Egyptian History and Civilisation II
Code: 43622 ECTS Credits: 15| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4315555 Egyptology | OB | 1 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Jose Lull Garcia
- Email:
- Jose.Lull@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
Teachers
- Jordi Vidal Palomino
External teachers
- Andrés Diego Espinel
- Lucía Díaz-Iglesias Llanos
- Miguel Ángel Molinero Polo
Prerequisites
To have completed the module "Egyptian History and Civilization I".
Objectives and Contextualisation
The general objectives of this module are:
A) To get the students to access the following contents, in a critical way and always through direct analysis of written, iconographical, and archaeological sources, and reading specialized and updated bibliography:
1) History of Egypt from the end of the Old Kingdom to the Second Intermediate Period, on the basis of the interpretation of archaeological, iconographical, and written sources, and paying particular attention to social and ideological phenomena.
2) History, archaeology, and culture of the Near East and the oriental Mediterranean through both written sources (in translation) and iconographical and archaeological sources.
3) History of the Egyptian religion.
4) Main categories of the Egyptian thought and cosmovision. Pantheon, cosmogony and funerary beliefs. Mythical cycles, ritual, worship, magic, and individual religiousness in ancient Egypt.
B) To analyze the theoretical and methodological assumptions on the basis of which the study of these contents is undertaken.
Competences
- Act in a creative and original way with solidarity and spirit of scientific collaboration.
- Analyze religious beliefs and the symbolic universe and ritual of ancient Egypt in its historical and cultural context through the interpretation of textual, archaeological and iconographic sources that document.
- Assess the quality, self-imposed, rigor, responsibility and social commitment, both in training and in the scientific and informative work.
- Contextualize the historical and cultural evolution of Egypt in the wider framework of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East and evaluate the synchronicity between the Egyptian civilization and other civilizations of antiquity.
- Critically analyze a given scientific problem based on historical and cultural sources.
- Critically interpret texts as historical and cultural sources.
- Describe the historical and cultural evolution of ancient Egypt, from the critical analysis of the textual, archaeological and iconographic sources.
- Knowledge and understanding that provide a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and / or applying ideas, often in a research context.
- Recognize and evaluate sociological or ecological issues such as gender, otherness, multiculturalism, identity, immigration and the relationship between human societies and the environment, responding to the concerns of the society of our time.
- Support the epistemology and methodology of historiography Egyptology and evaluate the different historiographical trends of the discipline.
- Teaming up with special sensitivity interdisciplinarity.
- That students are able to integrate knowledge and handle complexity and formulate judgments based on information that was incomplete or limited, include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
Learning Outcomes
- Act in a creative and original way with solidarity and spirit of scientific collaboration.
- Analyzing the main anthropological beliefs, cosmogony, cosmology and Egyptian funerary and the Pantheon and the main mythic cycles of ancient Egypt.
- Apply the critical analysis of the textual, archaeological and iconographic reconstruction of the history of Egypt from the end of the Old Kingdom until the beginning of the New Kingdom sources.
- Assess the quality, self-imposed, rigor, responsibility and social commitment, both in training and in the scientific and informative work.
- Critically analyze a given scientific problem based on historical and cultural sources.
- Critically interpret textual sources of Egyptian history from the late Old Kingdom until the early New Kingdom.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the history of Egypt from the end of the Old Kingdom until the early New Kingdom.
- Describe the main stages of the history and culture of the ancient Near East, from its textual (in translation), iconographic and archaeological sources.
- Describe the ritual practices of the ancient Egyptians royal ceremonial, funeral and ancestor worship, worship in temples, magic and personal piety.
- Evaluate the different theoretical positions related to the study of Egyptian religion.
- Explain the historical development of the Egyptian religion, in its theological aspects, mythical, ritual, social and political, from its origins to Greco-Roman times.
- Knowledge and understanding that provide a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and / or applying ideas, often in a research context.
- Recognize and evaluate sociological or ecological issues such as gender, otherness, multiculturalism, identity, immigration and the relationship between human societies and the environment, responding to the concerns of the society of our time.
- Relating the history of Egypt with the cultures of their geographical environment since the end of the Old Kingdom until the early New Kingdom.
- Teaming up with special sensitivity interdisciplinarity.
- That students are able to integrate knowledge and handle complexity and formulate judgments based on information that was incomplete or limited, include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
- To reflect critically on the main categories of thought and worldview Egyptians, including divinity, cosmic and social order, order-chaos dialectic and divine kingship.
Content
COURSE 1: HISTORY OF EGYPT FROM THE END OF THE OLD KINGDOM TO THE SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
CREDITS: 5
PROF. ANDRÉS DIEGO ESPINEL
CALENDAR AND SCHEDULE:
From 17th to 30th April and from 25th May to 5th June 2020
Every day 18:00-20:00 h.
- M. Baud, “Le format de l’histoire. Annales royales et biographies de particuliers dans l’Égypte du IIIe millénaire”, en N. Grimal – M. Baud (eds.), Événement, récit, histoire officielle. L’écriture de l’histoire dans les monarchies antiques, París, 2003 : 271-301.
- M. Baud – V. Dobrev, “Le verso des annals de la VIedynastie.Pierre de Saqqara-Sud”, BIFAO 97 (1997) : 35-42.
- M. Baud – V. Dobrev, “De nouvelles annals de l’Ancien Empire. Une ‘Pierre de Palerme’ pour la VIedynastie”, BIFAO (1995): 23-92.
- É. Delange, "La chambre des ancêtres de Thoutmosis III", en É. Delange, Monuments ègyptiens du Nouvel Empire, París, 2015: 15-111.
- N. Grimal, “Les ancêtres de Karnak”, CRAIBL 2010: 343-370, esp. 352, fig. 7.
- E. Hornung, R. Krauss y D. A. Warburton, Ancient Egyptian Chronology, Leiden –Boston, 2006 (chapters corresponding to this period).
- J. Jiménez Fernández – A. Jiménez Serrano, Manetón: Historia de Egipto, Los Berrocales del Jarama, 2008.
- D. B. Redford, Pharaonic King-lists, annals and day-books. A contribution to the study of the Egyptian sense of History, Missisagua, 1986.
- K. Ryholt, “The Turin king-list”, Ä&L 14 (2004): 135-155.
- K. Ryholt, “The late Old Kingdom in the Turin king-list and the identity of Nitocris”, ZÄS 127 (2000): 87-100.
- G. Verbrugghe – J. M. Wickersham, Berossos and Manetho, introduced and translated: native traditions in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, Ann Arbor, 1996.
Periodization of Egyptian history in present-day perspective:
- Th. Schneider, “Die Periodisierung der ägyptischen Geschichte. Problem un Perspektive für die Ägyptologische Historiographie”, en T. Hofmann – A. Sturm (eds.), Menschenbilder– Bildermenschen. Kunst und Kultur im Alten Ägypten, Norderstedt, 2003: 241-256.
- Ch. Bronk Ramsey et al., “Radiocarbon-based Chronology forDynastic Egypt”, Science 328 (18 June 2010): 1554-1557.
- N.Cherpion, Mastabas et hypogées d’Ancien Empire. Le problème de la datation, Bruselas, 1989.
- M. W. Dee, "Absolutely datingclimatic evidence and the decline of Old Kingdom Egypt", en F. Höflmayer (ed.), The Late Third Millennium in the Ancient Near East: Chronology, C14 and Climate Change, Chicago, 2017: 323-332.
- N. Grimal (ed.), Les critères de datation stylistiques à l’Ancien Empire, El Cairo, 1998
- Y. Harpur, Decoration in Egyptian tombs of the Old Kingdom. Studies in orientation and scene content, Londres – Nueva York, 1987.
- J. Regev, P. de Miroschedji, R. Greenberg, E. Braun, Z. Greenhut, E. Boaretto, "Chronology of the Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant: new analysis for a high chronology", Radiocarbon 54/3-4, (2012): 525-566.
- H. Vymazalová – M. Bárta (eds.), Chronology and archaeology in ancient Egypt (the third millennium B.C.), Praga, 2008.
- Las contribuciones de M. Dee – M. Bárta en A. J. Shortland – C. Brock Ramsey (eds.), Radiocarbon and the chronology of ancient Egypt, Oxford – Oakville, 2013: 209-217; 218-223.
- D. Agut, J. C. Moreno García, De Narmerà Dioclétien. 3150 av. J.-C. - 284 apr. J.-C., [París], 2016: cap. IV, 159-198.
- M. Baud, “The Old Kingdom”, en A. B. Lloyd (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Egypt. Volume I, Malden, MA – Oxford – Chichester, 2010: 63-80.
- E. Edel, “Inschriften des Alten Reiches I. Die Biographie des Gaufürsten von Edfu, Jzj”, ZÄS 79 (1954): 11-17.
- C. J. Eyre, “Weni’s career and Old Kingdom historiography”, en C. Eyre – A. Leahy – L. M. Leahy, The unbroken reed. Studies in culture and heritage of Ancient Egypt in honour of A. F. Shore, Londres, 1994: 107-124.
- H. Goedicke, “The death of Pepi II – Neferkare’”, SAK 15 (1988): 111-121.
- Y. Gourdon, Pépy Ier et la VIe dynastie, París, 2016.
- D. Henige, “How long did Pepy II reign?”, GM 221 (2009): 41-48.
- T. Hofmann, “Die Autobiographie des Uni von Abydos”, LingAeg 10 (2002): 225-237.
- N. Kanawati, “Weni the elder and his royal background”, en A.-A. Maravelia (ed.), En quête de la lumière – In quest of light. Mélanges in honorem Ashraf A. Sadek, Oxford, 2009: 33-49.
- N. Kanawati, Conspiracies in the Egyptian palace: Unis to Pepy I, Londres – Nueva York, 2003.
- M. el-Khadragy, “The Edfu Offering Niche of Qar in the Cairo Museum”, SAK 30 (2002): 203-28.
- M. el-Khadragy, “Some palaeographic featuresof Weni’s biography”, GM 188 (2002): 61-72
- C.Manassa,“The Crimes of Count Sabni Reconsidered”, ZÄS 133 (2006): 151-63, láms. 34-36.
- J. C. Moreno García, “De l’Ancien Empire à la Première PériodeIntermédiaire : L’autobiographie de Qar d’Edfou, entre tradition et innovation”, RdE 49 (1998): 151-60.
- P. Piacentini, La autobiografia di Uni, Principe e governatore dell’Alto Egitto, Pisa 1990.
- J. Richards, “Text and context in late Old Kingdom Egypt: the archaeology and historiography of Weni the elder”, JARCE 39 (2002): 75-102.
- S. Roth, Die Königsmutter des Alten Reiches von der Frühzeit bis zum Ende der 12.Dynastie, Wiesbaden, 2001.
- P. C. Smither, “An Old Kingdom Letter Concerning the Crimes of Count Sabni”, JEA 28 (1942): 16-19.
Administration and economy:
- P. Andrássy, Untersuchungen zum ägyptischen Staat des Alten Reiches und seinen Institutionen, Berlín – Londres, 2008.
- K. Baer, Rank and title in the Old Kingdom. The structure of theEgyptianAdministration in the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties, Chicago, 1960.
- M. Baud, Famille royale et pouvoirsous l’Ancien Empire égyptien, dos vols., El Cairo, 1999.
