City of the Ram-Man The Story of Ancient Mendes

Donald B Redford, director of several important Egyptian excavations, shows how one major field project at the city of Mendes has shed light on 5000 years of the Nile delta's history, from the remote prehistoric past to the city's abandonment in the 1st century BCE. Discussing the finds for which he and his colleagues have been responsible, he reconstructs the rise and fall of this centre of political power and the worship of the mysterious 'fornicating ram who mounts the beauties'.

English

2010

239 Pages

21 x 26 cm