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100 1 $aLacovara, Peter,$eauthor.
245 10 $aNubian gold :$bancient jewelry from Sudan and Egypt /$cPeter Lacovara, Yvonne J. Markowitz ; edited by Sue D'Auria.
246 30 $aAncient jewelry from Sudan and Egypt
264 1 $aCairo ;$aNew York :$bThe American University in Cairo Press,$c2019.
264 4 $c©2019
300 $axxiii, 238 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps ;$c26 x 26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.
520 $aThe fabled land of Nubia, whose very name means 'gold, ' was famous in ancient times for its supplies of precious metal, exotic material, and intricate craftsmanship. Many of the adornments made in Nubia are masterpieces of the jeweler's art-marvels of design and construction rivaling, and often surpassing, adornments made in Egypt and the rest of the ancient Mediterranean world. Although these unique treasures are among the most stunning to have survived from antiquity, they remain little known. Richly illustrated with beautiful photographs of these exquisite items, many of them never before published, Nubian Gold also places the jewelry within the cultural contexts in which it was manufactured and employed. It tells the story not only of the treasures themselves but of the exciting tales of their discovery and the rich background of the exotic and remote civilizations that produced them. The book also explores the innovative techniques used to procure the precious materials used in the jewelry and to craft them into intricate ornaments replete with magical purpose and coded meaning. Featured in the book are not only the intricately crafted pieces themselves but depictions of them in sculpture, relief, and painting as well as references to them in ancient texts, locating them within the full spectrum of Nubian history, from the earliest beginnings of society to the advent of Christianity.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The nature of ornament -- The history and archaeology of Ancient Nubia -- Materials and methods -- Gold in Ancient Egypt and Nubia -- The art of jewelry making -- The history of Ancient Nubian ornament -- Frontier finery along the Egyptian border -- Sacrifice and spendour in the Kingdom of Kerma -- Empire and entanglement : Nubia in the New Kingdom -- The hidden riches of Napata -- Meroe and the Ferlini treasure -- The end of Meroe and its aftermath.
650 0 $aJewelry, Ancient$zSudan.
650 0 $aJewelry, Ancient$zEgypt.
650 0 $aGold$zSudan.
650 0 $aGold$zEgypt.
651 0 $aNubia$xAntiquities.
650 7 $aAntiquities.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00810745
650 7 $aJewelry, Ancient.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00982605
651 7 $aAfrica$zNubia.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01215273
651 7 $aEgypt.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01208755
651 7 $aSudan.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204591
700 1 $aMarkowitz, Yvonne J.,$eauthor.
700 1 $aD'Auria, Sue,$eeditor.
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