Aidan Dodson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9789774165313
- eISBN:
- 9781617971280
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774165313.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Middle Eastern Studies
During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external ...
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During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions. Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Against this background, the author reconsiders the evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the period. He also considers the art, architecture, and archaeology of the period, including the royal tombs of Tanis, one of which yielded the intact burials of no fewer than five pharaohs. The book is extensively illustrated with images of this material, much of which is little known to non-specialists of the period. An examination (evidenced on monuments and inscriptions) of how the many kings of this period should be fitted into the dynastic structure listed by Manetho. By the author of the bestselling Amarna Sunset and Poisoned Legacy.Less
During the half-millennium from the eleventh through the sixth centuries BC, the power and the glory of the imperial pharaohs of the New Kingdom crumbled in the face of internal crises and external pressures, ultimately reversed by invaders from Nubia and consolidated by natives of the Nile Delta following a series of Assyrian invasions. Much of this era remains obscure, with little consensus among Egyptologists. Against this background, the author reconsiders the evidence and proposes a number of new solutions to the problems of the period. He also considers the art, architecture, and archaeology of the period, including the royal tombs of Tanis, one of which yielded the intact burials of no fewer than five pharaohs. The book is extensively illustrated with images of this material, much of which is little known to non-specialists of the period. An examination (evidenced on monuments and inscriptions) of how the many kings of this period should be fitted into the dynastic structure listed by Manetho. By the author of the bestselling Amarna Sunset and Poisoned Legacy.
Aidan Dodson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9789774165313
- eISBN:
- 9781617971280
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774165313.003.0004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Middle Eastern Studies
The Twenty-second Dynasty. Examines a possible coregency of Shoshenq I with Pasebkhanut II; Iuput, the last in a succession of Theban pontiffs; funereal innovations during Shoshenq I's reign, from ...
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The Twenty-second Dynasty. Examines a possible coregency of Shoshenq I with Pasebkhanut II; Iuput, the last in a succession of Theban pontiffs; funereal innovations during Shoshenq I's reign, from 'Yellow' coffins to cartonnage shell; links to Byblos and the Levant; Biblical references; Nile level records at Karnak recording kings and pontiffs of second part of the Third Intermediate Period; the importance of the god's city Herakleopolis and possibly the origin there of the Twenty-second Dynasty during this period.Less
The Twenty-second Dynasty. Examines a possible coregency of Shoshenq I with Pasebkhanut II; Iuput, the last in a succession of Theban pontiffs; funereal innovations during Shoshenq I's reign, from 'Yellow' coffins to cartonnage shell; links to Byblos and the Levant; Biblical references; Nile level records at Karnak recording kings and pontiffs of second part of the Third Intermediate Period; the importance of the god's city Herakleopolis and possibly the origin there of the Twenty-second Dynasty during this period.
Aidan Dodson
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9789774167164
- eISBN:
- 9781617977336
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774167164.003.0015
- Subject:
- History, Ancient History / Archaeology
This chapter explores the Libyan pharaohs of the Twenty-second and Twenty-third dynasties. It considers the oddity of the Libyan heritage of the rulers within this period—Libyans had been among the ...
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This chapter explores the Libyan pharaohs of the Twenty-second and Twenty-third dynasties. It considers the oddity of the Libyan heritage of the rulers within this period—Libyans had been among the foes of Merenptah and Rameses III, but there is no evidence of any kind of violent takeover when Osorkon (the Elder), the son of the Libyan chief of the Ma (Meshwesh) tribe, Shoshenq A, took over the throne. There are other similar instances of Libyan heritage among the successors of Herihor and Panedjem I. Regardless of these circumstances, the Twenty-second Dynasty would come to an end and the nephew of the late King Osorkon, Shoshenq I, would ascend as the first Libyan monarch of the new era.Less
This chapter explores the Libyan pharaohs of the Twenty-second and Twenty-third dynasties. It considers the oddity of the Libyan heritage of the rulers within this period—Libyans had been among the foes of Merenptah and Rameses III, but there is no evidence of any kind of violent takeover when Osorkon (the Elder), the son of the Libyan chief of the Ma (Meshwesh) tribe, Shoshenq A, took over the throne. There are other similar instances of Libyan heritage among the successors of Herihor and Panedjem I. Regardless of these circumstances, the Twenty-second Dynasty would come to an end and the nephew of the late King Osorkon, Shoshenq I, would ascend as the first Libyan monarch of the new era.
