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City Of The Ram Man The Story Of Ancient Mendes
Hardback Edition: 1
In this richly illustrated book, renowned archaeologist Donald Redford draws on the latest discoveries - including many of his own - to tell the story of the ancient Egyptian city of Mendes, home of the mysterious cult of the 'fornicating ram who mounts the beauties'.
Excavation by Redford and his colleagues over the past two decades has cast a flood of light on this strange center of worship and political power located in the Nile Delta.
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A sweeping chronological account filled with photographs, drawings, and informative sidebars, "City of the Ram-Man" is the first history of Mendes written for general readers. Founded in the remote prehistoric past, inhabited continuously for 5,000 years, and abandoned only in the first-century BC, Mendes is a microcosm of ancient Egyptian history. "City of the Ram-Man" tells the city's full story - from its founding, through its development of a great society and its brief period as the capital of Egypt, up to its final decline.
Pages : 240
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Publication date : 2010-08
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Anthropology/archaeology, History, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, Ancient History: To C 500 Ce