City of the Ram-man : the story of ancient Mendes /

City of the Ram-man : the story of ancient Mendes /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Redford, Donald B.
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010.
Description:	xxii, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Rams -- Symbolic aspects -- Egypt -- Mendes (Extinct city) Mythology, Egyptian -- Egypt -- Mendes (Extinct city) Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Mendes (Extinct city) Excavations (Archaeology) Mythology, Egyptian. Mendes (Extinct city) -- History. Mendes (Extinct city) -- Religious life and customs. Mendes (Extinct city) -- Antiquities. Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C. Egypt. Egypt -- Mendes (Extinct city) History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8120628

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ISBN:	9780691142265 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691142262 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

The beginnings
The advent of Horus
In the time of the residence
The collapse
The mysterious centuries : the Middle Kingdom
Mendes under the empire pharaohs
The great chiefs of the Meshwesh
Egypt in the time of troubles
The Ram, Lord of Djedet
The Saite revival
Mendes, the capital of Egypt
The great disaster
Dusk and darkness : the end of Mendes.