Overview

An examination of the myriad lifetimes lived by ancient Egyptian artifacts Egypt has a particular longue duree, a continuity of preservation in deep time, not seen in other parts of the world. Over the centuries, ancient buildings have been adopted for purposes that differed from the original. Temple sites have been transformed into places of worship for new deities or turned into houses and tombs. Tombs, in turn, have been adapted to function as human dwellings already in the Late Antique Period. The Afterlives of Egyptian History expands on the traditional academic approach of studying the original function and sociopolitical circumstances of ancient Egyptian objects, texts, and sites to examine their secondary lives by exploring their reuse, modification, and reinterpretation. Written in honor of the Egyptologist, Edward Bleiberg, this volume brings together a group of luminous scholars from a wide range of fields, including Egyptian archaeology, philology, conservation, and art, to explore the historical circumstances, as well as political and economic situations, of people who have come into contact with ancient Egypt, both in antiquity and in more recent times. Contributor Affiliations: Yekaterina Barbash, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USA Lisa Bruno, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USA Simon Connor, F.R.S.-FNRS, Brussels, Belgium and University of Liege, Liege, Belgium Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USA Richard Fazzini, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USA Peter Lacovara, Ancient Egyptian Archaeology and Heritage Fund, Albany, NY USA Ronald J. Leprohon, University of Toronto, Canada Mary McKercher, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USA Edmund Meltzer, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, California USA Joachim Friedrich Quack, Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio USA Paul Edmund Stanwick, independent scholar, New York, NY USA Emily Teeter, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA Kathy Zurek-Doule, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY USA

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Author:   Yekaterina Barbash ,  Kathlyn M. Cooney ,  Kathy Zurek-Doule
Publisher:   American University in Cairo Press
Imprint:   American University in Cairo Press
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9781617979927

ISBN 10:   1617979929
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   08 June 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Tabula Gratulatoria Preface Bibliography of Edward L. Bleiberg Exhibitions Organized by Edward L. Bleiberg Introduction Section 1. Egyptian Afterlives in the Modern World 1. Egyptian Mummies at the Brooklyn Museum: Changing Attitudes and Perceptions Lisa Bruno 2. The Survival of Ancient Egypt in Modern Culture: A Never-ending Story Edmund Meltzer 3. The Ancient (Egyptian) Language of the Children of Dune Joachim Friedrich Quack 4. The Montuemhat Crypt in the Mut Temple: A New Look Richard Fazzini and Mary McKercher Section 2. Egyptian Afterlives in Antiquity 5. A Visit with the Egyptian Statues of the Alexandria Serapeum and Iseum Campense Paul Stanwick 6. The Various Lives of Statues in the City of the Sun Simon Connor 7. Egyptian Stone Vessels Abroad: Reuse and Reconfiguration Peter Lacovara Section 3. Egyptian Afterlives in Pharaonic Egypt 8. A Late Old Kingdom Stela in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (ROM 971.289) Ronald Leprohon 9. A Case Study of Multiple Coffin Reuse in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Kathlyn Cooney 10. A New Version of Book of the Dead 30B Art Institute Chicago Heart Scarab 1894.1359 Emily Teeter 11. The Ba-bringer and Other Fun(erary) Texts: pBrooklyn Museum 37.1783E Yekaterina Barbash Index

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A delightful and varied collection of articles unified under the heading of reuse, dedicated to a scholar, curator, teacher, and gentleman whose interests are broad and whose knowledge is deep. Topics range from discussions of objects recurved, repurposed, and reused multiple times and in surprising ways, to the fanciful use of Egyptian language in modern novels. It is both an informative and fun read. --Rita E. Freed, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Yekaterina Barbash is associate curator of Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Kathlyn M. Cooney is professor of Egyptian art and architecture at UCLA. Kathy Zurek-Doule is Curatorial Assistant at the Brooklyn Museum.

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