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. 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. Central to the story is
millennia of worship dedicated to the lascivious ram-god. The book
describes the discoveries of the great temple of the ram and the
"Mansion of the Rams," where the embalmed bodies of the avatars of
the god were buried. It also discusses ancient Greek reports that
these ram-gods occasionally ritually fornicated with women.
Vividly written and informed throughout by Redford's intimate
knowledge of the remains of Mendes, "City of the Ram-Man" is a
unique account of a long-lost monument of Egyptian history,
religion, and culture.
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