- E. Brovarski, “Overseers of Upper Egypt in the Old to Middle Kingdoms”, ZÄS 140 (2013): 91-111; ZÄS 141 (2014): 24-35.
- Ph. Collombert, "Une nouvelle version de l'autobiographie d'Ouni", en R. Legros (ed.), Cinquante ans d'éternité: jubilé de la Mission archéologique française de Saqqâra, El Cairo, 2015: 145-157.
- V. Gae Callender, In Hathor’s image I. The wives andmothers of Egyptian kings from dynasties I-VI, Praga, 2011: 206-318; 326-327.
- L. M. Cooper, Hry-tp aA n spAt (Great overlord of the nome): The office of nomarch during the First Intermediate Period, Tesis doctoral inédita, Memphis, 2009.
- S. Desplancques, L’institution du trésor en Égypte des origines à la fin du Moyen Empire, París, 2006.
- J. Fettel, Die Chentiu-schi des Alten Reiches, tesis doctoral inédita, Heidelberg, 2010.
- H. Goedicke, Die privaten Rechtinschriften aus dem Alten Reich, Viena, 1970.
- H. Goedicke, Königliche Dokumente aus dem Alten Reich, Wiesbaden, 1967.
- Y. Gourdon, "Les gouverneurs de l'oasis de Dakhla à la fin de l'Ancien Empire", BIFAO 114 (2014): 202-225.
- I. Hafemann, Dienstverpflichtung im Alten Ägypten während des Alten und Mittleren Reiches, Berlín – Londres, 2009.
- H. K. Jacquet Gordon, Les noms des domains funéraires sous l’Ancien Empire égyptien, El Cairo, 1962.
- D. Jones, An index of ancient Egyptian titles, epithets and phrases of the Old Kingdom, dos vols., Oxford, 2000.
- N. Kanawati, Akhmin in the Old Kingdom. Part I: Chronology andadministration, Sydney, 1992.
- N. Kanawati, Governmental reforms in Old Kingdom Egypt, Warminster, 1980.
- N. Kanawati, The Egyptian administration in the Old Kingdom. Evidence on its economic decline, Warminster, 1977.
- E. Martin-Pardey, Untersuchungen zur ägyptischen Provinzialverwaltung bis zum Ende des Alten Reiches, Hildesheim, 1976.
- E. Martinet, Le nomarque sous l’Ancien Empire, París, 2011.
- E. Martinet, "La structure administrativedu14e nome de Haute Égypteetle développement de l'administration supra-provinciale sousla VIedynastie", BIFAO 115 (2015): 299-324.
- J. C. Moreno García (ed.), Ancient Egyptian administration, Leiden - Boston, 2013: 41-258 (capítulos de H. Papazian, M. Bárta, L. Pantalacci, J. C. Moreno García, H. Vimazalová y W. Grajetzki).
- J. C. Moreno García, “La gestion des aires marginales: pHw, gs, Tnw, sxt au IIIe millénaire”, en A. Woods – A. McFarlane – S. Binder (eds.), Egyptian culture and society. Studies in honour of Naguib Kanawati. Volume II, El Cairo, 2010: 49-70.
- J. C. Moreno García, Hwt et le milieu rural égyptien du IIIe millénaire. Économie, administration etorganisation territoriale, París, 1999.
- J. C. Moreno García, Études sur l’administration, le pouvoir et l’idéologie en Égypte, de l’Ancien au Moyen Empire, Lieja, 1997.
- L. Pantalacci, "Famille royale et pouvoir oasite: une fille royale à Balat à la fin de l'Ancien Empire", en R. Legros (ed.), Cinquante ans d'éternité: jubilé de la Mission archéologique française de Saqqâra, El Cairo, 2015: 301-307.
- H. Papazian, Domain of the pharaoh. The structure and components of the economy of Old Kingdom Egypt, Hildesheim, 2012.
- S. Polet, “Pepy-ankh Heny le noir de Meir (tombe A2) a-t-il usurpé le titre de vizir?”, Res Antiquae 7 (2010): 417-428.
- P. Posener-Kriéger, Les archives du temple funéraire de Néferirkarê-Kakaï (les papyrus d’Abousir). Traduction et commentaire, dos vols., El Cairo, 1976.
- P. Posener-Kriéger –M.Verner – H. Vymazalová,Abusir X. The pyramid complex of Raneferef. The papyrus archive, Praga, 2006.
- N. Strudwick, The administration of Egypt in the OldKingdom. The highest titles and their holders, Londres – Boston – Henley – Melbourne, 1985.
- L. A. Warden, Pottery and economy in Old Kingdom Egypt, Leiden – Boston, 2014.
- L. A. Warden, "Centralized taxation during the Old Kingdom", en P. der Manuelian, Th. Schneider (eds), Towards a new history for the Egyptian Old Kingdom: perspectives on the pyramid age, Leiden - Boston, 2015: 470-495.
- E. Windus-Staginsky, Der agyptische Konig im Alten Reich: Terminologie und Phraseologie, Wiesbaden, 2006.
Foreign policy:
- M. G. Biga – A.Roccati, “Tra Egitto e Siria nel III millennio a.C.”, Acc. Sc. Torino. Atti. Sc. Mor. 146 (2012): 17-42.
- A. Diego Espinel, Abriendo los caminos de Punt. Contactos entre Egipto y el ámbito afroárabe durante la Edad del Bronce (ca. 3000 a.C. – 1065 a.C.), Barcelona, 2011.
- F. Förster, Der Abu Ballas Weg, Colonia, 2015.
- R. Gundacker, "The significance of foreign toponyms and ethnonyms in Old Kingdom Text sources", en F. Höflmayer (ed.), The Late Third Millennium in the Ancient Near East: Chronology, C14 and Climate Change, Chicago, 2017: 333-426.
- F. Höflmayer y R. Eichmann (eds.), Egypt and the Southern Levant in the Early Bronze Age, Rahden, 2014: 57-67; 135-148 (contribuciones de I. Forstner-Müller, D. Raue y F. Höflmayer).
- M. Marcolin, “Una nuova biografia egiziana della VI dinastia con iscrizioni storiche e geografiche”, Acc. Sc. Torino. Atti. Sc. Mor. 144 (2010): 43-79.
- M. Marcolin – A. Diego Espinel, “TheSixth Dynasty Inscription of Iny: More pieces tothepuzzle”, en M. Bárta (ed.), Abusir and Saqqara intheyear 2010.Proceedings of the conference held in Prague, (en prensa).
- P. de Miroschedji, “Egypt and southern Canaan in the third millennium BCE: Uni’s Asiatic campaigns revisited”, en M. Gruber – Sh. AḤituv – G. Lehmann – Z. Talshir (eds.), All the wisdom of the East. Studies in Near East archaeology and history in honor of Eliezer D. Oren, Friburgo – Gotinga, 2012: 265-292.
- Cl. Obsomer, “Les expéditions d’Herkhouf (VIe dynastie) et la localisation de Iam”, en M.-C. Bruwier (ed.),Pharaons noirs. Sur la piste des quarante jours, Mariemont 2007 : 39-52.
- L. Pantalacci, "Broadening horizons: distant places and travels in Dakhla and the Western Desert at the end of the 3rd millennium", en F. Förster, H. Riemer (eds), Desert road archaeology in Ancient Egypt and beyond, Colonia, 2013: 283-296.
- Th. Schneider, "The Old Kingdom abroad: an epistemological perspective - With remarks on the biography of Iny and the kingdom of Dugurasu", en P. der Manuelian, Th. Schneider (eds), Towards a new history for the Egyptian Old Kingdom: perspectives on the pyramid age, Leiden - Boston, 2015: 429-455.
- K. N. Sowada, Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Old Kingdom. An archaeological perspective, Friburgo – Gotinga, 2009.
- B. Bell, "The Dark Ages in Ancient History, I. The First Dark Age in Egypt", AJA 75 (1971): 1-26
- C. Duhig, “’They are eating people here!’ Paleopathology and living conditions in the First Intermediate Period”, en S. Ikram – A. Dodson, Beyond theHorizon. Studies in Egyptian art, archaeology and history in honour of Barry J. Kemp. Volume I, El Cairo, 2009: 45-88.
- E. Endesfelder (ed.), Probleme der frühen Gesellschaftsentwicklung im AltenÄgypten,Berlín, 1991.
- G. E. Gilbert, “Three recently excavated funerary stelae from the eighth dynasty tomb of Shemai at Kom el-Momaien, Qift”, JEA 90 (2004): 73-79.
- L. Habachi, “The tomb of princess Nebt of the eighth dynasty discovered at Qift”, SAK 10 (1983): 205-214.
- F. Höflmayer, "The Southern Levant, Egypt, and the 4.2 ka BP Event", en H. Meller, H. W. Arz, R. Risch (eds.), 2200 BC - Ein Klimasturz als Ursache für den Zerfall der Alten Welt?, Halle, 2015: 113–30.
- N. Moeller, “The First Intermediate Period: a time of famine and climate change?”, Ä&L 15 (2005): 153-167.
- M. F. Mostafa, The mastaba of SmAj at Nag' Kom el-Koffar, Qift. Volume I, El Cairo, 2014.
- R. Müller-Wollermann, Krisenfaktoren im ägyptischen Staat des ausgehenden Alten Reichs, Tubinga, 1986.
- R. Müller-Wollermann, “End of the Old Kingdom”, en W. Wendrich (ed.), UCLA encyclopedia of Egyptology, 2014.
- H. Papazian, "The state of Egypt in the Eighth Dynasty", en P. der Manuelian, Th. Schneider (eds), Towards a new history for the Egyptian Old Kingdom: perspectives on the pyramid age, Leiden - Boston, 2015: 393-428.
- D. B. Redford, City of the Ram-man: The story of ancient Mendes, Princeton,2010.
- Th.Schneider, "'What is the past but a once material existence now silenced?': the FirstIntermediate Period from an Epistemological perspective", en F. Höflmayer (ed.), The Late Third Millennium in the Ancient Near East: Chronology, C14 and Climate Change, Chicago, 2017: 311-322.
- J.-D. Stanley et al., “Short Contribution: Nile Flow Failure at the End of the Old Kingdom, Egypt: Strontium isotopic and petrologic evidence”, Geoarchaeology 18 (2003): 395-402.
- J. Vandier, La famine dans l’Égypte ancienne, El Cairo, 1936.
- D. Agut, J. C. Moreno García, De Narmer à Dioclétien. 3150 av. J.-C. - 284 apr. J.-C., [París], 2016: cap. V, 199-236.
- D. Arnold, Gräber des Alten und Mittleren Reiches in El-Tarif, Maguncia, 1976.
- M. Abd el-Gelil – A. Saadani – D. Raue, “Some inscriptions andreliefs from Matariya”, MDAIK 143-156, esp. 145-150, lám. 28a.
- F. Breyer, “IV. Ägyptische Texte: 1. DieInschrift des Anchtifi aus Mo’alla”, en B. Janowski – G. Wilhelm (eds.), Texte ays der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Neue Folge. Band 2. Staatsverträge, Herrscherinschriften und andere Dokumente zur politischen Geschichte, Gütersloh, 2005: 187-96.
- E. Brovarski, “The Hare and Oryx nomes in the First Intermediate Period and early Middle Kingdom”, en A. Woods – A. McFarlane – S. Binder (eds.), Egyptian culture and society. Studies inhonour of Naguib Kanawati. Volume I,ElCairo,2010: 31-85.
