Ancient Egypt in its African Context by Andrea Manzo

Ancient Egypt in its African Context by Andrea Manzo

This Element is aimed at discussing the relations between Egypt and its African neighbours. In the first section, the history of studies, the different kind of sources available on the issue, and a short outline of the environmental setting is provided. In the second section the relations between Egypt and its African neighbours from the late Prehistory to Late Antique times are summarized. In the third section the different kinds of interactions are described, as well as their effects on the lives of individuals and groups, and the related cultural dynamics, such as selection, adoption, entanglement and identity building. Finally, the possible future perspective of research on the issue is outlined, both in terms of methods, strategies, themes and specific topics, and of regions and sites whose exploration promises to provide a crucial contribution to the study of the relations between Egypt and Africa.

Andrea Manzo is Professor of Archaeology of the Nile valley, Nubian and Ethiopian Archaeology at the University L'Orientale, Napels, and visiting Professor at Addis Ababa University. He has almost 30 years of fieldwork experience in Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia. The archaeology and history of the marginal areas, man-environment relations, long distance trade, the cross-acculturation and emergence of social hierarchy in North-east Africa and the Red Sea are his main research interests.

Chiara Zazzaro teaches Maritime Archaeology at the University L'Orientale, Napels. In 2006 she defended her PhD thesis about ancient maritime contacts along the African coast of the Red Sea. Since 2001 her research focuses on the study of ancient and traditional boatbuilding techniques, harbours and ports, navigation techniques and coastal environments, particularly in the Red Sea and Gulf area.

Diana Joyce de Falco is a PhD candidate in Asian, African and Mediterranean Studies at the University L'Orientale, Naples. Her research focuses on Jewish cultural heritage in Italy. She has worked as an assistant curator on several exhibitions and as a cataloguer of Jewish cultural heritage in Southern Italy.

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ISBN 13	9781009074544
ISBN 10	1009074547
Title	Ancient Egypt in its African Context
Author	Andrea Manzo
Series	Elements In Ancient Egypt In Context
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2022-04-07
Number of pages	75
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