Violence and Power in Ancient Egypt examines the use of Egyptian pictures of violence prior to the New Kingdom. Starting with the assertion that making and disp

This book examines the use of images of violence prior to the New Kingdom. By comparing violent images from a variety of other times and cultures the book asks

Violence and Gender in Ancient Egypt shifts the focus of gender studies in Egyptology to social phenomena rarely addressed through the lens of gender – war an

What can we learn about the world of an ancient empire from the ways that people complain when they feel that they have been violated? What role did law play in

Experiencing Power, Generating Authority offers a cross-cultural comparison of the cosmic ideology and political structure of kingship in ancient Egypt and Meso