- H. Brunner, Die Texte aus den Gräbern derHerakleopolitenzeit von Siut mit Übersetzung und Erläuterungen, Glückstadt – Hamburgo – Nueva York, 1937.
- J. Clayton – A. De Trafford – M. Borda, “A hieroglyphic inscription foundat Jebel Uweinatmentioning Yam and Tejebet”, Sahara 19 (2008) : 129-133.
- J. C. Darnell, “The eleventh dynasty royal inscription from Deir el-Ballas”, RdE 59 (2008): 81-110.
- J. C. Darnell, “The route of eleventh dynasty into Nubia. An interpretation based on the rock inscriptions ofTjehemau at Abisko”, ZÄS 131 (2004): 23-48.
- J. C. Darnell, “The rock inscriptions of Tjehemau at Abisko”, ZÄS 130 (2003): 31-48.
- J. C. Darnell, “The message of King Wahankh Antef II to Khety, ruler of Heracleopolis”, ZÄS 124 (1997): 101-108.
- J. C. Darnell – D. Darnell, "New Inscriptions of the Late First Intermediate Period from the Theban Western Desert and the Beginnings of the Northern Expansion of the Eleventh Dynasty", JNES 56/4 (1997): 241-258.
- E. Edel, Die Inschriften derGrabfronten derSiut-Gräber in Mittelägypten aus der Herakleopolitenzeit. Ein Wiederherstellung nach den Zeichnungen der Description de l’Égypte, Opladen, 1984.
- E. Edel, Die Inschriften am Eingang des Grabes des „Tef-ib“ (Siut Grab III) nach der Description de l’Égypte. Ein Wiederherstellungsversuch, Wiesbaden, 1970.
- H. G. Fischer, “The inscription of in-it.f, born of Tfi”, JNES 19 (1960): 258-268.
- H. G.Fischer, “The Nubian Mercenaries of Gebelein during the First Intermediate Period”, Kush 9(1961): 44-80.
- G. Gabra,“Preliminary report on the stela of Htpi from El-Kab from the time of Wahankh Inyôtef”,MDAIK 32 (1976): 45-56.
- L. Gestermann, Kontinuität und Wandel in Politik und Verwaltungdes frühen Mittleren Reiches in Ägypten, Wiesbaden, 1987.
- F.Gomaà, Ägypten während der Ersten Zwischenzeit, Wiesbaden, 1980.
- M. el-Khadragy, “Some significant features in the decoration of the Chapel of Iti-ibi-iqer at Asyut”, SAK 36 (2007): 105-135.
- M. el-Khadragy, “The decoration of the rock-cutchapel of Khety II at Asyut”, SAK 37 (2008): 219-241.
- B. Mathieu, “Le lasso d’Hathor. Relecture de la stèle Turin Suppl. 1310 », GM 219 (2008) : 65.
- J. C. Moreno García, “Capítulo IV. El Primer Período Intermedio”, en J. M. Parra(ed.), El Antiguo Egipto, Marcial Pons: Madrid, 2009: 181-208.
- L. D. Morenz, Die Zeit von Regionen im Spiegel der Gebelein-Region, Leiden, 2009.
- L. D. Morenz, “Der von Gott begnadete Herrscher. Eine sakro-politische Verkündigung des Chnum für Jnj-jt=f-aA, monumentalisiertauf einem Sakralbau in Elephantine”, MDAIK 60 (2004): 107-118.
- L. D. Morenz, “Die schmähende Herausforderungdes Thebaners DArj an Xty”, WdO 29 (1998): 5-20.
- T. Musacchio, “An unpublished Stela from Dendera dating to the Eleventh Dynasty”, en Z. Hawass – J. Houser Wegner (eds.), Millions of Jubilees. Studies in honor of David P. Silverman. Volume II, El Cairo, 2010: 1-12.
- J. Padró, Études historico-archéologiques surHéracléopolis Magna. La nécropole de la muraille méridionale, Barcelona, 1999.
- M. C. Pérez Díe y P. Vernus, Excavaciones en Ehnasya el Medina (Heracleópolis Magna), Madrid,1992.
- L. Postel, “Une nouvelle mention des campagnes nubiennes de Montouhotep II à Karnak”,en L. Gabolde (ed.), Hommages à Jean-Claude Goyon, El Cairo, 2008: 329-40.
- L. Postel, Protocoledes souverains égyptiens et dogme monarchique au début du Moyen Empire, Brepols, 2004.
- S. Seidlmayer, Gräberfelder aus dem Übergang vom Alten zum Mittleren Reich. Studien zur Archäologie der Ersten Zwischenzeit, Heidelberg, 1990.
- S. Seidlmayer, “Zwei Anmerkungen zur Dynastie der Herakleopoliten”, GM 157 (1997): 81-90.
- S. Seidlmayer, “6. The First Intermediate Period (c. 2160-2055 b.C.)”, en I. Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000: 118-147.
- M. Ullmann, “Thebes: Origins of a Ritual Landscape”, en P. F. Dorman – B. M. Bryan, Sacred Space and Sacred Function in Ancient Thebes, Chicago, 2007.
- H. Willems, “The First Intermediate Period”, en A. B. Lloyd (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Egypt. VolumeI, Malden, MA – Oxford – Chichester, 2010: 81-100.
Art:
- W. Barta,Das Selbszeugnis eines altägyptischen Künstlers (Stele Louvre C14), Berlín, 1970.
- S. Cauville, “Desbâtons et des oiseaux (Stèle Louvre C 14– XIedynastie)”, GM 228 (2011): 5-8.
- V. Chauvet, “Who did what and why: the dynamics of tomb preparation”, en R. Jasnow – K. M. Cooney (eds.), Joyful in Thebes. Egyptological studies in honor of BetsyM. Bryan, Atlanta:¡, 2015: 63-78.
- H.-W. Fischer-Elfert, “Das verschwiegene Wissen des Irtisen (Stele Louvre C 14). Zwischen Arcanum und Preisgabe”, en J. Assmann – M. Bommas (eds.), Ägyptischen Mysterien?, Munich, 2002: 27-35.
- M. Lashien, “Artists’ training in the Old and Middle Kingdom”, GM224 (2010): 81-84.
- N. Kanawati – A. Woods, Artists in the Old Kingdom. Techniques and achievements, El Cairo, 2009.
- S. Kubisch, “Die Stelen der 1 Zwischenzeit aus Gebelein”, MDAIK 56 (2000): 239-265.
- A. Roccati, “La stele di un falegname”, Rendiconti della classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche dell’Accademia nazionale dei lincei. Serie VIII, vol. IX (1985): 225-33.
- D. Vishak, Community and identity in ancient Egypt. The Old Kingdom cemetery at Qubbet el-Hawa, Cambridge,2015.
Religious changes:
- S. Bickel – B. Mathieu (eds.), Textes des Pyramides & Textes des Sarcophages. D’un monde à l’autre, El Cairo, 2004.
- S. Luiselli, Die Suche nach Gottesnähe: Untersuchungen zur Persönlichen Frömmigkeit in Ägypten von der Ersten Zwischenzeit bis zum Ende des Neuen Reiches, Wiesbaden, 2011.
- S. Seidlmayer, “Die Ikonographie des Todes”, en H. Willems (ed.), Social aspects of funerary culture in the Egyptian Old and Middle Kingdoms, Lovaina, 2001: 205-252.
- M. Smith, “Democratizationof the afterlife”, en W. Wendrich (ed.), UCLA encyclopedia of Egyptology, 2009.
- M. Smith, Following Osiris - Perspectives on the Osirian afterlife from four millennia, Oxford, 2017.
- H. Willems, Historical and archaeological aspects of Egyptian funerary culture - Religious ideas and ritualpractice in Middle Kingdom elite cemeteries, Leiden - Boston, 2014.
a.2) Introduction (lesson 1).
- Historiography of the period:
The Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period: Egyptian perceptions of two different periods.
The evolution of the historiography regarding this period in modern Egyptology and main problems of current studies.
- The study of the sources:
Royal lists, genealogies, corregencies, dates, and local dynasties.
Data and their interpretation.
Bibliography:
Annals, royal lists and chronology:
- J. P. Allen, “The Second Intermediate Period in the TurinKing List”,enM. Marée (ed.), The Second Intermediate Period (Thirteenth – Seventeenth Dynasties”, Lovaina – París –Walpole, MA, 2010:1-10.
- H. Altenmüller, “Die Inschrift Amenemhets II. aus dem Ptah-Tempel von Memphis. Ein Vorbericht”, SAK 18 (1991): 1-48.
- É. Delange, "La chambre des ancêtres de Thoutmosis III", en É. Delange, Monuments ègyptiens du Nouvel Empire, París, 2015: 15-111.
- J. Dee, “A radiocarbon-based chronology for the Middle Kingdom”, en A. J. Shortland – C. Bronk-Ramsey (eds.), Radiocarbon and the chronologies of ancient Egypt, Oxford, 2013: 174-181.
- N. Grimal, “Les ancêtres de Karnak”, CRAIBL 2010: 343-370, esp. 352, fig. 7.
- Los capítulosde Ryholt y Schneider publicados en E. Hornung – R. Krauss – D. A. Warburton, Ancient Egyptian Chronology, Leiden –Boston, 2006.
- J. Jiménez Fernández – A. Jiménez Serrano, Manetón: Historia de Egipto, Los Berrocales del Jarama, 2008.
- J.Málek – S. Quirke, “Memphis, 1991: Epigraphy”, JEA 78 (1992): 13-18.
- Cl. Obsomer, “Sésostris III et Amenemhat III: une succession royal avec ou sans corégence ?”, en T. Bács (ed.), A tribute to excellence. Studies offered in honor of Ernő Gaál, Ulrich Luft and László Török, Budapest, 2002: 373-392.
- L. Postel – I. Régen, “Annales héliopolitainesetfragments de Sésostris Ier réemployés dansla porte de Bâb al-Tawfiq au Caire”, BIFAO 105 (2005) : 229-293.
- D. B. Redford, Pharaonic King-lists, annals andday-books. A contribution to the study of the Egyptian sense of History, Missisagua, 1986.
- K. Ryholt,“The Turin king-list”, Ä&L 14 (2004):135-155.
- G. Verbrugghe – J. M. Wickersham, Berossos and Manetho, introduced and translated: nativetraditions in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, Ann Arbor, 1996.
Periodization of Egyptian history in present-day perspective:
- Th. Schneider, “Die Periodisierung der ägyptischen Geschichte. Problem un Perspektive für die Ägyptologische Historiographie”, en T. Hofmann – A. Sturm (eds.), Menschenbilder – Bildermenschen. Kunst und Kultur im Alten Ägypten, Norderstedt, 2003: 241-256.
- D. Agut, J. C. Moreno García, De Narmer à Dioclétien. 3150 av. J.-C. - 284 apr. J.-C., [París], 2016: cap. VI, 237-284.
- J. P. Allen, “The high officials of the early Middle Kingdom”, en N. Strudwick – J. Taylor (eds.), The Theban Necropolis. Past, present and future, Londres, 2003: 14-29.
- D. Arnold, “Earthquakes in Egypt in the Pharaonic Period: the evidence at Dahshurinthe Late MiddleKingdom”, en S. H. D’Auria (ed.), Offerings to the discerning eye. An Egyptological medley in honor of Jack A. Josephson, Leiden – Boston, 2010: 9-15.
