GERMAN

Punt: Die Suche nach dem »Gottesland«

By Francis Breyer

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2016
ISBN
9004322604, 9789004322608
ISSN
1566-2055
Language
german
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10845604 bytes)
Series
Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 80
Pages
xii+800\813
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2016-10-19 04:42:26
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Description

Francis Breyer's Punt. Die Suche nach dem ›Gottesland‹ covers every aspect concerning Punt, this land known only from ancient Egyptian sources. Several disciplines have contributed to the discussion on its localization: Egyptology, Nubien Studies, Botany, Zoology, Anthropology, and African Studies, among others. The various disciplines' arguments are carefully studied, especially with the history of research and the Zeitgeist in mind. For the very first time, the question is asked, which archaeological culture from the horn of Africa can be correlated to the data from the textual and iconographic sources, all of which are collected, translated and commented on. Breyer not only comprehensively reconstructs the entire organization of the Egyptian expeditions, i.e. participants, routes, trade goods, but also addresses the people of Punt, their cultural background and way of life.

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