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Between September 1936 and February 1939, the Soviet Union was
covertly aiding the Spanish Republic in its civil war with the
right wing forces of General Francisco Franco, which had revolted
against the government and were being aided semi-covertly by
Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. The Soviets were not only supplying
the Republic with oil, gasoline, and food stuffs, but also the
aircraft, tanks, artillery pieces, and small arms they needed to
conduct the war. The Soviets also began sending military advisers
and personnel from all branches of the service, plus engineers,
translators, merchant seamen and war industry factory workers. Of
the approximately 3,000 people sent from the Soviet Union, 772 were
from the air force, and of these 100 were killed in action or died
as a result of accidents or wounds received in battle.
Building on the latest research, Wolfram Grajetzki here looks in
detail at the circle of officials that surrounded the king in the
Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt (Eleventh to Thirteenth Dynasty,
also including the Second Intermediate Period; c. 2040-1550 BC).
Describing the history of the principal offices of state, he takes
into account inscriptions, monuments and the few preserved tombs,
and traces the careers of some individual officials. The holders of
these offices were the men chosen by the king to be his close
advisers. They received strings of important titles, and their
monuments are among the finest works of art and architecture of the
time. Over all the other officials and second only to the king
stood the 'tjaty', or vizier, while alongside him and of only
slightly lower status, the treasurer was in charge of the resources
of the country. From the evidence for these men, a new, more
precise image emerges of ancient Egyptian civilization in its
monumental accomplishments and its daily operations. "Court
Officials of the Middle Kingdom" is essential reading for all
scholars and students of the period. The text is copiously
illustrated with drawings by Paul Whelan.
This monograph represents the first comprehensive investigation of
the characteristically crude wooden "stick" shabtis of the late
17th and early 18th Dynasties. Developed from a case study of
examples in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and building
upon scholarship that has until now focused almost exclusively on
the importance of their inscriptions, the work offers new
perspectives on stick shabtis and their role in the cultic milieu
during a transitional period in ancient Egyptian history. The broad
based analysis draws upon excavation reports, archival material and
a comparative examination of the physical characteristics of Stick
shabtis in the Petrie Museum and from other collections. The book
is heavily illustrated throughout and incorporates a detailed
catalogue of stick shabtis in the Petrie Museum as well as a number
of previously unpublished examples from public and private
collections.
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