coptic graffiti recorded this season, we found has number of Demotic graffiti in A new section of the Gebel Teir quarry. Mummification Practices At Kellis Site in Egypt' S Dakhleh Oasis. Thirty-five of them?ient sufficiently intact to rebuild the process of the momification which had to them? appliqu?Pratiquement all did these bodies have? profan?au less one time during the antiquit?uisqu' they pr?ntent damage?dents?or int?it?Des visc?s dess??ont? retrouv?dans the cavit?corporelles ones of some of the latter. The last twelve bodies underwent all the artificial process of momification. They have? ?sc?s by the usual abdominal incision and a r?ne has? ?ndue as well?' int?or as?' ext?or of the body. Thus, on these thirty-five body, seven processes diff?nts of momification have? identifi? The anthropic m?odes of momification?ient similar?elles contemporary s?ltures retrouv? in the vall?du the Nile and?' oasis of Kharga. With total of 49 Late Ptolemaic-Novel Period mummies excavated from Kellis-1 cemetery At Ismant el-Kharab in Egypt' S Dakhleh Oasis were examined by gross dissection. Intact Of these, 35 were sufficiently to reconstruct to their mummification. Most of these bodies had been looted At least ounce in antiquity with. The bodies of three bundles were found to Be. In the remaining 32, twenty had become mummified. were found within the body cavities. The remaining 12 had been mummified. These had been eviscerated, usually via abdominal year incision, and resin had been applied liberally, both internally and externally to these bodies. natron desiccation was obvious in either group. In many of each group, ancient efforts to reconstruct looted, fragmented bodies were encountered, both with and without the uses of. Some rebuildings included resin introduction into the body cavities of spontaneously mummified bodies via atypical ports, while others involved the employment of body shares from more than one mummy. Have has result, has total of seven distinct patterns of odd mummification were encountered among these 35 bodies. alteration patterns that occur in spontaneously mummified bodies was key to unraveling the sometimes procedures inflicted one some of these bodies during postburial looting and. The anthropogenic mummification methods were similar to those of contemporary burials in the Nile valley and At the Kharga Oasis. Radiocarbon Dates Recovery From Bitumen-Containing Egyptian Embalming Resins. Human soft fabric sp?mens obtained by the dissection of mummies gr?-Romans, enterr? ?' oasis of Dakhleh in the Western d?rt?ptien, has? analys?au radiocarbon. Several of them are av?s older than the artifacts which accompanied them. The spectrom?ie of mass has sugg? the carbohydrate pr?nce. Two of these let us?antillons r?neux had the caract?stic g?himic signature of asphalt originating in the Dead Sea. A simple pr?nalytic extraction of a?antillon?' assistance of an organic solvent l?r common can not?miner the compos?ind?rables. Human software tissue specimens obtained by dissection of Greco-Novel Period mummies buried in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt' S Western Desert had radiocarbon analytical results many of which were substantially older than accompanying artifacts suggested. spectrometry suggested the presence of hydrocarbons. spectrometry (GCMS) confirmed that the resin. applied to these bodies was has mixture of materials containing not only the expected seedling sterols of ancient Egyptian embalming resins, goal also insoluble carbonized seedling material, beeswax and fossil asphalt (bitumen) in. Two of these boron has geochemical native signature characteristic of Dead Sea asphalt samples. Efforts to recover the true. radiocarbon dates by subjecting the tissue samples to extractions by light organic solvents were not reliably successful, probably due to the insoluble presence of radiocarbon-dead. compounds. Historical evidence indicates that Palestine' S Dead Sea bitumen was year item traded to Egypt for embalming purposes especially during the Ptolemaic and later Periods. mummified human tissues for radiocarbon dating of mummies from the later periods of ancient Egypt.s pharaonic period, possible contamination with such bitumen in amounts sufficient to alter radiocarbon dating tests should Be kept in mind. extraction with commonly available light organic solvents may not remove the offending. Prophets, Initiation and the Egyptian Temple. This distinction allows conna?e which are the places of the temple accessible?uelle cat?rie from pr?e. The m? besides phras?ogy is used in certain passages