Bøger af Nicky Nielsen

Da arkæologen Howard Carter efter ti års ihærdig søgen den 4. november 1922 fandt indgangen til barnekongen Tutankhamons grav, var hans lykke gjort. Der var nok guld til at gøre ham og hans sponsor, adelsmanden lord Carnarvon, både berømte og stenrige. Men ikke alt var fryd, guld og gammen. Fundene førte til slagsmål mellem journalister, styrkede nationalistiske strømninger i Egypten og var med til at forværre det anspændte forhold mellem Egypten og Storbritannien. Jagten på Tutankhamon er ikke kun en dramatisk fortælling med helte og skurke, forbandelser og ørkenstøv, glitrende guld og rygter om et 3.000 år gammelt kongemord. Det er i høj grad også en historie om skattens betydning, det oldegyptiske samfund og Carters egyptiske kolleger – de kvinder, mænd og børn, som er blevet glemt. Det er historien om Tutankhamons korte liv og den lange søvn, som Carter vækkede ham af. Og endelig er det fortællingen om, hvordan fundene kom til at præge den vestlige verdens syn på de gamle egyptere. Nicky Nielsen er lektor i egyptologi ved University of Manchester. Den danske forsker har deltaget i en lang række udgravninger i Egypten. Jagten på Tutankhamon er hans første bog på dansk.

Shows how the fascination with pharaonic Egypt is not a modern phenomenon, the Greeks and Romans were already smitten.

Drawing on more than 20 years of archaeological study and investigation at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham by a team from the University of Liverpool (led by Professor Steven Snape), this book paints a nuanced picture of daily life not only at this liminal military site, but also in Ramesside Egypt more broadly. Constructed during the reign of Ramesses II, the fortified settlement was situated 300 kilometres west of Alexandria and represents the furthest western outpost of the Egyptian New Kingdom empire. Excavations in Area K of the fortress have uncovered extensive evidence for the living arrangements, minor industries, food production and daily life of the fort's inhabitants. This previously unpublished material forms the bedrock of this volume, which focuses on analysing the various subsistence and craft production strategies that were conducted alongside each other in this area, from baking, brewing and butchery to lithics working, bone-carving and weaving. These traces of the activities of the soldiers and their families shed new light on what life was like at this military installation and for ordinary Egyptians more widely, shifting away from a focus on elite social groups. The archaeological evidence covered in this book prompts a re-evaluation of the realities of the relationship between Egyptians and Libyans at the close of the Late Bronze Age. The purpose of the fortress' construction was primarily defensive, however the surviving material points to co-operation by means of collaborative farming and trading, and provides a direct counterpoint to the more belligerent contemporary royal monumental inscriptions describing Egypto-Libyan relations.

Edward 'Ned' Low's career in piracy began with a single gunshot.

First full-length, popular biography of this neglected ruler. Overshadowed by his son, Ramasses II (the Great), he is here given his due for laying the foundations for his son's greatness.