- Do. Arnold, “Amenemhat I and the early twelfth dynasty at Thebes”, MMJ 26 (1991): 5-48.
- E. Brovarski, “The Hare and Oryx nomes in the First Intermediate Period and Early Middle Kingdom”, en A. Woods – A.McFarlane – S. Binder (eds.), Egyptian culture and society.Studies in honour of Naguib Kanawati. Volume I, El Cairo, 2010: 31-86.
- G. Callender, “The Middle Kingdom Renaissance (c. 2055-1650 BC)”,en I. Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000: 148-183.
- A. Diego Espinel, “El Reino Medio”, en J. M. Parra (coord.), El Antiguo Egipto,Marcial Pons: Madrid, 2009: 209-271.
- N. Favry, Sésostris Ier et le début de laXIIedynastie, París, 2009.
- J. G. Frank, “Mentuhotep IV Neb-tawy-re und der Beginn der 12ten Dynastie”, GM 229 (2011): 21-27.
- D. Franke, “The Middle Kingdon in Egypt”, en J. M. Sasson et al. (eds.), Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. VolumeII, NuevaYork, 1995: 735-748.
- D. Franke, “„Schöpfer, Schützer, Guter Hirte“: Zum Königsbild des Mittleren Reiches”, en R. Gundlach – Ch. Raedler (eds.), Selbsverständnis und Realität. Akten des Symposiums zur ägyptischen Königsideologie in Mainz 15.-17.6.1995, Wiesbaden, 1997: 175-209.
- L. Gestermann, Kontinuität und Wandel in Politik und Verwaltung des frühen Mittleren Reiches in Ägypten, Wiesbaden, 1987.
- L. Gestermann, “Der politische und kulturelle Wandel unter Sesostris III.– Ein Entwurf”, en L. Gestermann – H. Sternberg El-Hotabi (eds.), Per aspera ad astra. Wolfgang Schenkel zum neunundfünfzigsten Geburtstag, Kassel, 1995: 31-50.
- L. Gestermann, “Die Datierung der Nomarchen von Hermopolis aus dem frühen Mittleren Reich: eine Phantomdebatte?”, ZÄS 135 (2008): 1-15.
- W. Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, Londres, 2006.
- P. Jánosi, “Montuhotep-Nebtawyre and Amenemhat I:Observations on the EarlyTwelfthDynasty in Egypt”, MMJ 45 (2010):7-20.
- J. A. Josephson – R. E. Freed, “The status of the Queen in Dynasty XII”, BES 17 (2007): 135-143.
- M. el-Khadragy, “The nomarchs of Asyut during the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom”, en J. Kahl– M. el-Khadragy – U. Verhoeven – A. Kilian (eds.), Seven seasons at Asyut. First results of the Egyptian-German cooperation in archaeological fieldwork, Wiesbaden, 2012: 31-46.
- R. J. Leprohon, “The programmatic use ofthe royal titulary in the twelfth dynasty”, JARCE 33 (1996): 165-171.
- D. Lorand, Arts et politique sous Sésostris Ier: literature, sculpture et architecture dans leur contexte historique, Turnhout, 2011.
- I. Matzker, Die letzet Könige der 12.Dynastie (Ägyptologie), Frankfurt – Berna – Nueva York, 1986.
- D. McCormack, “The significance of royal funerary architecture for the study of thirteenth dynasty kingship”, en M. Marée (ed.), The Second Intermediate Period (Thirteenth – Seventeenth Dynasties”, Lovaina – París –Walpole, MA, 2010: 69-84.
- D. McCormack, “Establishing the legitimacy of kings in dynasty thirteen”, en Z. Hawass –J. HouserWegner (eds.), Millions of jubilees. Studies in honor of David P. Silverman. Volume I, El Cairo, 2010: 375-385.
- F. Morfoisse – G. Andreu-Lanoë (eds.), Sésostris III. Pharaon de legend, Gante, 2014.
- Cl. Obsomer, Sésostris Ier. Étude chronologique et historique du règne, Bruselas, 1995.
- A. Oppenheim, Do. Arnold, D. Arnold, K. Yamamoto (eds.), Ancient Egypt transformed - The Middle Kingdom, Nueva York, 2015.
- L.Postel, Protocole des souverains égyptiens et dogmemonarchique audébut du Moyen Empire, Turnhout, 2004.
- S. Quirke, “Visible and invisible: the King in the administrative papyri of the late Middle Kingdom”, en R. Gundlach – W. Seipel (ed.), Das frühe ägyptische Königtum. Akten des 2.Symposiums zur ägyptischen Königsideologie in Wien 24.-26.9.1997, Wiesbaden, 1999: 63-71.
- S. Quirke, “Ways to measure thirteenth dynasty royal powerfrom inscribed objects”, en M. Marée (ed.), The Second IntermediatePeriod (Thirteenth – Seventeenth Dynasties”, Lovaina – París –Walpole, MA, 2010: 55-68.
- C. H. Roehrig, “The early Middle Kingdom cemeteries at Thebes and the tomb of Djari”, en J. Assmann – E. Dziobek – H. Gucksch – F. Kampp (eds.), Thebanischen Beamtennekropolen, Heidelberg, 1995: 255-269.
- G. Rosati, “Egitto nel Medio Regno, en A. Barbero (dir.), Storia d’Europa e del Mediterraneo. Volume II: Le civiltà dell’Oriente mediterraneo, Roma, 2006: 15-62.
- R. A. J. Tidyman, “Further evidence of a coup d’état at the end of the dynasty XI?”, BACE 6 (1995): 103-110.
- P. Tallet, Sésostris III et la fin de la XIIedynastie, París, 2005.
- Cl. Vandersleyen, L’Égypte et la vallée du Nil. Tome 2. De la fin de l’Ancien Empireà la fin duNouvel Empire, PUF : París, 1995.
- V. Vasiliević, “Der König im Privatgrab des MittlerenReiches”, Imago Aegypti 1 (2005): 132-144.
- C. Vogel, “Fallen heroes? – Winlock’s ‘slain soldiers’ reconsidered”, JEA 89 (2003), pp. 239-245.
- H. Willems,“TheFirst Intermediate Periodand the Middle Kingdom”, en A. B.Lloyd (ed.),Acompanion to Ancient Egypt. Volume I, Oxford, 2010: 81-100.
Daily life, society, and religious and funerary customs:
- J. P. Allen, The Heqanakht Papyri, Nueva York, 2002.
- D. Devauchelle, “Les contrats de Djéfaïhâpy”, en B. Menu (ed.), Égypte pharaonique : pouvoir, sociéte (Mediterranées 6/7), París – Montreal, 1998 : 159-175.
- D. Franke, Das Heiligtum des Heqaib auf Elephantine.Geschichte eines Provinzheiligtums im Mittleren Reich, Heidelberg, 1994.
- R. E. Freed – L. M. Berman – D. M. Doxey – N. S. Picardo, The secrets of Tomb 10A. Egypt 2000 BC, Boston, 2009.
- W. Grajetzki, Burial customs in AncientEgypt. Life in death for rich andpoor,Londres, 2003.
- C. von Pilgrim, Elephantine XVIII. Untersuchungen in der Stadt des Mittleren Reiches und der Zweiten Zwischenzeit, Maguncia, 1996.
- S. Quirke, Egyptian sites: Lahun. A town in Egypt 1800 BC, and the history of its landscape, Londres, 2005.
- S. Quirke,“Women of Lahun (Egypt 1800 BC)”, en S. Hamilton – R. D. Whitehouse – K. I, Wright (eds.), Archaeology and Women. Ancient and Modern Issues, Walnut Creek, 2007: 246-262.
- J. Richards, Society and death in ancient Egypt. Mortuary landscapes of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge,2005.
- J. Richards, “Honoring the ancestors at Abydos: the Middle Kingdom in the Middle Cemetery”, en Z. Hawass – J. Houser Wegner (eds.), Millions of jubilees. Studies in honor of David P. Silverman. Volume I, El Cairo, 2010: 137-166.
- K. Szpakowska, Daily life in ancient Egypt, Oxford, 2008.
- S. Seidlmayer, Gräberfelder aus demÜbergang vom Altenzum Mittleren Reich. Studien zurArchäologie der ErstenZwischenzeit, Heidelberg, 1990.
- H. Willems (ed.), Social aspects of funerary culture in the Egyptian Old and Middle Kingdoms, Lovaina, 2001.
- M H. Willems, Historical and archaeological aspects of Egyptian funerary culture, Leiden –Boston, 2014.
- Zitman, The necropolis of Assiut. A case study of local Egyptian funerary culture from the Old Kingdom to the end of the Middle Kingdom, Lovaina – París – Walpole, MA, 2010 (esp. pp. 14-43).
- J. Bourriau, “TheSecond Intermediate Period(c. 1650-1550 BC)”, en I. Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000: 185-217.
- D. Franke, “The late Middle Kingdom (thirteenth to seventeenth dynasties): the chronological framework”, JEH 1 (2008): 267-287.
- W. Grajetzki, “Late Middle Kingdom”, en W. Wendrich (ed.), UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, Los Angeles, 2013.
- A. Ilin-Tomich, "Second IntermediatePeriod", en W. Wendrich (ed.),UCLAEncyclopedia of Egyptology, Los Angeles, 2016.
- S. Kubisch, Lebensbilderder 2.Zwischenzeit: biographischeInschriftender13-17. Dynastie, Berlín – Nueva York, 2008.
- J. C. Moreno García, “Capítulo VI. El SegundoPeríodo Intermedio”, en J. M. Parra (coord.), El Antiguo Egipto, MarcialPons: Madrid, 2009: 273-300.
- L.D. Morenz – L. Popko, “The Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdon”, en A. B. Lloyd (ed.), A companion to Ancient Egypt. Volume I, Oxford, 2010: 101-120.
- K. S. B. Ryholt, The political situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, Copenhague, 1997.
- J. Siesse, "Throne name patterns as a clue for the internal chronology of the13th to17th Dynasties (Late Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period)", GM 246 (2015): 75-97.
- J. Siesse, S. Connor "Nouvelle datation pour le roi Sobekhotep Khâânkhrê", RdE 66 (2015): 227-247.
- J. Wegner, “A royal necropolis at South Abydos. New light on Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period”, Near Eastern Archaeology 78/2 (2015): 68-78.
- J. Wegner, K. Cahail "Royal funerary equipment of a king Sobekhotep at South Abydos: evidence for the tombs of Sobekhotep IV and Neferhotep I?", JARCE 51 (2015): 123-164.
- F. Arnold, The control notes and team marks, Nueva York,1990.
- G. P. F. van den Boorn, The duties of the Vizier.Civil administration in the Early New Kingdom, Londres – Nueva York, 1988.
- S. Desplancques, L’institution du trésor en Égypte des origines à lafin du Moyen Empire, París, 2006.
- D. M. Doxey, Egyptian non-royal epithets in the Middle Kingdom. A Social and Historical Analysis, Leiden – Boston – Colonia, 1998.
- N.Favry, Le nomarque sous la règne de Sésostris Ier, París, 2005.
- H. G.Fischer, Egyptian titles of the Middle Kingdom. A Supplement to Wm. Ward’s Index, Nueva York, 19972.
