Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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This thesis is focused on determining the function of the Middle Kingdom funerary gardens found in Thebes at TT366 and near TT11. This is done through a comparative study using textual,...Show moreThis thesis is focused on determining the function of the Middle Kingdom funerary gardens found in Thebes at TT366 and near TT11. This is done through a comparative study using textual, archaeological and artistic evidence of gardens with different functions and contexts.Show less
Research master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) (MA)
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It is a well-known fact that hunting was an integral part of the ancient Egyptian society. From the Early-dynastic period onwards, hunting appears as an important subject in iconographical as well...Show moreIt is a well-known fact that hunting was an integral part of the ancient Egyptian society. From the Early-dynastic period onwards, hunting appears as an important subject in iconographical as well as in textual sources. In Egyptology hunting is often represented as a symbolic act of fighting the forces of evil, manifesting itself in animals. This idea is often applied to many sources in every historical period of Egyptian history, without taking into consideration the occurring changes on how hunting is represented to us in Egypt’s long history. The question is then: how did the concept of hunting and its significance develop from the Early-Dynastic Period to the New Kingdom 20th dynasty, and what are the main problems encountered when studying the development, and significance of hunting in ancient Egypt? In order to answer this question we must analyse the primary sources themselves. Iconographic depictions of hunting appear on royal monuments as well on monuments dedicated to the elite such as tombs, but also on objects used in daily life. Besides there are also textual sources which tell us about hunt. This great variety in contexts means it is paramount to study these sources in their proper context. This proves that most sources have their own significance in their own context, and that we cannot apply one single interpretation to all sources concerned with hunting. The primary sources indicate that the iconographical representation, and ideological meaning of hunting changed throughout Egyptian history. It is these changes that will be discussed during in this thesis. Different kinds of hunting will be discussed such as fishing, fowling, the hippopotamus hunt, and desert hunt.Show less
Already during Antiquity, Egypt was famous for its royal mortuary monuments. During the millennia that have passed since the construction of these monuments, the meaning given to them by their...Show moreAlready during Antiquity, Egypt was famous for its royal mortuary monuments. During the millennia that have passed since the construction of these monuments, the meaning given to them by their spectators has altered several times. This study focusses on the interpretation and reuse of the Theban New Kingdom mortuary temples, the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the Old Kingdom pyramids at the Giza Plateau during the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods. Aim of this study is to show how these monuments were interpreted and reused by two different groups of spectators, namely the Graeco-Roman tourists, who came to see these monuments, and the native Egyptians, who lived in the vicinity of these buildings. Moreover, the ways in which the meaning given to these mortuary monuments during the Pharaonic Period survived into the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods, are discussed.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Oude culturen van de mediterrane wereld (Bachelor)
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Dit onderzoek behandelt de vraag of de koningsbaard, zoals afgebeeld in de Predynastieke Periode, het Oude, en het Nieuwe Rijk een valse baard was, zoals de consensus lijk te zijn binnen de...Show moreDit onderzoek behandelt de vraag of de koningsbaard, zoals afgebeeld in de Predynastieke Periode, het Oude, en het Nieuwe Rijk een valse baard was, zoals de consensus lijk te zijn binnen de Egyptologie, of niet. Voor het beantwoorden van deze vraag beroept de auteur zich op de relevante artefacten, en probeert conclusies te trekken aan de hand van iconografische kenmerken, statistisch onderzoek en psychologische theoriëen.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Oude culturen van de mediterrane wereld (Bachelor)
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De god Reshep, afkomstig uit de Levant, verkrijgt ook in Egypte een cultus. Hoe is de god in Egypte terecht gekomen en in hoeverre verschilt de Egyptische Reshep van de Levantijnse versie? Wat is...Show moreDe god Reshep, afkomstig uit de Levant, verkrijgt ook in Egypte een cultus. Hoe is de god in Egypte terecht gekomen en in hoeverre verschilt de Egyptische Reshep van de Levantijnse versie? Wat is de religieuze rol en betekenis van Reshep en hoe komt deze tot uiting?Show less
