Transition in the use of cobalt-blue colorant in the New Kingdom of Egypt

Cobalt-blue colorant was first used in the 18th Dynasty in the New Kingdom of Egypt. The source of this cobalt was cobaltiferous alum from the Western Oases of Egypt. The use of this alum, especially in glass, was suddenly limited at the end of the 18th Dynasty. There is little evidence of the production of cobalt-blue glass in the Ramesside Period (the 19th–20th Dynasties) in the New Kingdom of Egypt. In this study, we brought a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to two archaeological sites located in the Memphite region and used it for onsite analyses of Ramesside cobalt blue-colored glasses and faiences. This method revealed that the compositional characteristics of the cobalt-blue colorant in these Ramesside glasses and faiences is different from the colorant derived from cobaltiferous alum used in the 18th Dynasty, based on the comparison of transition metal composition and alumina content with those of the cobalt blue-colored artifacts from the 18th Dynasty. This result suggests that a new cobalt source other than cobaltiferous alum from the Western Oases was utilized in Egypt during the Ramesside Period.     

论埃及新王国初期的阿蒙祭司

祭司是古代埃及重要的一个社会群体,尤其是新王国时期(第18-20王朝),阿蒙祭司势力迅速发展、壮大,对埃及社会产生了深刻影响.本文着重探讨了新王国初期(即第18王朝前期)阿蒙祭司在政治、经济、宗教等方面所取得的重要成就,并分析了形成这种状况的原因.     

The Amarna Stone Village Survey and life on the urban periphery in New Kingdom Egypt

Abstract

Recent fieldwork at Amarna, the short-lived capital city of Egypt in the late 2nd millennium B.C., added a second area of peripheral settlement, the Stone Village, to the well-known Workmen’s Village, the subject of an intensive excavation campaign in the 1970s and 1980s. Both villages were evidently involved in tomb cutting and/or stone quarrying, but the Stone Village is smaller, conveys a particularly vernacular style of architecture, and seems to have had less state support than the Workmen’s Village. This paper describes the Stone Village as a source for the study of urban life in ancient Egypt. The two village sites offer a case study of the tensions that arose from controlling human populations in a border zone and from longestablished belief frameworks concerning desert landscapes and sacred space.     

The Cost of a Commute: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Osteoarthritis in New Kingdom Egypt

This article evaluates rates of osteoarthritis of the lower limb in human remains from Deir el‐Medina in order to compare the health of the residents of Deir el‐Medina with previous studies on other ancient Egyptian and Nubian populations. This study focuses on osteological observations from the commingled New Kingdom human remains documented during the 2012–2014 field seasons of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. This is the first publication of osteoarthritis for the human remains at Deir el‐Medina, a dataset which complements comparable populations at sites such as Amarna, Giza, and Tombos. It demonstrates that men in the village of Deir el‐Medina experienced significantly higher rates of osteoarthritis in the ankle and knee in comparison to women at Deir el‐Medina. Rates of osteoarthritis in the lower limb at Deir el‐Medina generally fall between workers' cemeteries and middle‐class or elite cemeteries. This study also includes data from Deir el‐Medina's detailed textual record and intact landscape in order to determine how occupation influenced these higher rates of osteoarthritis. The duration, intensity, and frequency of the workmen's hikes are reconstructed based on the surrounding landscape and 42 texts recording work days. This study compares rates of osteoarthritis with these datasets in order to document how the strain, duration, and frequency of the workmen's hikes may have impacted overall rates of osteoarthritis. Consequently, data from the texts and landscape surrounding Deir el‐Medina not only corroborate osteoarthritis patterns, but offer detailed daily life activity which can be used as a comparison for broader studies on osteoarthritis in ancient and modern populations. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

论新王国时期埃及人的生死观

本文评述新王国时期的埃及人在死者的墓室入口摆设宴席、庆祝被称为“美好的山谷节日”的习俗。文章试图利用从古代埃及流传下来的文献、近些年来的考古发掘结果以及来自古代两河流域和古代以色列的相关材料来阐述新王国时期的埃及人极其复杂的生死观以及他们面对死神而采取的独特的处世态度。     

巴西亚马 逊地球上最神奇的“生命王国”

<正>近年来随着金砖五国迅猛的发展,2014巴西足球世界杯和2016里约热内卢夏季奥运会关注度的提升,巴西这个国家越来越频繁地出现在人们的视野当中。而动画电影《里约大冒险》在全球走红,更让大家意识到除了狂热的足球和热情的森巴,巴西还是一个神奇的野生动植物王国,值得我们去深入探秘,领略大自然最为原始的魅力。     

New Records for Ancient Pests: Archaeoentomology in Egypt

Recent work on material from New Kingdom and Byzantine Amarna has considerably expanded our knowledge of the insect fauna of Egypt. As well as presenting new fossil records, the paper reviews archaeoentomological work from mummies, offerings and archaeological material and attempts to highlight the necessity of fossil insect study in the archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean.     

Lisa K. Sabbahy: Kingship,Power, and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt: From the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom

African Archaeological Review -     

在秦皇新天地开启品质生活

<正>优越的地理位置,优质的产品服务,先进的经营理念,创造了秦皇岛市的商业新地标——秦皇新天地。秦皇新天地北接秦皇大街,东临西环路,西靠森林体育公园,山倚水绕,风景旖旎,以现代主义的设计风格、国际水准的管理理念、丰富的水岸景观资源,全情演绎秦皇岛市唯一的公园情景式餐饮休闲体验街区。120米水幕电影,500米水岸实木栈道,近800平方米欧式婚礼广场,秦皇岛市最大旱喷音乐中心广场……诸多休闲景观的设计,在提高项目水准的同时,也不断刷新着秦皇岛市商业的高度。     

Dental disease in the Nile Valley during the New Kingdom

This study examines evidence for dental disease (caries, abscesses, antemortem tooth loss and severity of dental wear) in Nubian and Egyptian groups living in the Nile Valley during the New Kingdom. Specific attention is given to individuals buried at the site of Tombos, a cemetery in Nubia used during the Egyptian colonial occupation. In addition, three Nubian and two Egyptian samples are included for comparative purposes. While some similarities in condition frequencies between Tombos and the comparative groups are apparent, especially in the rates of caries and abscesses, significant differences in antemortem tooth loss and severity of tooth wear point to variation in these Nile Valley samples. These differences are especially evident for males. Higher rates of these conditions at Tombos may be attributed to the socio‐political and cultural changes taking place during this time of colonial occupation. Changes in foodways and occupational environments may have resulted in stress, as demonstrated by these dental conditions experienced by the Tombos people throughout this transitional period. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

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