Excavations at Mendes: Volume 2 The Dromos and Temple Area (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 105)

Book info: Excavations at Mendes: Volume 2 The Dromos and Temple Area (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 105) (Hardcover, 248 pages) – Brill, 2019. Language: English.

The second volume of Excavations at Mendes furthers the publication of our archaeological work at the site of Tel er-Rub’a, ancient Mendes, in the east central Delta. Mendes is proving to be one of the most exciting sites in the Nile Delta. Occupied from prehistoric times until the Roman Period, Mendes reveals the nature of a typical Late Egyptian city, its distribution of economy, and demography. The discoveries reported on in this volume were wholly unexpected, and bear meaning fully on Ancient Egyptian history: these include the prosperity and size of the original Old Kingdom city, the major contributions of Ramesses II and Amasis to the monumental nature of the city, and the role of the city in the period c. 600–100 B.C. as an entrepot for Mediterranean trade. Editorial Reviews About the Author Donald B. Redford, PhD (1965), University of Toronto, is Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He has been engaged in archaeological field-work in Egypt since 1968. He has published numerous articles, monographs, and books on Egyptian history including Ram-Man: The Story of Ancient Mendes (Princeton University Press, 2010). Susan Redford, PhD (2006), Pennsylvania State University, is Teaching Professor of Egyptology at that university. She has carried out archaeological field research at East Karnak, the Theban necropolis, and in the Nile Delta for the past 40 years. She is the author of The Harem Conspiracy (Northern Illinois University Press, 2002).