Unearthing Egyptology
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My name is Janet Diamond and I deliver presentations on Egyptology. With the talks I endeavour to put together various pieces of a jigsaw puzzle – of what is the longest lasting Empire in history – into a simple and enjoyable format – ‘Egyptology Made Easy’ as it were… My fascination for Egyptology arose from living in the country.
Unearthing Egyptology
6y ago
What a treat of a day this was! We learn of life within ancient Egypt, we learn of events outside of the land of Egypt itself – for example trading, expeditions and wars – all from the Egyptian point of view.
However, in this day-long lecture, Aidan took us through several thousand years of interaction between Egypt and their wider world of the neighboring areas; Mesopotamia, Assyria, Palestine, Africa etc; the Hittites, the Libyans, the Nubians and the Mitannis – then moving on to relationships with the various Mediterranean cultures and peoples – from an international perspective.
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