Although Herodot's dictum that "Egypt is a gift of the Nile" is proverbial, there has been only scant attention to the way the river impacted on ancient Egyptian society. Egyptologists frequently focus on the textual and iconographic record, whereas archaeologists and earth scientists approach the issue from the perspective of natural sciences. The contributions in this volume bridge this gap by analyzing the river both as a natural and as a cultural phenomenon. Adopting an approach of cultural ecology, it addresses issues like ancient land use, administration and taxation, irrigation, and religious concepts.
Modelling the Nile Agricultural Floodplain in Eleventh and Tenth Century B.C. Middle EgyptSeiten 15 - 52 Jean-Christophe Antoine Download Kapitel (PDF)
Harbours and Coastal Military Bases in Egypt in the Second Millennium B.C.Seiten 53 - 70 Manfred Bietak Download Kapitel (PDF)
Development of the Memphite FloodplainSeiten 71 - 96 Judith Bunbury, Ana Tavares, Benjamin Pennington, Pedro Gonçalves Download Kapitel (PDF)
The Dynamic Nature of the Transition from the Nile Floodplain to the Desert in Central Egypt since the Mid-HoloceneSeiten 239 - 254 Gert Verstraeten, Harco Willems, Bastiaan Notebaert, Ihab Mohamed Download Kapitel (PDF)
The Analysis of Historical Maps as an Avenue to the Interpretation of Pre-Industrial Irrigation Practices in EgyptSeiten 255 - 344 Gert Verstraeten, Harco Willems, Hanne Creylman, Véronique De Laet Download Kapitel (PDF)
Landscapes of the BashmurSeiten 345 - 368 Judith Bunbury, Ana Tavares, Benjamin Pennington, Angus Graham, Luc Gabolde, Joshua Trampier, Gert Verstraeten, Jean-Christophe Antoine, Bastiaan Notebaert, Hanne Creylman, Véronique De Laet, Manfred Bietak, Ihab Mohamed, Pedro Gonçalves, Cornelia Römer, Sandra Sandri Download Kapitel (PDF)
