The Books Behind the Masks

Sources of Warfare Leadership in Ancient Egypt. Ancient Warfare Series Volume 4
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-46610-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 124, 446 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 887 g

Reihe: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East / Ancient Warfare

The study of the ancient Egyptian military and warfare now encompasses the background court society in which the various eulogies drawn up for the glorification of the kings were composed. This study proceeds from a previous analysis of the leadership characteristics of the military pharaohs to their underlying war records to the literary compositions that the pharaohs had drawn up for their glorification. A study of these court-inspired accounts fits within the overarching new perspectives of royally directed and inspired ancient Egyptian literature. The historical background covers the New Kingdom pharaohs Kamose, Thutmose III, Ramesses II and III, with Merenptah, plus Pianchy. The concentration is primarily upon the narrative structures employed in each of these king’s monumental inscriptions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spalinger, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Antike Kriegsführung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Plates

Introduction and Themes

1 Kamose’s War Records

2 Thutmose III and Megiddo

3 The Structure of the Kadesh Poem

4 Merenptah and the Israel Stela

5 Merenptah and Ramesses III

6 Pharaoh Pianchy and His Great Stela

7 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Spalinger, PhD (1973, Yale), Professor, University of Auckland, has concentrated his life’s research on the military aspects of pharaonic Egypt plus the astronomical-calendrical aspects of this civilization.