The Social and Cultural Order of Ancient Egypt offers a completely
new interpretation of Ancient Egypt. Based on insight from
anthropology it complement and enhance the archeological material
and gives some new interpretation on otherwise accepted truths
about Ancient Egypt. It is argued that Ancient Egyptian culture can
only be understood in relation to its reproductive condition and
that Ancient Egypt must be seen as part of a larger regional trade
network including the Levant and Mesopotamia in the west, Nubia,
and Africa to the south. Egypt’s splendors would not have been
possible without such trade opportunities that made it possible for
a small section of society to export gold for foreign prestige
goods. This laid the foundation for a steep social hierarchy and
paved the way towards the Old Kingdom. This new perspective makes
it possible to interpret e.g., that The Narmer Palette is not about
unification, it is telling about Narmer’s position in a larger
cosmos. Enclosures were not places for funerary preparations, but
places for collecting tax. Pyramids are not graves but places for
the ‘gods’ Re and Osiris to meet and rejuvenate the cosmos.
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