The History of the Peoples of the Eastern Desert (Monographs)

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Part I. 1. Introduction To Part 1: From Adam To Alexander (500,000-2500 Years Ago) / H. Barnard -- 2. Contributions To The Prehistory Of The Eastern Desert, Egypt / P.m. Vermeersch -- 3. The Holocene Prehistory Of The Nubian Eastern Desert / M.c. Gatto -- 4. The Journey To The Rock Art Gallery Of Bir Nurayet (sudan) / K. Pluskota -- 5. Boat Petroglyphs In Egypt's Central Eastern Desert / F. Lankester -- 6. Nomads At The Nile: Towards An Archaeology Of Interaction / C. Nøser -- 7. Gods In The Red Land: Development Of Cults And Religious Activities In The Eastern Desert / A.d. Espinel -- 8. Sinai In Egyptian, Levantine And Hebrew (biblical) Perspectives / J.k. Hoffmeier -- 9. Vegetation And Management Regime Continuity In The Cultural Landscape Of The Eastern Desert / G.l. Andersen -- 10. The Eastern Desert Tombs And Cultural Continuity / K. Krzywinski -- 11. The Desert Dwellers Of Marmarica, Western Desert: Second Millennium Bce To First Millennium Ce / A.-k. Rieger, T. Vetter And H. Möller -- Part Ii. 12. Introduction To Part 2: The Last 2500 Years / H. Barnard -- 13. The Eastern Desert During The Ptolemaic Period: An Emerging Picture / J. Gates-foster -- 14. Nabataeans In The Eastern Desert During The Roman Period / R.z. Mohamed -- 15. Roman Gold Mining In The Eastern Desert: The Mining Settlement In Wadi Bakariya / B.j.m. Tratsaert -- 16. A Blemmy By Any Other Name...: A Study In Greek Ethnography / R.h. Pierce -- 17. Blemmyes, Noubades And The Eastern Desert In Late Antiquity: Reassessing The Written Sources / J.h.f. Dijkstra -- 18. On The Archaeology Of The Native Population Of The Eastern Desert In The First-seventh Centuries Ce / G. Lassányi -- 19. Results Of Recent Mass Spectrometric Research Of Eastern Desert Ware (4th-6th Centuries Ce) / H. Barnard -- 20. You Shall Not See The Tribes Of The Blemmyes Or Of The Saracens: On The Other 'barbarians' Of The Late Roman Eastern Desert Of Egypt / T. Power -- 21. Invisible Monks, Human Eyes And The Egyptian Desert In Late Antique Hagiography / K.m. Klein -- 22. Desert Imagery: Bedouin, Monks, Demons And Hermits Around Saint Anthony's Monastery / J.c.m. Starkey -- 23. Nomadism And The Monastic Life In The Eastern Desert Of Egypt / M. Jones -- 24. Towards Variability: Cultural Diversity In Economic Strategies Of Beja Peoples / P. Weschenfelder -- 25. The Documentation Of The Cultural Heritage Of The Bedouin Of South Sinai: A Pilot Study In Serabit Al-khadim / M. Hanna, F. Keshk And S. Aboubakr -- 26. Nominating Suakin A World Heritage Site / M.d.s. Mallinson -- 27. The Establishment Of A Transboundary Biosphere Reserve In Wadi Allaqi, Egypt / M. Al-aawah And C. De Simone -- 28. Beja Innovation And Responses To Environmental Change In The Southeastern Desert Of Egypt / A. Roe -- 29. Giving A Voice To The Ababda / M. Abdel-qadr, W.z. Wendrich, Z. Kosc And H. Barnard -- 30. Sustainable Desert Tourism: A Tool For Competition / S.b. Hassan -- 31. Concluding Remarks / J.l. Bintliff And H. Barnard. Edited By Hans Barnard And Kim Duistermaat. Proceedings Of A Conference Of The People Of The Eastern Deseert From The Onset Of The Holocene To The Present, Held Nov. 25-27, 2008 At The Netherlands-flemish Institute In Cairo. Accompanying Cd-rom Includes 14 Audio Files, 6 Video Files, Bibliography (in Book), And Chapter 29 (in Book). Includes Bibliographical References (p. 445-484) And Index.