Ancient Egypt within its North-East African context
Professor John Baines University of Oxford
Wed, 3/5 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm · A17 Julis Romo Rabinowitz
Program in the Ancient World
Egypt’s most direct connections were and are within the Africa where it is sited. Ancient Egypt is often seen as a civilization on the edge of the ancient Near East rather than through the more immediate lens of the regions closest to it. Recent scholarship has enhanced understanding of the African context, and it uses a more holistic perspective, with particular gains in approaches to early periods. This lecture reflects on these developments and their implications for interpreting the ancient society, for Egypt itself, for its relations with other parts of Africa, and for connections beyond, into Europe. |
About the Speaker:
John Baines is Professor of Egyptology emeritus at the University of Oxford. He has held visiting appointments in a number of places, including an Old Dominion Fellowship at Princeton in 2014. He has interests in Egyptian archaeology, art, writing, religion, and social forms, often approaching questions from a comparative perspective. His most recent larger publication is the co-edited Historical consciousness and the use of the past in the ancient world (2019). |
