Editorial: Brill
Colección: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East ; 132
Número de páginas: 859 págs.
Fecha de edición: 06-04-2023
EAN: 9789004524088
ISBN: 978-90-04-52408-8
Precio (sin IVA): 210,94 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 219,38 €
The first comprehensive and up-to-date overview of what we know about the use of copper by the ancient Egyptians and Nubians, from the Predynastic through the Early Dynastic until the end of the Second Intermediate Period (c. 4000–1600 BC). The monograph presents a story, based on the analysis of available evidence, a synchronic and diachronic reconstruction of the development and changes of the chaîne opératoire of copper and copper alloy artefacts. The book argues that Egypt was not isolated from the rest of the ancient world and that popular notions of its “primitive” technology are not based on facts.