- W. Grajetzki, Die höchsten Beamten der ägyptischen Zentralverwaltung zur Zeit des Mittleren Reiches.Prosopographie, Titel und Titelreihen, Berlín, 2000.
- W. Grajetzki, Two treasurers of the Late Middle Kingdom, Oxford, 2001.
- W. Grajetzki, Court officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, Londres, 2009.
- W. Grajetzki, D. Stefanović, Dossiers of Ancient Egyptians - the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period: addition to Franke's 'Personendaten', Londres, 2012.
- W. Grajetzki, “Setting a state anew: the central administration from the end of the Old Kingdom to the end of the Middle Kingdom”,enJ. C. Moreno García (ed.), Ancient Egyptian administration, Leiden – Boston,2013:215-258.
- I. Hafemann, Dienstverpflichtung im Alten Ägypten während des Alten undMittleren Reiches, Berlín – Londres, 2009.
- A. Ilin-Tomich, "Theban administration in the Late Middle Kingdom", ZÄS 142 (2015): 120-153.
- K.A. Kóthay, “Categorisation,classification, and social reality: administrative control and interaction with thepopulation”, en J. C. Moreno García (ed.), Ancient Egyptian administration, Leiden – Boston, 2013: 479-520.
- J. C. Moreno García, Études sur l’administration, le pouvoir et l’idéologie en Égypte, de l’Ancien au Moyen Empire, Lieja, 1997.
- J. C. Moreno García, “Les temples provinciaux et leur rôle dans l’agriculture institutionnelle de l’Ancien et du Moyen Empire”, en J. C. Moreno García (ed.), L’agriculture institutionnelle en Égypten ancienne: état de la question et perspectives interdisciplinaires, Lille, 2005: 93-124.
- J. C. Moreno García (ed.), Ancient Egyptian administration, Leiden - Boston, 2013 (capítulos de W. Grajetzki, K. A. Kóthay, y JJShirley).
- S. Quirke,The administrationof Egypt inthe Late Middle Kingdom. The hieraticdocuments, New Malden, 1990.
- S. Quirke, Titles and bureaux of Egypt 1850-1700 BC, Londres, 2004.
- B. Russo, The territory w and related titles during the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, Londres, 2010.
- D. Stefanovic, The title mr tA-mHw in the Middle Kingdom Documents, Belgrado, 2003.
- D. Stefanovic, Theholders of regular military titles in the period of the Middle Kingdom: Dossiers, Londres, 2006.
- D. Stefanovic, The non-royal regular feminine titles of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period: Dossiers, Londres, 2009.
- D. Stefanovic, Dossiers of ancient Egyptian women: the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, Londres, 2016.
- W. A. Ward, Index of Egyptian administrative and religious titlesof theMiddleKingdom, Beirut, 1982.
- H. Willems,“Nomarchs and local potentates:the provincial administration in the MiddleKingdom”,en J. C. Moreno García, Ancient Egyptian administration, Leiden– Boston, 2013: 341-392.
- General characteristics:
The surrounding deserts and "Libya"
Nubia
The Levant
Other areas
Bibliography:
- A. Diego Espinel, Abriendo los caminos de Punt. Contactos entre Egipto y el ámbito afroárabe durante la Edad del Bronce (ca. 3000 a.C. – 1065 a.C.), Barcelona, 2011.
- B. Bader, “Contacts between Egypt and Syria-Palestine as seein in a grown settlement of the late Middle Kingdom at Tell el-Dab’a/Egypt”, en J. Mynárová (ed.), Egypt and the Near East – the Crossroads, Praga, 2011: 41-72.
- K. Liszka, “‘We have come from the well of Ibhet’: Ethnogenesis of the Medjay”, JEH 4 (2011): 149-171.
- G. Meurer, Nubier in Ägypten bis zum Beginn des Neuen Reiches. Zur Bedeutung derStele Berlin14753, Berlin, 1996.
- M. Pétrik, “Foreign groups at Lahun during the late Middle Kingdom”,en E. Bechtold–A. Gulyás – A. Hasznos (eds.), From Illahun to Djeme. Papers presented in honour of Ulrich Luft, Oxford, 2011: 211-226.
- Th. Schneider, Ausländer in Ägypten während des Mittleren Reiches und der Hyksoszeit, dos vols., Wiesbaden, 1998-2003.
- Ch. Wastlhuber, Die Beziehungen zwischen Ägypten und der Levante während der 12. Dynastie, Tesis doctoral inédita, Munich, 2011 (available in Internet).
COURSE 2: EGYPTIAN RELIGION
CREDITS: 5
PROF. MIGUEL ÁNGEL MOLINERO POLO AND LUCÍA DÍAZ-IGLESIAS LLANOS
CALENDAR AND SCHEDULE:
From 4th to 22nd May and from 8th to 12th June 2020
Every day 18:00-20:00 h.
1. The study of the ancient Egyptian religion (lessons 1-3)
1.1. The History of Religions and the study of ancient Egyptian religion
The Bible and classical authors
Renaissance and Enlightenment
J.F. Champollion and the politheism during the XIX century
The defense of the appearance of monotheism
Anthropology and Egyptian religion. H. Frankfort: multiplicity of approaches
E. Hornung and The One and the Many
J. Assmann: hymns, liturgies, and cultural memory
1.2. The difficulty of the sources for the study of the ancient Egyptian religion
Written sources (funerary texts, liturgies, hymns…)
Religious and funerary architecture
Iconographical sources
Materials related to worship and religiousbeliefs
2. Subsystem of beliefs (lessons 4-10)
2.1. Mythology. The problem of its apparent lack in narrative sources
The divergence between the many gods and the absence of narratives about them
Defining myth with regard to the Egyptian society
Explantion models of the Egyptian mythology: Schott/Assmann, Baines, Bickel/Goebs
2.2. Cosmogonies and Egyptian understanding of universe
Differences and similarities between the Egyptian cosmogonies
The concept of maat and the creation
The concept of isfet: necessary, generator/destabilizing chaos
Egyptian preception of time
2.3. The conception of divinity and the diversity of its historiographical understanding. The multiplicity of approaches
The name of the gods
The divine attributes
The need of an image
The nature of gods
The divine food
The residence of the gods
The organization of the divine college
The relationship between gods and human beings
The divinity of the king
Evil genies
2.4. The conception of the human being
Different modes of creation of the human being and elements that form its nature
2.5. Eschatological beliefs
The relationship of the Egyptian civilization with death
Integration with nature cycles
Eternal punishments
3. Subsystem of values (lessons 11-13)
3.1. The Egyptian ethic
Social behaviour and religious implications
Maat as the principle of the social order
Religious repression of anti-social activities
Individual freedom andresponsability
4. Subsystem of rituals (lessons 14-18)
4.1. Temples, official ritual and priesthood
Diversity and similarity of the Egyptian temples from a religious point of view
The temple as a residence for the divinity
The temple as an image of the universe
The temple as a framework for liturgy. Different types of worship ceremonies
Priests. Functions and titles. Entering into the priesthood and life rules
The economic role of priesthood and temples
4.2. Individual religiousness and magic
Problems of definition: State / popular religion
The concept of individual religiousness versus personal piety
Animal worship
The interpretation of dreams and the practice of incubatio
Heka, the creative power, in State worship, medicine, and protection of the living and the dead
4.3. Funerary practices
The necropolis
The burial ceremony
5. Egyptian religion out of Egypt (lessons 19-20)
5.1. The Egyptian religion in Nubia
Religion as an instrument of political control in New Kingdom Nubia
The survival of the Egyptian cults in the 1st millennium and its symbiosis with the local religion
5.2. The Egyptian religion outside the Nile Valley in Classical Antiquity
Definition of "Oriental cults"
The first expansion of the Isis cult in the Mediterranean
The creation of Serapis
Transformations during the Roman Imperial Period
COURSE 3: HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE NEAR EAST
CREDITS: 5
PROF.JORDI VIDAL PALOMINO
CALENDAR AND SCHEDULE:
From 12th Februaryto10thJune 2020
X 16:00-18:00 h.
LESSONS 1 & 2 – The origin of the State in the Near East and the relations with Egypt (IV-III millennium BC)
Study of the development of the State in the NE during the period ca. 3400-2100 BC. Within this context, two issues will be specifically analyzed: the relations with Egypt recorded through archaeology and the process of emergence of the cuneiform script.
Specific bibliography:
Bauer, J. / Englund, R.K. / Krebernik, 1998: Mesopotamien: Späturuk-Zeit und Frühdynastische Zeit. Friburg.
Foster, B. R., 2016: The Age of Agade. New York.
Woods, C., 2010: “The Earliest Mesopotamian Writing”. En C. Woods (ed.): Visible Languages. Chicago, pp. 33-51.
LESSON 3 – The Amorite culture
Analysis of the impact of the Amorite culture on Near Eastern urban civilizations. Possible relations between the Amorites and the Hyksos.
Specific bibliography:
Charpin, D. / Edzard, D. O. / Stol, M., 2004: Mesopotamien: die altbabylonische Zeit. Friburg.
Verderame, L., 2013: “¿Un pueblo imaginario? La creación de la identidad amorrea en los estudios asiriológicos”. En VVAA: Diversidad de formaciones políticas en Mesopotamia. Barcelona, pp. 41-58.
LESSON 4 – Amarna I: The club of the greatest powers
Study of the international realations in the Near East during the Late Bronze Age through the Amarna documentation.
Specific bibliography:
Cohen, R. / Westbrook, R. (eds.) 2000: Amarna Diplomacy: The Beginnings of International Relations. Baltimore.
Liverani, M. 1998-1999: Le lettere di el-Amarna (2 vols.). Brescia.
Liverani, M. 2003. Relaciones internacionales en el Próximo Oriente antiguo, 1600-1100 a.C., Barcelona.
LESSON 5 – Amarna II: The Egyptian provincial system in the Levant
Study of the Amarna documentation regarding the forms of the Egyptian rule over the Levant during the XIV century BC. Historiographical debate on the Egyptian provincial system.
Specific bibliography:
Gestoso Singer, G. N., 2006: “Periferia ‘disputada’ en el Levante durante la dinastía XVIII egipcia. Áreas geográficas y estratégicas”, Iberia 9: 7-19.
Na’aman, N., 1981: “Economic aspects of the Egyptian occupation of Canaan”, Israel Exploration Journal 31: 171-185.
LESSON 6 – Byblos
Study of the relations between the city and harbour of Byblos and Egypt during the Bronze Age through the Near-Eastern documentation.
Specific bibliography:
Acquaro, E., et al. (eds.), 1994: Biblo. Una citta ela sua cultura. Roma.
Belmonte, J. A., 2003: Cuatro estudios sobre los dominios territoriales de lasciudades-estado fenicias. Barcelona.
Jidejian, N., 1968: Byblos through the Ages. Beirut.
LESSON 7 – Ugarit
Study of the relations between the city and kingdom of Ugarit and Egypt. Historiographical debate on the possible submission of Ugarit to Egypt during the first half of the Late Bronze Age.
Specific bibliography:
Freu, J., 2006: Histoire politique du royaume d’Ugarit. Paris.
Singer, I., 1999: “A political history ofUgarit”. En W. G. E. Watson / N. Wyatt (eds.): Handbook of Ugaritic Studies. Leiden / Boston / Köln, pp. 603-733.
