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Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile and Beyond (Paperback, Annotated edition)
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Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile and Beyond (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Series: Kelsey Museum Publication
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Graffiti-unsanctioned marks in public built spaces-are increasingly
recognized as worthy of study in contexts both ancient and modern.
For ancient societies, graffiti are personal expressions that are
otherwise rare in the archaeological and historical record. This
volume is focused around a group of ancient and medieval figural
graffiti found in 2015 by an archaeological project of the Kelsey
Museum, University of Michigan, at the site of El-Kurru. Located in
northern Sudan, El-Kurru was a royal pyramid burial ground of kings
and queens of Kush from about 850 to 650 BCE. Written in
conjunction with the exhibition "Graffiti as Devotion along the
Nile" at the Kelsey Museum (on view 23 August 2019-29 March 2020),
essays by an international group of seven scholars present the site
of El-Kurru and its graffiti in historical context. Chapters
discuss the history of Kush, ancient graffiti in a funerary temple
and medieval graffiti on a pyramid at El-Kurru, and graffiti at
other sites in Kush and Egypt (Musawwarat es-Sufra, Philae, and
Banganarti) and beyond (Pompeii). Other chapters discuss the rock
art of Sudan and methods used for the conservation and
documentation of graffiti at El-Kurru. The volume concludes with an
annotated catalog of graffiti from El-Kurru and a photo essay of
the contemporary Nile Valley practice of "hajj images" that
commemorate Muslim pilgrimage. Written to engage non-specialist
readers, the book will be of interest to archaeologists, ancient
and medieval historians, and art historians working in the Nile
Valley and beyond, and to a broader community interested in these
subjects. Illustrated in colour and b&w throughout.
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