Böcker utgivna av Czech Institute of Egyptology

The present volume presents the proceedings from the international workshop entitled Egypt and the Near East - the Crossroads, dedicated to the study of the relations between the two regions. The symposium took place from September 1-3, 2010 at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague.

This book is intended as a commented summary of some of the major trends and most important features that can be encountered when analysing ancient Egyptian society of the Old Kingdom.

The tombs published in this volume of the Abusir series have been excavated during several seasons at Abusir South. The eight tombs are located in the easternmost sector of Abusir South, on the slopes (tombs AS 20 and AS 33) and at the bottom (tombs AS 34-35, 50-53) of a large but low hill, to the north of the so-called Wadi Abusiri.

The book includes contributions of the following authors: Hartwig Altenmuller, Ladislav Bares, Miroslav Barta, Andreas Effland, Martin Fitzenreiter, Hans Goedicke, Peter Janosi, Dieter Kurth, Christian Loeben, Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia, Jana Mynar ova, Anthony Spalinger, Miroslav Verner, Hana Vymazalova, Wolfgang Waitkus.

This is the discussion of the concept of alterity and icons in the Egyptian New Kingdom war reliefs. The concept of drama, and how it is present in these narrative representations is also covered.

The book is divided into sixteen chapters dealing - in a diachronic perspective - with a wide range of problems concerning the development of the royal pyramid necropolis at Abusir.