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Author:

Bonnet, Charles, 1933-

Title:

The Nubian pharaohs : Black kings on the Nile / Charles Bonnet, Dominique Valbelle ; foreword by Jean Leclant ; [translated from the French by Deke Dusinberre].

Publisher:

American University in Cairo Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

215 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 35 cm.

Subject:

Karmah (Sudan)--Antiquities.
Sculpture--Karmah.--Karmah.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Karmah.--Karmah.
Pharaohs in art.
Archeologische vindplaatsen.
Steden.
Plastieken.
Farao's.
Egyptologie.
Sudan.

Other Authors:

Valbelle, Dominique.

Other Titles:

Pharaons venus d'Afrique. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-213).

Contents:

The site -- The protohistoric town -- The Nubian town and its necropolis -- The Egyptian town -- Kerma alter the Egyptians -- The discovery -- A temple to Amun of Pnubs -- Akhenaten at Pnubs -- A virgin cache -- The royal statues -- The statues of Taharqa and Tanutamun -- The statues of Senkamanisken, Anlamani, and Aspelta -- Egyptian sculptors in Nubia -- Kushite artists of Egyptian inspiration -- A Tumultuous history -- Taharqa versus the Assyrians -- Tanutamun and Psamtik I -- The early years of the Napatan dynasty -- Psamtik II's military expeditions into Nubia -- Ritual deposits in Egypt and Nubia -- Caches -- Egyptian and Nubian statues from Kerma -- The birth and consecration of statues in the mansion of gold -- The life and death of statues in the temple.

ISBN:

9789774160103
977416010X

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)