Foreigners in Ancient Egypt

Theban Tomb Paintings from the Early Eighteenth Dynasty

By: Flora Brooke Anthony

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Hardcover | 1 December 2016 | Edition Number 1

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In ancient Egypt, one of the primary roles of the king was to maintain order and destroy chaos. Since the beginning of Egyptian history, images of foreigners were used as symbols of chaos and thus shown as captives being bound and trampled under the king's feet. The early 18th dynasty (1550-1372 BCE) was the height of international trade, diplomacy and Egyptian imperial expansion. During this time new images of foreigners bearing tribute became popular in the tombs of the necropolis at Thebes, the burial place of the Egyptian elite...These tribute-bearing foreigners carry luxury goods, which serve as symbols that underscore the tomb owner's wealth and access to such products. The tomb owner is thus considered a figure of prestige, as he is present in these scenes and is associated with the king and international affairs. Foreigners, who are inherently chaotic according to traditional Egyptian ideology, are represented in an orderly fashion in these scenes. This not only shows the ability of the Egyptian state to impose order on foreign lands, but these images are symbols of the tomb owner's ability to overcome the chaos of death and achieve a successful afterlife. These foreigners come bearing objects symbolically associated with Egyptian concepts of death and rebirth in the afterlife, further reinforcing the functions of these tomb paintings.

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Illustrated throughout with black-and-white and colour images, with a comprehensive bibliography, this multi-faceted analysis successfully conveys the importance of evaluating ancient Egyptian decorative motifs from several angles rather than taking them at face value.
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