of the relative Book of the Deaths included/understood like?nt?' initiation. This enables us to rebuild some as?ments?' initiation in the temples and its practical importance in the everyday life of the latter. The daily temple liturgy from Karnak distinguishes between rituals which edge Be performed by has priest (w' b) and others which must Be performed by has prophet (hm-ntr). The distinction demarcates which areas of the temple may Be entered by which rank of priest. Unquestionable The same phraseology interlocks with passages in the Book of the Dead seen have relating to initiation. This enables custom to reconstruct something of the temple initiation and its practical importance to every day life in the temple. Taharqa, King of Kush and the Assyrians. This article treats relations between king Asarhaddon, king d' Assyrie (681-669 front. This conqu? find?o in the Assyrian royal inscriptions like in Annals of Asarhaddon. A pri? ?nnante that Taharqa offers?mon, dat?ant?eurement by P., tells the d?ite of Taharqa and the capture of prince Oushanhourou in 671 front. It asks also?mon pr?rver the life of its sons and its concubines and, finally, to bring back the things such as they?ient before. In this article the relationships between Esarhaddon, king of Assyria (681-669 B The years between 690-683 are regarded have years of peace, while Kushite intervention in the Raising from 683 and probably until 679 prompted Assyria to react and profit control over the Raising and finally conquer Egypt. Royal Assyrian Inscriptions and Annals of Esarhaddon., records Taharqa' S defeat and the captures and Taharqa' S request from Amun to guard the life of his sounds and concubines and to return things to to their previous state of affairs. Variations of Representation in the Direction of the Battle of Kadesh. Does group 2 (G-2) o?a battle proc? left includes R, R, K, L, and I. The reliefs of G-1, express?nt visible for the public, d?oient an important image of the royaut?ous Rams?lors of the annual processions of Opet and Osiris. The composition and orientation of G-2 sugg?nt plut?une association with the Amon god in Ramesseum. Do the localization and the orientation of these reliefs certainly have? dict? by the function of the principal protagonists in the battle, that is to say Rams?et Amon. Cardinal Based one the orientation in which the action develops, the reliefs of the Battle of Kadesh edge Be classified in two groups: Group 1 (G-1) in which the battle proceeds from the right, includes. Group 2 (G-2) in which the battle proceeds from the left, includes R, R, K, L and. Detailed topographical analysis and comparison of G-1 with G-2 reversed images of the Battle of Kadesh reliefs lead to the hypothesis that the Group 1 reliefs are consist with Ramesses. view of the battlefield from his northern vantage not, and that Group 2 represent the view of the same. The G-1 reliefs appear to public Be purposefully exposed to view, attaining particular importance in relation to Ramesses. kingship during the annual processions of. The distribution and orientation of G-2 reliefs suggest association with the god. Primary The hiring and orientation of these reliefs were likely dictated by to their purposeful dedication to the hand protagonists in this battle, Ramesses and Amun. In Khepesh Sword in the University of Liverpool Museum. This article analyzes a?e khepesh conserv?au Mus?de Universit?e Liverpool. The premi? part treats dimensions and typology of the artifact. In the second part, we seek to?avoir when this object has? r?is?n using known examples. Finally, we will try d?rminer which A? the function of similar a?e in the culture of the old?ypte. Year examination of has khepesh sword in the University of Liverpool Museum. article will deal with the measurements and typology of the artifact. determine when this artifact was most likely manufactured by comparing with known examples. last thing the article will attempt to C is to try to determine the function of this kind of sword within. Chemical Dietary Rebuilding of Greco-Novel Mummies At Egypt' S Dakhleh Oasis. Cartmell, Michael Zlonis, Patrick Horne On the site gr?