LESSONS 8 & 9 – The 1200 crisis (I)
Archaeological and cuneiform sources for the study of the 1200 crisis.
Specific bibliography:
Cline, E. H., 2014: 1177 a.C. El año en que la civilizaciónse derrumbó. Barcelona.
Lipinski, E., 2015: Peuples de la mer, Phéniciens, Puniques. Leuven.
Vidal, J., 2013: “La destrucción de la ciudad de Ugarit”. En J. Vidal / B. Antela (eds.): Másallá de la batalla. Laviolencia contra la población en el Mundo Antiguo. Zaragoza, pp. 27-37.
Ward, W. A. / Joukowsky, M. S. (eds.): The Crisis Years: The 12th Century B.C. From Beyond the Danube to the Tigris. Dubuque.
LESSON 10 – The 1200 crisis (II)
Historiographical debate on the 1200 crisis. Critical appraisal of different proposals.
LESSON 11 – Israel (I)
Historiographical debates regarding the Bible as a historical document.
Specific bibliography:
Dozeman, T. / Römer, T. / Schmid,K. (eds.), 2001:Pentateuch, Hexateuch, or Enneateuch? Identifying Literary Words in Genesis through Kings. Atlanta.
Römer, T. / Macchi, D. / Nihan, C. (eds.), 2004: Introducción al Antiguo Testamento. Bilbao.
LESSON 12 – Israel (II)
Historical evolution of Israel and Judah ca. 1200-600 BC. The issue dealing with the emergence of kingship will be specifically discussed.
Specific bibliography:
Knauf, E. A. / Guillaume, P., 2016: A History of Biblical Israel. Sheffield.
Liverani, M., 2005: Más allá de la Biblia. Barcelona.
LESSONS 13 & 14: The Assyrian Age
Political history of Assyria from the Paleo-Babylonian Period to the VII century BC. Change and continuity in the Assyrian history.
Specific bibliography:
Faist,B., 2008: “La organización políticaasiria”. En VVAA: Las culturas del Próximo Oriente Antiguo y su expansión mediterránea. Zaragoza, pp. 21-34.
Fales, F. M., 2009: Guerre et paix en Assyrie. Religion et impérialisme. Paris.
LESSONS 15 & 16: The Babylonian and Persian epilogue
The Neobabylonian and Persian States and the Persian rule over Egypt.
Specific bibliography:
Beaulieu, P. A., 2013: History of Babylon. Toronto.
Briant, P., 2002: From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Winona Lake.
Methodology
Specification of what the STUDENT AUTONOMOUS ACTIVITY consists in:
a) Study.
b) Personal work: critical reading of bibliography, drawing up course works and practices, preparation of class interventions, workshops, and debates, exercises of translation and analysis of written sources, exercises of interpretation of iconographical and archaeological sources, case studies, to keep updated the student folder, preparation of exams.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Guided debates, workshops and/or group activities | 38 | 1.52 | 1, 5, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 6, 12, 16, 13, 17, 14, 15, 4, 10 |
| Theory and practical in-person classes with support of the ICT | 100 | 4 | 5, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 6, 12, 16, 13, 17, 14, 15, 10 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Follow-up tutorials of the three courses that form the module | 12 | 0.48 | 1, 5, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 6, 12, 16, 13, 17, 14, 15, 4, 10 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Study and personal work of the student | 225 | 9 | 1, 5, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 6, 12, 16, 13, 17, 14, 15, 4, 10 |
Assessment
Evaluation system of the module
Each of the three courses that form the module is evaluated in an independent manner. In the table, percentages correspond to the evaluation of each course. The final mark of the module results from the weighted average of the final marks of the three courses.
To pass the module it is neccessary to pass the evaluation of each of the three courses that form it.
In the table, the hours of dedication to each activity are not specified because they can vary widely from a student to another. The approximate total hours of personal work of the student are specified in the table in the section "Methodology".
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 exams (midterm and final) of history of Egypt from the end of the Old Kingdom to the Second Intermediate Period | History of Egypt (from the end of the Old Kingdom to the SIP): 60% | 0 | 0 | 5, 3, 7, 6, 12, 16, 13, 14 |
| Active participation in theory and practical classes and 2 in-person tutorials of Egyptian religion | Egyptian Religion: 20% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 2, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 4, 10 |
| Activities of Egyptian religion: introduction to document analysis | Egyptian Religion: 20% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 2, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 4, 10 |
| Class attendance and participation | History and Archaeology of the Near East 10% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 8, 12, 16, 14, 4 |
| Coursework: Preparation of an entry of the Reallexikon del Assyriologie | History and Archaeology of the Near East 45% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 8, 12, 16, 14, 15, 4 |
| Exam of History and Archaeology of the Near East | History and Archaeology of the Near East 45% | 0 | 0 | 5, 8, 12, 16, 14, 4 |
| Final exam ef Egyptian religion | Egyptian Religion: 45% | 0 | 0 | 5, 2, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 10 |
| Preparation of and participation in the weekly debate workshops of Egyptian religion | Egyptian Religion: 15% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 2, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 4, 10 |
| Summary of 4 articles of history of Egypt from the end of the Old Kingdom to the Second Intermediate Period | History of Egypt (from the end of the Old Kingdom to the SIP): 40% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 3, 7, 6, 12, 16, 13, 14, 15, 4 |
Bibliography
COURSE 1: HISTORY OF EGYPT FROM THE END OF THE OLD KINGDOM TO THE SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
1st PART
M. Baud, “The Old Kingdom”, en A. B. Lloyd (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Egypt. Volume I, Malden, MA – Oxford – Chichester, 2010: 63-80.
J. C. Moreno García, “Capítulo IV. El Primer Período Intermedio”, en J. M. Parra (ed.), El Antiguo Egipto, Marcial Pons: Madrid, 2009: 181-208.
R. Müller-Wollermann, “End of the Old Kingdom”, en W. Wendrich (ed.), UCLA encyclopedia of Egyptology, 2014.
S. Seidlmayer, “6. The First Intermediate Period (c. 2160-2055 b.C.)”, en I. Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000: 118-147.
2nd PART
A. Diego Espinel, “El Reino Medio”, en J. M. Parra (coord.), El Antiguo Egipto, Marcial Pons: Madrid, 2009: 209-271.
W. Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, Londres, 2006: 17-75.
J. C. Moreno García, “Capítulo VI. El Segundo Período Intermedio”, en J. M. Parra (coord.), El Antiguo Egipto, Marcial Pons: Madrid, 2009: 273-300.
Cl. Vandersleyen, L’Égypte et la vallée du Nil. Tome 2. De la fin de l’Ancien Empire à la fin du Nouvel Empire, PUF : París, 1995: 17-161.
FOR FURTHER READING
1st PART (sources, general history, congress proceedings and others)
- J. P. Allen, The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Atlanta, 2005.
- M. Bárta (ed.), TheOld Kingdom art and archaeology. Prague, May 31 – June 4, 2004, Praga, 2006.
- M. Bárta, Journey to the West. The world of the Old Kingdom tombs in ancient Egypt, Praga, 2011.
- M. Bárta – J. Krejčí (eds.), Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2000, Praga, 2000.
- M. Bárta – F. Coppens – J. Krejčí (eds.), Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2005, Praga, 2006.
- J. J. Clère – J. Vandier, Textes de la Première Période Intemédiaire et de la XIème dynastie, Bruselas, 1948.
- J. Couyat – P. Montet, Les inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, El Cairo, 1912.
- Kh. Daoud, Corpus of inscriptions of the Herakleopolitan period from the Memphite necropolis, Oxford, 2006.
- D. Dunham, Naga-ed-Dêr Stelae of the First Intermediate Period, Oxford – Londres, 1937.
- E. Edel, Hieroglyphische Inschriften des Alten Reiches, Opladen, 1981.
- H. G. Fischer, Dendera in the third millennium B.C. down to the Theban Domination of Upper Egypt, Locust Valley, 1968.
- H. G. Fischer, Inscriptions from the Coptite nome. Dynasties VI-XI, Roma, 1964.
- G. Goyon, Nouvelles inscriptions rupestres du Wadi Hammamat, Paris, 1957.
- N. Kloth, die (auto-)biographischen Inschriften des ägyptischen Alten Reices: Untersuchungen zu Phraseologie und Entwicklung, Hamburgo, 2002.
- M. Lichteim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies chiefly of the Middle Kingdom, Friburgo – Gotinga, 1988.
- M. van de Mieroop, A History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford, 2011.
- J. C. Moreno García, Egipto en el Imperio Antiguo (2650-2150a.C.), Bellaterra: Barcelona, 2004.
- L. Pantalacci – C. Berger-el-Naggar (eds.), Des Néferkarê aux Montouhotep. Travaux archéologiques en cours sur la fin de la VIedynastie et la Première Période Intemédiaire, Lyon, 2005.
- A. Roccati, La littérature historique sous l’Ancien Empire égyptien, París, 1982.
- W. Schenkel, Memphis – Herakleopolis – Theben. Die epigraphische Zeugnisse der 7.-11. Dynastie Ägyptens, Wiesbaden, 1965.
- S. Seidlmayer (ed.), Texte und Denkmäler des ägyptischen Alten Reiches, Berlín, 2005.K. Sethe, Urkunden des Alten Reichs, Leipzig,1933.
- N. C. Strudwick, Texts from the Pyramid Age, Atlanta, 2005.
- N. Strudwick – H. Strudwick (eds.), Old Kingdom, new perspectives. Egyptian art and archaeology (2750-2150), Oxford, 2011.
- Cl. Vandersleyen, L’Égypte et la vallée du Nil. Tome 2. De la fin de l’Ancien Empire à la fin du Nouvel Empire, PUF : París, 1995.
- J. Vandier, Mo’alla, El Cairo, 1950.
- J. Vercoutter, L’Égypte et la vallée du Nil. Tome 1. Des origines à la fin de l’Ancien Empire, PUF: París, 1992.
- R. J. Wenke, The ancient Egyptian state. The origins of Egyptian culture (c. 8000 – 2000 BC), Cambridge, 2009.
- Ch. Ziegler, L’art de l’Ancien Empire Égyptien. Actes du colloque organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel les 3 et 4 avril 1998, París, 1999.
2nd PART (art, literature, sources, congress proceedings and others)
- J. P. Allen, Middle Egyptianliterature. Eightliterary works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge, 2015.
- W. Barta, Das Selbszeugnis eines altägyptischen Künstlers (Stele Louvre C14), Berlín, 1970.
- G. Burkard, H. J. Thissen, Einführung in die altägyptische Literaturgeschichte I. Altes und Mittleren Reich, Münster – Hamburgo – Londres, 2003.
- S. Cauville, “Des bâtons et des oiseaux (Stèle Louvre C 14 – XIe dynastie)”, GM 228 (2011): 5-8.
- M. Collier – S. Quirke, The UCL Lahun papyri: Letters, Oxford, 2002.
- M. Collier – S. Quirke, The UCL Lahun papyri: Religious, literary, legal, mathematical, medical, Oxford, 2004.
- M. Collier – S. Quirke, The UCL Lahun papyri: Accounts, Oxford, 2006.
- J. Couyat y P. Montet, Les inscriptions hiéroglyphiques et hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmât, El Cairo, 1912.
- D. Dunham, Naga-ed-Dêr Stelae of the First Intermediate Period, Oxford – Londres, 1937.
