Ancient Egyptians at Play: Board Games Across Borders - Couverture rigide

Crist, Walter; Dunn-Vaturi, Anne-Elizabeth; Voogt, Dr Alex De

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1474221181 ISBN 13 : 9781474221184

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The rich history of Egypt has provided famous examples of board games played in antiquity. Each of these games provides evidence of contact between Egypt and its neighbours. From pre-dynastic rule to Arab and Ottoman invasions, Egypts past is visible on game boards. This volume starts by introducing the reader to board games as well as instruments of chance and goes on to trace the history and distribution of ancient Egyptian games, looking particularly at how they show contact with other cultures and civilizations. Game practices, which were also part of Egyptian rituals and divination, travelled throughout the eastern Mediterranean. This book explores the role of Egypt in accepting and disseminating games during its long history. Over the last few years, the extent and the modes of contact have become better understood through museum and archival research projects as well as surveys of archaeological sites in Egypt and its surrounding regions. The results allow new insight into ancient Egypts international relations and the role of board games research in understanding its extent. Written by three authors known internationally for their expertise on this topic, this will be the first volume on Ancient Egyptian games of its kind and a much-needed contribution to the field of both Egyptology and board games studies.

Revue de presse :

An impressive summation of the widely dispersed evidence on Ancient Egyptian board games, including much additional material from graffiti boards and especially from outside Egypt. Board games are shown to represent a major token of ongoing cross-cultural interaction between Egypt and its neighbours in Pharaonic and post-Pharaonic times. The book adds a whole new chapter to the study of such interactions more broadly. --Andréas Stauder, Directeur d'études """"égyptien"""", École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris.

This innovative study of Egyptian games provides the most comprehensive overview to date, providing an essential guide for archaeologists wanting to identify games in the field and those interested more generally in ancient Egyptian play. The authors concern for gamings temporal, geographic and social contexts adds an important dimension to their study, making it an important source for those interested in gaming at all times and places. --Stuart Tyson Smith, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1474221181
• ISBN 13: 9781474221184
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232