Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures vii

Notes on Contributors ix

Series Editors’ Preface xiii

Note on Transliteration and Transcription xiv

1 Egyptian Archaeology: From Text to Context 1

Willeke Wendrich

2 Worship without Writing 15

Stan Hendrickx, Dirk Huyge, and Willeke Wendrich

3 Theories of State Formation 36

E. Christiana Köhler

4 Kingship and Legitimation 55

Janet Richards

5 Villages and the Old Kingdom 85

Mark Lehner Copyrighted Material

6 Regionality, Cultural and Cultic Landscapes 102

David Jeffreys

7 Tradition and Innovation: The Middle Kingdom 119

Josef Wegner

8 Foreigners in Egypt: Archaeological Evidence and Cultural Context 143

Thomas Schneider

9 Gender in Ancient Egypt 164

T. G. Wilfong

10 Class and Society: Position and Possessions 180

Wolfram Grajetzki

11 Identity and Personhood 200

Willeke Wendrich

12 Changes in the Afterlife 220

John H. Taylor

13 Consolidation, Innovation, and Renaissance 241

Penelope Wilson

14 Egypt in the Memory of the World 259

Fekri A. Hassan

15 Epilogue: Eternal Egypt Deconstructed 274

Willeke Wendrich Index 279

About the Author

Willeke Wendrich is Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of a range of books, reports and articles, including: Who is Afraid of Basketry (1992), The World According to Basketry (1999), Berenike Reports (from 1995-2007, co-edited with Steven Sidebotham) and The Archaeology of Mobility (2007, co-editor with Hans Barnard) and editor-in-chief of the online UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (2008).

Reviews

“In conclusion, the uninitiated will have a tough read with this ‘quick’ access to Egyptology, and Egyptologists will have difficulty critically evaluating the various proposed developments. Therefore, it seems this book should serve as a very brief insight into certain themes for already initiated experts, and for that, it provides excellent points of departure indeed.”  (Bibliotheca Orientalis, 1 September 2014) “Willeke Wendrich’s edited volume, Egyptian archaeology, is perhaps the most ambitious of the three on offer here in terms of its scope and I would strongly recommend  it.”  (Antiquity, 1 January 2013) "Recommended. All academic levels/libraries." (Choice , 1 April 2011) Review copy sent 05/04/11: Faculty of Philosophy