- H. G. Fischer, Inscriptions from the Coptite nome. Dynasties VI-XI, Roma, 1964.
- H.-W. Fischer-Elfert, “Das verschwiegene Wissen des Irtisen (Stele Louvre C 14). Zwischen Arcanum und Preisgabe”, en J. Assmann – M. Bommas (eds.), Ägyptischen Mysterien?, Munich, 2002: 27-35.
- H.-W. Fischer-Elfert – R. B. Parkinson (eds.), Studies on the Middle Kingdom in memory of Detlef Franke, Wiesbaden, 2013.
- G. Goyon, Nouvelles inscriptions rupestres du Wadi Hammamat, Paris, 1957.
- S. Grallert – W. Grajetzki (eds.), Life and Afterlife in ancient Egypt during the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period, Londres, 2007.
- L. Hudáková, P. Jánosi, a. Kahlbacher (eds.), Change and innovation in Middle Kingdom art, Londres, 2016.
- P. Jánosi, The pyramid complex of Amenemhat I at Lisht: the reliefs, Nueva York, 2016.
- M. Lashien, “Artists’ training in theOldand Middle Kingdom”, GM 224 (2010): 81-84.
- M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies chiefly of the Middle Kingdom, Friburgo – Gotinga, 1988.
- J. López, Cuentos y fábulas del Antiguo Egipto, Barcelona, 2005.
- U. Luft, Hieratische Papyri aus den Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Das Archiv von Illahun: Briefe I, Berlín, 1992.
- U. Luft, Die chronologische Fixierung des ägyptischen Mittleren Reiches nach dem Tempelarchiv von Illahun, Viena, 1992.
- U. Luft, Urkunden zur Chronologie der späten 12. Dynastie. Briefe aus Illahun, Viena, 2006.
- G. Miniaci – W. Grajetzki (eds.), The world of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC), Londres, 2015.
- G. Miniaci - W. Grajetzki (eds.), The world of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC). Vol. II, Londres, 2016.
- R. B. Parkinson, The Tale of Sinuhe and other ancient Egyptian poems (1940-1640 BC), Oxford, 1997.
- R. B. Parkinson, Voices from Ancient Egypt. An anthology of Middle Kingdom writings, Londres, 1991.
- R. B. Parkinson, Poetry and culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt. A dark side to perfection, Londres – Nueva York, 2002.
- R. B. Parkinson, Reading ancient Egyptian poetry among other histories, Oxford, 2009.
- S. Quirke (ed.), Middle Kingdom studies, New Malden, 1991.
- S. Quirke, Egyptian literature 1800 BC. Questions and readings, Londres, 2004.
- W. Schenkel, Memphis – Herakleopolis – Theben. Die epigraphische Zeugnisse der 7.-11. Dynastie Ägyptens, Wiesbaden, 1965.
- D. P. Silverman, Archaism and innovation: Studies in the culture of Middle Kingdom Egypt, New Haven – Philadelphia, 2009.
- D. Stefanović, “sS qdwt: the attestations from the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period”, en K. A. Kóthay (ed.), Art and Society. Ancient and Modern Contexts of Egyptian Art, Budapest, 2012: 185-198.
COURSE 2: EGYPTIAN RELIGION
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
Derchain, Ph. (1977): ‘Religión egipcia’, en H.-Ch. Puech (ed.): Las religiones antiguas. I. (Col. Historia de las Religiones Siglo XXI nº 1). Siglo XXI, Madrid: 101-192.
Quirke, S. (2003) [1992]: La religión del antiguo Egipto. Oberón, Madrid.
Assmann, J. (1996): ‘El desarrollo religioso del Imperio Nuevo’, en Egipto a la luz de una teoría pluralista de la cultura. Akal, Madrid, 52-66.
Kemp, B.J. (1992): ‘Un universo en miniatura: la ciudad de El-Amarna’, El antiguo Egipto. Anatomía de una civilización. Crítica, Barcelona, 331-363.
Molinero Polo, M.Á. (2000): ‘Templo y cosmos’, en M.Á. Molinero Polo y D. Sola Antequera (coords.) Arte y sociedad del Egipto antiguo. Encuentro, Madrid: 69-94.
Pernigotti, S. (1990): ‘El sacerdote’, en S. Donadoni, (ed.) El hombre egipcio. Alianza, Madrid.
SPECIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
General works on Egyptian religion
Dunand, F., Zivie-Coche, C. (1991): Dieux et hommes en Egypte. Armand Colin, Paris.
Meeks, D., Favard-Meeks, Ch. (1994): La vida cotidiana de losdioses egipcios. TdH, Madrid.
Morenz, S. (1984): La religion égyptienne. Payot, Paris.
Shafer, B.E. (ed.) (1991): Religion in Ancient Egypt. Gods, Myths and Personal Practice. Routledge, London.
Reference works
Bonnefoy, I. (1996): Diccionario de las mitologías y de las religiones de las sociedades tradicionales y del mundo antiguo. Barcelona, Destino, 4 vols (Vol. 1: Desde la Prehistoria hasta la civilización egipcia).
Bonnet, H. (1971): Reallexikon der ägyptischen Religiongeschichte. Berlin.
Castel, E. (1999): Egipto. Signos y símbolos de lo sagrado. Alderabán, Madrid.
Leitz, Ch. (coord.) (2002): Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen. (OLA, 110-116). Leuven.
Molinero Polo, M.Á. (2000): [voces de la mitología egipcia] en J. Alvar (coord.): Diccionario de mitología universal. Madrid, Espasa Calpe.
Redford, D.B. (ed.) (2003): Hablan los dioses. Diccionario de la religión egipcia. Barcelona, Crítica. [es una reunión de las voces relacionadas con la religión de Redford, D.B. (2001): Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Oxford, OUP]
Wilkinson, R.H. (2003): Todos los dioses del Antiguo Egipto. Madrid, Oberón.
Specific essays
Conception of religion
Allen, J.P. (1989): Religion and Philosophy in Ancient Egypt. (YES, 2). New Haven.
Assmann, J. (2006): Religion and cultural memory. Ten studies. Stanford, California.
– (2012): Cultural Memory and Early Civilization. Writing,Remembrance, and Political Imagination. Cambridge.
– (2015): From Akhenaten to Moses. Ancient Egypt and religious change. AUC Press, Cairo.
Breasted, J.H. (1912): Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt. New York.
Gange, D. (2013): Dialogues with the dead. Egyptology in British Culture and Religion, 1822-1922. Oxford.
Koch, K. (1989): Das Wesen altägyptischer Religion im Spiegel ägyptologischer Forschung. Vandenhoeck, Hamburg.
Conception of divinity
Assmann, J. (1995): Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom. Re, Amun and the Crisis of Polytheism. KPIL, London / New York.
– (2001) [1984]: The search for god in Ancient Egypt, Cornell University Press, Ithaca- London.
– (2003): Moisés el egipcio. Oberón, Madrid.
– (2006): La distinción mosaica o el precio del monoteísmo. Akal, Madrid.
Brier, B. (1994): Secretos del antiguo Egipto mágico. Robinbook, Barcelona.
Daumas, F. (1977) : Les dieux de l'Égypte. PUF, Paris.
Frankfort, H. (1976) [1948]: Reyes y dioses. Estudio de la religión del Oriente Próximo en la Antigüedad en tanto que integración de la sociedad y la naturaleza. Madrid.
– (1998) [1948]: La religión egipcia antigua. Laertes, Barcelona.
Hornung, E. (1991) [1971]: El uno y los múltiples. Concepciones egipcias de la divinidad. Trotta, Madrid.
Kees, H. (1941): Der Götterglaube im alten Ägypten. Leipzig.
Koch, K. (1993): Geschichte der ägyptischen Religion. Von den Pyramiden bis zu den mysterien der Isis. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart.
Molinero Polo, M.Á. (2006): ‘La veneración a los funcionarios ejemplares del Reino Antiguo.Un acercamiento al proceso de divinización de humanos en el Egipto faraónico’, en J.A. Delgado Delgado (ed.): Dioses viejos – dioses nuevos. Formas de incorporación de nuevos cultosen la ciudad antigua. La Laguna, 2006, 147-167.
– (2007): ‘La concepción de la divinidad y el problema de la mitología egipcias’. Biblioteca de recursos electrónicos de Humanidades e-excellence. Madrid, 32 pp. (http://www.liceus.com)
Quirke, S. (2003): Ra, el dios del Sol. Oberón, Madrid.
Sadek, A.I. (1987): Popular Religion in Egypt During the New Kingdom. (HÄB, 27). Hildesheim.
Wiedmann, A. (1913): s.u. ‘God (Egyptian)’, en Hasting (ed.): Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, VI: 275 ss.
Wildung, D. (1977): Egyptian Saints. Deification in Pharaonic Egypt. New York.
Mythology and image of the universe
Allen, J.P. (1988): Genesis in Egypt. The Philosophy of Ancient Egyptian Creation Accounts. (YES, 1). New Haven.
Assmann, J. (1977): Die Verborgenheit des Mythos in Ägypten, GM 25: 7-43.
Bickel, S. (1994): La cosmogonie égyptienne avant le Nouvel Empire. (OBO, 134). Fribourg / Göttingen.
Baines, J. (1991): ‘Egyptian Myth and Discourse: Myth, God, and the Early Written and Iconographic Record’, JNES 50:2: 81-105.
Derchain, Ph. (1996): s.u. Antropología en el Egipto faraónico, en Y. Bonnefoy (ed.), Diccionario de las mitologías I, Barcelona, 383-394.
Díaz-Iglesias Llanos, L. (2011): ‘Un modelo para el análisis de los mitos en el antiguo Egipto: los mitemas’, en R. González Zalacaín (coord.): Actas de las III Jornadas Prebendado Pacheco de InvestigaciónHistórica, Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 77-92.
Goebs, K. (2002): ‘A functional approach to Egyptian myth and mythemes’, JANER 2: 27-59.
– (2013): ‘Egyptian mythosas logos: an attempt at a redefinition of ‘mythical thinking’’, en E. Frood, A. Mc Donald (eds.): Decorum and experience. Essays in ancient culture for John Baines. Oxford: 127-134.
Hart, G. (1994): Mitos egipcios. Akal, Madrid.
Pinch, G. (2004): Egyptian Myth, a very Short Introduction. OU Press, Oxford.
Temple, ritual and priesthood
Arnold, D. (1999): Temples of the last pharaohs. Oxford-New York.
Assmann, J. (1970): Der König als Sonnenpriester, Cairo / Augustin.
Bleeker, C.J. (1967): Egyptian Festivals. Leiden.
Castel, E. (1997): Los sacerdotes egipcios. Alderabán, Madrid.
Eaton, K. (2013): Ancient Egyptian Temple Ritual. Performance, Pattern, and Practice. Routledge.
Molinero Polo, M.A. (1992) Los sacerdotes egipcios. Historia 16, Madrid.
Pernigotti, S. (1990): ‘El sacerdote’, en S. Donadoni, (ed.) El hombre egipcio. Alianza, Madrid.
Quirke, S. (ed.) (1997): The Temple in Ancient Egypt: New discoveries and recent research, British Museum Press, London.
Römer, M. (1994): Gottes- und Priesterherrschaft in Ägypten am Ende des Neuen Reiches. Ein religiongeschichtliches Phänomen und seine sozialen Grundlagen. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden.
