![]() It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. SABBAHY American University of Cairo University Printing House, Cambridge cb2 8bs, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, ny 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, vic 3207, Australia 314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06–04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. KINGSHIP, POWER, AND LEGITIMACY IN ANCIENT EGYPT FROM THE OLD KINGDOM TO THE MIDDLE KINGDOM LISA K. Sabbahy is Assistant Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. Sabbahy also offers new insights into the role of queens in the early history of Egypt, notably sibling royal marriages, harem conspiracies, and the possible connotations of royal female titles. Sabbahy focuses on the cardinal importance of this relationship, which is reflected in the king’s monuments, particularly the pyramid complexes, several of which are analyzed in detail. The heart of her study is an exploration of the king’s constant emphasis on his relationship to his divine parents, the sun god Ra and his mother, the goddess Hathor, who were two of the most important deities backing the rule of a divine king. Beginning with an account of Egypt’s history before the Old Kingdom, she examines the basis of kingship and its legitimacy. Sabbahy presents a history of ancient Egyptian kingship in the Old Kingdom and its re-formation in the early Middle Kingdom. KINGSHIP, POWER, AND LEGITIMACY IN ANCIENT EGYPT In this book, Lisa K. The player also receives upgrades sometimes that give time boosts and similar gameplay enhancements.Table of contents : Kingship, Power, and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt: From the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom Contents List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Background to Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian History and Chronology Early Evidence and Formation of a State The Early Dynastic Period: The First Dynasty The Second Dynasty Basis of Egyptian Kingship Beginning of Government and Administration 2 The Early Old Kingdom The Third Dynasty: The Reign of King Netjerikhet (2667–2648) The Fourth Dynasty The Reign of Sneferu (2613–2589) The Reign of Khufu (2589–2566) The Reign of Djedefra (2566–2558) The Reign of Khafra (2558–2532) The Reign of Menkaura (2532–2503) and the End of the Fourth Dynasty 3 The Later Old Kingdom The Fifth Dynasty The Reign of Userkaf (2494–2487) The Reign of Sahura (2487–2475) The Reign of Nyuserra (2445–2421) The End of the Fifth Dynasty The Reign of Unas (2375–2345) and the Pyramid Texts The Sixth Dynasty The Reign of King Teti (2345–2323) The Reign of King Pepy I (2321–2287) The Reign of King Pepy II (2278–2184) The End of the Sixth Dynasty 4 The Early Middle Kingdom Reunifies Egypt The Reign of Mentuhotep II (2055–2004) The End of the Eleventh Dynasty 5 The Beginning of the Twelfth Dynasty The Reign of Amenemhat I (1985–1956) The Reign of Senusret I (1956–1911) Conclusion Bibliography Index Citation preview There is a mini-game that crops up from time to time, where a number hieroglyphics have to be found and clicked on a mural. Each level has a time limit, represented by a water spiral at the left of the screen. Temple of Osiris - The player has to place tiles to close fields on the table.Īt the bottom of the screen, a scarab collects the tokens that fall after each match, filling a meter that, after reaching its maximum capacity releases a power blast that turns on a section of the table. When they don't match, a new set of tiles appears, potentially blocking the path and making things more difficult. Temple of Bast - The tiles have to be moved across the lines on the table to make matches. Temple of Horus - The idea is to click on clusters of tiles of the same color to make them vanish. Temple of Sobek - The table is lit by rotating groups of tiles until they all match and disappear. Temple of Anubis - The goal is to light the table by clicking and dragging a line of tiles with the same color, making them vanish. Temple of Thot - More of a puzzle, where the challenge is to arrange the tiles in groups of the same color in a way that fits the table layout. Temple of Isis - The objective is to light pieces of the table by swapping adjacent tiles, aligning three of the same color to make them disappear. Each temple has several levels with their own tile-matching gameplay: While progressing the player unlocks temples dedicated to the Egyptian gods. Ancient Quest of Saqqarah is an Egyptian-themed tile matching game containing pretty much all the variations of the genre.
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