Egypt in Africa.

Egypt in Africa. Whilst it is clear from any atlas that Egypt is an African country,most works on Ancient Egypt Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. seemingly place it alongside the nascentstates of the circum-Mediterranean. Egypt is a name derived from Greek.The exhibition and guide Eygpt in Africa (134 pages, 96 colour & b/willustrations. 1997. Indianapolis (IN): Indiana University Press Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is a publishing house at Indiana University that engages in academic publishing, specializing in the humanities and social sciences. It was founded in 1950. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana. ;0-253-33269-9 hardback $39.95 & [pounds]33.50; 0-936-26064-5paperback [pounds]20.99) edited by THEODORE CELENKO reminds us that aproper understanding of Ancient Egyptian art and civilization requiresthat it be put back into its African context. Thus, the Ancient Egyptianname for their land was Kemet, the land of black people. Why is this so?It is the result of our appropriation of things Ancient Egyptian,resulting from, amongst other things, the insular attitudes of modernEgyptologists and a form of scholastic racism that suggested that Egypthad been colonized by external Hamitic peoples. Moreover, by the timethat African Studies academically came of age in the 1960s, the study ofEgyptology was already a mature discipline set in ways of more than 100years' standing. Thirty-two concise pieces by a wide range ofauthors, on topics as diverse as the African Origins of EgyptianWriting, 'Mother and Child' figurines, Headrests, Masking,Body Art, and Circumcision circumcision(sûr'kəmsĭzh`ən), operation to remove the foreskin covering the glans of the penis. It dates back to prehistoric times and was widespread throughout the Middle East as a religious rite before it was introduced among the and Male Initiation, reveal the depth of thecommon African inheritance in Ancient Egypt.