-Roman of Kellis (oasis of Dakhleh, d?rt Western of?ypte)?nviron 20 km of modern Mut are a cimeti? whose group of tombs is nomm?Kellis-1. Does the style of c?mic and boarding make it possible to date the unit from the end of the deuxi? si?e ap. The d?ils of this field work have? pr?nt??elbourne in Australia, O? take place a symposium on Dakhleh in ao?2000. The interventions which d?ulent some have? publi? in 2003, under the direction of Aufderheide. However, the analysis of the m?odes of momification has? publi?dans an article s?r?Aufderheide et al.. Here, we pr?ntons a reconstitution of the food of the r?dents of Kellis?' assistance of a m?odology using a stable isotope (d13C and d15N ratio) and the?de of the coprolithes. Since the principal goal of the arch?ogy is to rebuild the everyday life of these people, the information collected on their food is of a crucial int?t. Indirect evidences of this food can?e d?ites?' examination of the r?dus of food in the remainders of table (E, bone) or other places which offer observations suppl?ntaires as?a flora, fauna and others. At the Greco-Novel site of Kellis (Dakhleh Oasis, western desert of Egypt), butt 20 km east of modern Mut is has burial site (Kellis-1 tomb group). styles dates these tombs from the end of the second century B In 1993 the authors of this article examined and sampled 15 mummified bodies found in the first 12 tombs and in 1998 examined year additional 34 mummies from. The details of this field work were present At the Dakhleh Symposium held in Melbourne, Australia in August 2000 and published in the proceedings of that conference. The mummification methods identified by these mummy studies cuts been published have has separate article (Aufderheide and Al results of rebuilding of the Kellis residents' diet by uses of stable isotope (d13C and d15N ratio) methodology and coprolite studies. Most individual members of ancient populations spent has major of fraction to their time in the acquisition and processing of food. Principal Since the goal of archaeological studies is the rebuilding of the daily life of ancient populations, information butt the diet they. Indirect evidence butt ancient diets edge Be acquired by examination of residual food items (E, bones) in middens gold other site areas, detection of regional single Flora and fauna fossils and similar observations several decades chemical methods that identify components to some food classes cuts been developed, and these were applied to samples from our examined mummies. Additional information was derived from coprolite (dried feces) extracted from the mummies internal, and also from review of the entries in the ancient Kellis Agricultural Account Book found At the site. Die Eingeweidekr? Oder Kr? Of Lebenskeimens. Beim Alten gypter wird der Tod als eine Abstufung zu einem neuen Status of Daseins. Um die Wende zur geschichtlichen Zeit hat DER gypter sich year einer Mumifizierung. Durch einen Schnitt year DER linken Bauchseite of Toten werden die Eingeweide put Ausnahme of Herzens herausgenommen und in vier Krgen beigesetzt. Mumifizierung garantiert dem Toten ein ewiges Krug. die ungrndbaren Keimen of the neuen Lebens im Jenseits statt. Foreign Pharaohs: Coil-Legitimization and Indigenous Reaction In Art and Literature. Does the author carry a new glance on the treatment r?rv?ux?angers royal, of m? that on the political diff?ntes concerning the races. Does a insoup?n?en conclusion arise, that is to say that the?angers do not have? as much d?st?qu' one usually believes it. The author takes has new and integrated look royal At the treatment of the foreigner and the politics of. Specifically examined is the inherent tension between the normally scathing view of the foreigner in Egyptian ideology and the necessity of deferring to him in times of foreign domination by the Hyksos, the Nubians and the Persians. Examined are both the image the foreign pharaohs wished to portray themselves, have well have the indigenous Egyptian reaction during and after periods. What emerges is has perhaps unexpected conclusion that foreigners were not. The Function of "Emblematic" Scenes of the King' S Domination of Foreign Enemies And the d?ratif program of the eight Nubian temples built under the r?e of Rams?III, includes reliefs repr?ntant the Pharaon dominating the enemies. Although these images share a HT? commun run, their repr?ntation in these eight temples, offers some diff?nces. Decorative The programs of all eight Nubian temples constructed during Ramesses II.s reign include relief-carved representations of the pharaoh dominating foreign enemies. these images share has common theme, certain differences in the content of these tables and to their patterns of distribution within the eight temples suggest that they edge Be classified have two distinct standard scene types and that each has has specific form and function. standard are: 1) abbreviated, emblematic. scenes that lack historical specificity and depict the pharaoh smiting foreign