Foreigners, Pharaonic Egypt

Abstract

Ancient Egypt was located at the crossroads between Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean. This location favored the development of a multicultural society. Although foreigners lived, worked, and traveled in Egypt throughout its history, monumental Egyptian records often project an ethnocentric attitude. If Egyptians commonly held ethnocentric attitudes, as Herodotus reported ( Histories esp. 2.41–3), there may have been a strong compulsion for foreigners to acculturate to Egyptian standards. Foreigners who wanted to be accepted into elite or bureaucratic positions actively espoused Egyptian behaviors and material culture in public spheres. The extent to which first generation foreigners mentally acculturated cannot be known.

Non-royal Nubian Clothing Representations during the New Kingdom and the Kushites Twenty-Fifth Dynasty

“…We will review past works as a starting point and examine the clothing of Nubian in general before the Twenty-fifth Dynasty as soldiers and officials or tribute offered to identity the Nubian style clothing before Kushites Dynasty, which advocates a nuanced understanding that necessitates a broad investigation, including both royal and individual representations as were record of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. 1 Liszka, k., (2013). Foreigners, Pharaonic Egypt, In B. Rogers (ed.…”