A History of Research Into Ancient Egyptian Culture in Southeast Europe

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
Egyptian Culture ◽  
History Of

Egyptology in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 64-78
Author(s):  
Li Xiaodong
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Ancient Egypt ◽  
Great Contribution ◽  
Writing Systems ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Chinese Perspective ◽  
Egyptian Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chinese Scholars

Egyptology as a discipline developed very late in China, in the 1930s, and from this point onwards, the laying of the foundations of Egyptology took another three generations of effort. This late arrival of the discipline has made it difficult for Chinese scholars to make a great contribution to the development of Egyptology, especially since the history of Egyptology has an almost 200-year legacy in Europe and America. However, the Chinese perspective could help towards an understanding of ancient Egypt from a more global and comparative viewpoint. This chapter sets out a comparative study between the two great civilizations of China and Egypt as an important analytical method, focusing particularly on the comparison between the approaches the two writing systems followed when they invented their written characters, an aspect which reveals detailed ideas about ancient Egyptian culture and society.

scholarly journals Formation of the Egyptian collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan: a contribution to the development of Russian Egyptology

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-229
Author(s):  
Anastasia Anatolievna Aksenova
Keyword(s):  
National Museum ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Current State ◽  
Egyptian Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Oriental Studies ◽  
The 19Th Century

The article analyzes the history of the formation of the Egyptian collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan during the 19th and 20th centuries. Based on the materials of the archives of the city of Kazan, the national museum, as well as with the involvement of other scientific publications in the context of the museology in Kazan and the development of Russian Egyptology as a science, the four main stages of the formation of the archaeological fund, as well as the current state of the collection of the ancient Egyptian heritage, are examined and analyzed. An analysis of each stage allows the reconstruction of the evolution of Egyptology as a science, and oriental studies in general, in the regions of Russia. This collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan is one of the largest domestic collections of Egyptian culture, which has not been exhibited since the beginning of the 20th century. In this context, cataloging and studying the formation of a collection is necessary for its preservation as a unique heritage. The author of the article came to the conclusion about the importance of Kazan University in the development of the archaeological foundation of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan, the role of the collected Egyptian materials in the development of Russian Egyptology and Oriental studies in the 19th century.

Digital Palaeography of Hieratic

2020 ◽  
pp. 633-646
Author(s):  
Svenja A. Gülden ◽  
Celia Krause ◽  
Ursula Verhoeven
Keyword(s):  
Research Tool ◽  
Digital Analysis ◽  
Short History ◽  
Vector Graphics ◽  
Handwritten Documents ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
Digital Formats

After a short history of research into hieratic palaeography, the first experiences with digital methods to conduct the study of handwritten documents, in Egyptology as well as in other fields, are presented. The needs and goals of a future digital palaeography are then explained in detail. Such a palaeography is expected to become a modern research tool for ancient Egyptian handwritings that allows the depiction, description, classification, and encoding of cursive signs and that includes information about the entire manuscripts and their materiality. In constructing such a tool, some questions are essential, for instance: How should the signs be represented—as image sections from a scan or as facsimiles? What kind of digital formats should be used—raster or vector graphics? How should the signs be encoded? And how should we prepare the data for digital analysis of hieratic in the future—using XML with new encodings according to TEI standard? The chapter provides a discussion of arguments and propositions in the light of these questions.

scholarly journals The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History

1967 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmer Ringgren
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Rudolf Steiner ◽  
Complete Collection ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Egyptian Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
True Knowledge ◽  
The University ◽  
Philosophical Questions

This paper presents the history of the Donner Institute. The Donner Institute is an institution for the study of the history of religion and culture at the university of Åbo Akademi (Åbo, Finland). It was founded in 1957 following a stipulation in the last will of Mr. and Mrs. Uno Donner of Helsingfors, who died in 1958 and 1956 respectively. Uno Donner had shown an early interest in philosophical questions. During a visit to Egypt at the beginning of this century both he and his wife were impressed by ancient Egyptian culture and certain mysterious aspects of religion. They both seem to have had a firm conviction that intuition is an important way to true knowledge. When, in 1913, an artist friend of theirs, Henry Collison, introduced them to the thinking of Dr. Rudolf Steiner, their interest was easily kindled, and they became eager students of anthroposophy. They visited Dornach near Basel, the center of the anthroposophic movement, several times and made the personal acquaintance of Dr. Steiner. When an Anthroposophic Society was established in Finland in 1922, Uno Donner became its president. The library of the institute possesses an almost complete collection of Dr. Steiner's works and all available works of various anthroposophic authors.

Ancient Egyptian fauna

2015 ◽  
pp. 150-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salima Ikram
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Ancient Egypt ◽  
Changing Environment ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
The Future ◽  
Egyptian Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Artistic Images ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Vast Range

The vast range of animals found in ancient Egypt not only contributed to creating its language and religion, but they were also a mainstay of its economy, and played key roles in daily life, ranging from providers of food to companionship. They are also key indicators in our understanding of the changing environment. The study of Egyptian fauna can thus elucidate many aspects of ancient Egyptian culture. This chapter outlines the sources available for the study of animals in Egypt, such as artistic images, texts, and physical remains. It provides an overview of the history of Egyptian archaeozoology, outlines current methods, and goes on to look at the future of this discipline within Egyptology.

History of Research in Mammalian Sexual Behavior

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 545-546
Author(s):  
Rae Silver
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
History Of

Review of early developmental stages of trilobites and agnostids from the Barrandian area (Czech Republic)

2017 ◽  
Vol 186 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
Lukáš Laibl ◽  
Oldřich Fatka
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
Early Developmental Stages ◽  
History Of ◽  
Barrandian Area ◽  
Early Developmental

This contribution briefly summarizes the history of research, modes of preservation and stratigraphic distribution of 51 trilobite and five agnostid taxa from the Barrandian area, for which the early developmental stages have been described.

Bayesian Inference in Human Time Perception

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Time Perception ◽  
Likelihood Function ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Temporal Properties ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
Psychophysical Testing ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fundamental Dimension ◽  
Perception Of Time

Time is a fundamental dimension of human perception, cognition and action, as the perception and cognition of temporal information is essential for everyday activities and survival. Innumerable studies have investigated the perception of time over the last 100 years, but the neural and computational bases for the processing of time remains unknown. First, we present a brief history of research and the methods used in time perception and then discuss the psychophysical approach to time, extant models of time perception, and advancing inconsistencies between each account that this review aims to bridge the gap between. Recent work has advocated a Bayesian approach to time perception. This framework has been applied to both duration and perceived timing, where prior expectations about when a stimulus might occur in the future (prior distribution) are combined with current sensory evidence (likelihood function) in order to generate the perception of temporal properties (posterior distribution). In general, these models predict that the brain uses temporal expectations to bias perception in a way that stimuli are ‘regularized’ i.e. stimuli look more like what has been seen before. Evidence for this framework has been found using human psychophysical testing (experimental methods to quantify behaviour in the perceptual system). Finally, an outlook for how these models can advance future research in temporal perception is discussed.

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