captive enemies gold leading bound and 2) complex narrative battle scenes, many of which edge Be correlated to real historical events. the present article is to define the formal characteristics and examines the programmatic patterning of images of conquered foreigners in this selected group of temples the significance of these patterns and the standard function of each scene will Be explained by means of has discussion of the cosmological and cosmographic been worth the ancient Egyptians. The Women Of Thutmose III in the Stelae of the Egyptian Museum. Indeed, on St? CG 34013, the name of the?ouse of God, Nef?ur?a? remplac?ar that of Satiah. In the case of CG 34015, the name of Large the?ouse Royal, M?tr?a? chang?ar that of Isis. Are explanations offered for each case usurp? New epigraphic analyses of two well-known stelae in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, reveal queenly females of Thutmose III whose names were erased and reinscribed with those of other queens. Specifically, in stela CG 34013, the name of God.s Wife Neferure was replaced with that of Satiah. In CG 34015, the name of Royal Great Wife Merytre was replaced with that of Isis. are offered for each usurpation. Black Ware in Tell er Rub' A (Mendes). D?ite like a "pottery of prestige", this black crockery is not tr?courante on the sites?ptiens. We know a small number of local centers O? ? product this imitating type of crockery of the prototypes importation?. The origin of this black pottery of Tell er-Rub' A is discut?dans this article. The University of Toronto 1992-1997 Tell er-Rub.a (Mendes) Excavations produced has small number of black ware vessels of the Ptolemaic period. Described have has prestige pottery., black ware is not. With limited number of local centers are known to cuts produced this kind of ware imitating imported prototype. The question of the origin of the Tell er Rub.a black ware is discussed in this paper. R?exions On Some Sc?s D' Offrande of the Name of the King This article?die in d?ils three sc?s d.offrande of the name of the king which forms part d.un corpus r?i in l.ouvrage the names of the Pharaon, (OBO 174), Freiburg, 2000, which treats more largely of HT? of l.image of the names of the king to the New Empire. The rite d.offrande of the name of the king has donn?ieu?iverses iconographic interpr?tions which t?ignent of l.imagination f?nde d?oy?par. The three sc?s pr?ntent a subtle fitting of d?ils which returns them each one. They show that the rite d.offrande name could take being referred connotations suppl?ntaires: in Heb-Sed - but not of F? syst?tique- (Figure 1). ?.offrande of food to the gods o?es signs of the name of the king is figur?de mani? iconic. ?es composite objects carrying significances (Figures 2 and 3). of mani? g?rale and essential. These significances suppl?ntaires donn? ?.offrande of the name of the king could also combine between them. The Great Goddesses of the Raising, the people Levantine v?rait several d?ses of which three more "large" are: Anat, Astart?t Ash?h. These divinit?ont? ador? m? at the time of the p?ode isra?te, and Ash?h could m? to have? the par?e of the Yahweh god. During the Bronze Ages, circa 3100 to 1200 ECB, the people of the Raising worshipped many goddesses, goal only three great. ones. Anat, Astarte and Asherah. were worshipped well into the Israelite period and Asherah may cuts been the consort of the. Obviousness for goddess veneration comes from the written mythical and cultic material from Ugarit and the Hebrew Bible, have well have the myriad of visual images excavated all over the Raising and the evocative images they display the sacred tree. which almost certainly represented has female deity, perhaps even the great. Over time, the three Levantine great goddesses gradually merged into one another, goal to their worship persisted well into the Greco-Novel period, during which time they continued to their existence have the composite Syrian Goddess. Atargatis. Pottery From the Predynastic Settlement At Halfia Gibli (Diospolis Parva). The nature of this unit is subjected?n examination and makes it possible to find caract?stic clean the?n settlement. Natural This article outlines the of year assembly of pottery excavated At the Predynastic Egyptian site of Halfia Gibli in Upper Egypt, within the context of its relative dating. natural of the assembly is examined, which appears to cuts the characteristics of that from. The ceramic technology is also discussed, ware groups are defined and described, and has detailed description is given of all diagnosis sherds.