El-Sabban, S. (2000): Temple Festivals of ancient Egypt. Liverpool U.P., Wittshire.
Sauneron, G. (1988): Les prêtres de l'ancienne Égypte. Persea, Paris.
Sevilla Cueva, C. (1998): ‘El principio femenino de la realeza egipcia: las Divinas Adoratrices de Amón’, Isimu 1: 255-263.
Schafer, B.E. (ed.) (1998) Temples of Ancient Egypt. I.B. Tauris Publishers, London, New York.
Velde, H. te (1995): ‘Priests and Worship in Ancient Egypt’, en J. Sasson (ed.): Civilisationsofthe Ancient Near East, New York: III, 1731-1749.
Wilkinson, R. H. (2002): Los templos del antiguo Egipto. Barcelona, Destino.
Popular beliefs and magic
Assmann, J. (1996): ‘El desarrollo religioso del Imperio Nuevo’, en Egipto a la luz de una teoría pluralista de la cultura. Akal, Madrid: 52-66.
Baines, J. (1987): ‘Practical Religion and Piety’, JEA 73: 79-98.
Brier, B. (1994): Secretos del antiguo Egipto mágico. Robinbook, Barcelona.
Étienne, M. (2000): Heka. Magie et envoûtement dans l’Égypte ancienne. RMN, Paris.
Kanel, F. von (1984): Les prêtres ouâb de Sekhmet et les conjurateurs de Selket. Paris.
Koenig, Y. (1994) : Magie et magiciens dans l’Égypte ancienne. Pygmalion, Paris.
Pinch, G. (1994): Magic in Ancient Egypt. London.
Ritner, R.K. (19952): The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice. (SAOC 54). UChP, Chicago.
Sadek, A.I. (1987): Popular Religion in Egypt during the New Kingdom. (HÄB, 27). Hildesheim.
Funerary beliefs and burial ritual
Andrews, C. (1984): Egyptian Mummies. London.
Assmann, J. (2003): Mort et au-delà dans l’Égypte ancienne. Paris.
Desroches-Noblecourt, Ch. (1980): Vida y muerte de un faraón. Tutankhamen. Barcelona.
Dunand, F.; Lichtenberg, R. (1999): Las momias. Un viaje a la eternidad. Barcelona.
Forman W.; Quirke, St. (1996): Hieroglyphs and theAfterlife in Ancient Egypt, London.
Hornung, E. (1968): Altägyptische Höllenvorstellungen. Leipzig.
Ikram, S.; Dodson, A. (1998): The Mummy in Ancient Egypt. Equipping the Dead for Eternity. London.
Kanawati, N. (2001)The Tomb and Beyond: Burial Customs of Egyptian Officials. Warminster.
Lauer, J.-Ph. (1988): Le mystère des pyramides. Paris.
Lehner, M. (2003): Todo sobre las pirámides. Destino, Barcelona.
Meeks, D. (1963): ‘Les "quatre ka" du démiurge memphite’, Revue d’Égyptologie 15: 35-47.
Molinero Polo, M.Á. (2002): ‘La Dat egipcia: de preámbulo de la resurrección en el cielo a sede de suplicios eternos’, en F. Diez de Velasco (ed.), Miedo y religión, Madrid: 303-320.
– (2005): ‘Prácticas funerarias y creencias escatológicas en el Egipto antiguo’. Biblioteca de recursos electrónicos de Humanidades e-excellence. Madrid, 25 pp. (http://www.liceus.com)
Reeves, N.; Wilkinson, R.H. (1998): Todo sobre el Valle de los Reyes. Barcelona.
Sauneron, S. (1958): ‘La conception égyptienne du bonheur. À propos des “quatre ka”’, Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale LVII: 163-164.
Settgast, J.(1963): Untersuchungen zur altägyptischen Bestattungsdastellungen. Glückstadt.
Spencer, A.J. (1982): Death in Ancient Egypt. Harmondsworth.
Taylor, J. (2001): Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt. London.
Torres, I. (2014): Funerary Stratigraphy in Tutankhamun’s Tomb. The Burial Chamber and the Treasury. MPhil Egyptology, Oxford.
Vercoutter, J. (1962): Textes biographiques du Sérapéum de Memphis. Contribution à l’étude des stèles votives du Sérapéum. Paris.
Willems, H. (1996): The Coffin of Heqata (Cairo JdE 36418): A case study if Egyptian Funerary Culture of the Early Middle Kingdom, (OLA, 70),Leuven.
- (2008): Les textes des sarcophages et la démocratie: Éléments d'une histoire culturelle du Moyen Empire égyptien. Paris.
Zandee, J. (1960): Death as an Enemy. Leyden.
Ethic
Assmann, J. (1989): Maât: l'Égypte pharaonique et l'idée de justice sociale. (Conférences, essais et leçons du Collège de France). Paris.
– (2001): Ma'at Gerechtigkeit und Unsterblichkeit im Alten Agypten. München.
Lichtheim, M. (1992): Maat in Egyptian Autobiographies and Related Studies. (OBO 120). Fribourg.
– (1997): Moral Values in Ancient Egypt. (OBO 155). Fribourg.
The Egyptian religion outside Egypt
Cumont, F (1997): Las religiones orientales y el paganismo romano. Conferencias pronunciadas en el Collège de France en 1905. Akal, Madrid.
Alvar, J. (2001): Los misterios. Religiones "orientales" en el Imperio Romano. Crítica, Barcelona.
Törok, L. (2009): Between Two Worlds. The Frontier Region between Ancient Nubia and Egypt, 3700 BC-AD 500. E.J. Brill, Leiden, Boston.
Text translations
Jasnow, R.; Zauzich, K.-Th. (2014): Conversations in the House of Life. A New Translation of the Ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth. Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz.
Religious hymns
Assmann, J. (1969): Liturgische Lieder an den Sonnengott, Untersuchungen zur altägyptischen Hymnik I. (MÄS, 19). Berlin.
–(1999): Ägyptische Hymnen und Gebete. Freiburg, Göttingen.
Barucq, A.; Daumas, F. (1980): Hymnes et prières de l’Égypte ancienne. (LAPO, 10). Cerf, Paris.
Grandet, P. (1995): Hymnes de lareligion d'Aton. Seuil, Paris.
Hassan, S. (1928): Hymnes religieux du Moyen Empire, IFAO, El Cairo.
Lichtheim, M. (ed.) (1973-1980): Ancient Egyptian Literature. I-III. University of California, Berkeley.
Plas, D. van der (1986): L'Hymne à la Crue du Nil. E.J. Brill, Leiden.
Magic texts
Borghouts, J.F. (1978). Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts. E.J. Brill, Leiden.
Fischer-Elfert, H.-W.; Richter, T. S. (2005): Altägyptische Zaubersprüche. Reclam, Stuttgart.
Leitz, C. (1999): Magical and Medical Papyri of the New Kingdom. (HPBM 7). BMP, Londres.
Funerary texts
Allen, J.P. (2005): Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts. (SBLWAW 23).
Allen, T.G. (1974): The Book of the Dead or Going Forth by Day. (SAOC, 37). Chicago.
Barguet, P. (1967): Le Livre des Morts des anciens Egyptiens. (LAPO, 1). Paris (trad. española: Bilbao, 2000).
– (1986): Textes de Sarcophages égyptiens du Moyen Empire. (LAPO, 12). Paris.
Beinlich, H. (2000): Das Buch vom Ba. Wiesbaden.
Bresciani, E. (2001): Testi religiosi dell’antico Egitto. Milano.
Carrier, Cl. (2004): Textes des sarcophages du moyen empire égyptien. Rocher, Monaco, 3 vols.
– (2009): Grands livres funéraires de l'Egypte pharaonique. Paris, Cybèle.
– (2009): Le livre des morts de l'Egypte ancienne. Paris, Cybèle.
– (2009-…): Textes des pyramides de l'Egypte ancienne. Paris, Cybèle.
Darnell, J.C. (1995): The Enigmatic Netherworld Books of the Solar-Osirian Unity: Cryptographic Compositions in the tombs of Tutankhamen, RamessesVI, and Ramesses IX. University of Chicago.
Faulkner, R.O. (1969): The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts. Warminster.
– (1978): The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts. Warminster, 3 vol.
– (1985): The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Aylesbury.
Goyon, J.-C. (1972): Rituels funéraires de l'ancienne Égypte. Le Rituel de l'Embaumement. Le Rituel de l'Ouverture de la Bouche. Les Livres des Respirations. (LAPO, 4). Paris.
Herbin, F.R. (1994): Le livre de parcourir l’éternité. Leuven.
Hornung, E. (1972): Ägyptische Unterweltsbücher. Zurich/ München.
Müller-Roth, M. (2008): Das Buch vom Tage. (OBO 236). Friboug / Göttingen.
Piankoff, A. (1942) : Le livre du jour et de la nuit. El Cairo.
– (1946): Le Livre des Quererts. Le Caire.
– (1952): Les chapelles de Tout-ankh-amon. Le Caire.
– (1953): La création du disque solaire. Le Caire.
– (1964): The Litany of Re. New York.
– (1974): The Wandering of the Soul, Princeton.
Quirke, St. (2013): Going out in Daylight – prt m hrw. The ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Translation, sources, meanings. (GHP Egyptology 20). London.
Roberson, J.A. (2013): The Awakening of Osiris and the Transit of the Solar Barques. Royal Apotheosis in a Most Concise Book of the Underworld and Sky. (OBO 262). Fribourg / Göttingen.
Roulin, G. (1996) : Le livre de la nuit. Une composition égyptienne del’au-delà. Fribourg / Göttingen.
Theory and methodology of the History of Religions
Ardèvol Piera, E.; Munilla Cabrillana, G. (coord) (2003): Antropología de la religión. Una aproximación interdisciplinar a las religiones antiguas y contemporáneas. UOC, Barcelona.
Cantón Delgado, M. (2001): La razón hechizada. Teorías antropológicas de la religión. Ariel, Barcelona.
Diez de Velasco, F. (1998): Introducción a la Historia de las religiones. Trotta, Madrid.
– (2005): La historia de las religiones. Métodos y perspectivas. Akal, Madrid.
Morris, B. (1995): Introducción al estudio antropológico de la religión. Paidos, Barcelona.
Stausberg, M. (2009): Contemporary Theories of Religion. A Critical Companion. Routledge, London.
Stausberg, M.; Engler, St. (2014): The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion. Routledge, London.
Stausberg, M.; Engler, St. (2016): The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion. OUP, Oxford.
COURSE 3: HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE NEAR EAST
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hjelm, I. et al. (eds.), 2019: A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine. New York.
Klengel, H., 1992: Syria, 3000 to 300 BC. Berlin.
Lafont, B. et al., 2017: La Mésopotamie: De Gilgamesh á Artaban, 3300-120 av. J.C. Paris.
Liverani, M., 2009: Antico Oriente. Storia, società, economia (2a edición revisada). Roma.
Na’aman, N., 2005: Canaan in the Second Millennium BCE. Winona Lake.
Radner, K. / Robson, E. (eds.), 2011: The Oxford Handbookof Cuneiform Culture. Oxford.
Redford, D., 1992: Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times. Princeton.
Van de Mieroop, M., 2015: A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000-323 BC. (3a. edición).
Xella, P. et al. (eds.), 2018: Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Phoenician Culture. Leuven.