"African" influences during activities of Amenhotep in Nubia
Mar 22, 2019 21:05:32 GMT -5
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Post by zarahan on Mar 22, 2019 21:05:32 GMT -5
Yep, the phrase "African influences" is misleading since "African influences" have ALWAYS been part
of Egypt, not something foreign, or imported with "Nubians" and Egypt is itself an African culture developed
by African peoples. There is plenty of hard scientific data on this that does not rely on mere pictures.
The above is being said to qualify the snippet below which addresses the activities of Amenhotep in
Nubia.
A tenure as viceroy overseeing these projects would have allowed
Prince Amenhotep to become familiar with Nubia, laying a firm foundation
for events, projects, ideology, and worldview in the years to come.
In his fifth year on the throne, he would wage a military campaign there,
and he would send another army there in Year 26. Late in his reign, he
would build temples deep in Nubian territory, as if this were a land he
knew well. Aspects of Nubian religion would also become important
during Amenhotep’s reign. One of these was an emphasis on fertility,
female fertility in particular, which meant a rise in the popularity of the
dwarf god Bes, who protected women in childbirth and their children,
as did the cat goddess Bastet and the upright-walking hippopotamus
Taweret, nearly a caricature of the pregnant woman. Female deities
would also become more prominent, especially daughters of Re, such as
Ma’at and Mut/Hathor/Sekhmet, who spent part of every year in Nubia.
The other deep African influence was an emphasis on ancestors and
tradition that would become extremely important to Amenhotep III as
he eventually began to prepare for his first jubilee in Year 30.
--Kozloff, Arielle P.. 2011. Amenhotep III (Egypt's Radiant Pharaoh)-Thutmose IV and King's Son Amenhotep in Nubia
Volume: 10.1017/CB Year: 2011
http:/www.cambridge.org/core
To sum up the trends:
1) More popular emphasis on fertility -re the god BES
2) More popularity for such figures as the cat and the hippo per above
3) More prominence for female deities
4) Ancestors- quote: "emphasis on ancestors and tradition that would become extremely
important to Amenhotep III as he eventually began to prepare for his first jubilee in Year 30.
The author holds that the New Kingdom period in NUbia saw their rising prominence, but could they
have been always prominent in Egypt?
And would such patterns, if intensifying by way of Nubia, not be indicative of the two-way exchange
of culture and influences, not the stereotypical picture of Egyptian influence obliterating Nubians?
And didn't Djehuti used to have a pic floating on ES showing a quite "African looking" Amenhotep?
of Egypt, not something foreign, or imported with "Nubians" and Egypt is itself an African culture developed
by African peoples. There is plenty of hard scientific data on this that does not rely on mere pictures.
The above is being said to qualify the snippet below which addresses the activities of Amenhotep in
Nubia.
A tenure as viceroy overseeing these projects would have allowed
Prince Amenhotep to become familiar with Nubia, laying a firm foundation
for events, projects, ideology, and worldview in the years to come.
In his fifth year on the throne, he would wage a military campaign there,
and he would send another army there in Year 26. Late in his reign, he
would build temples deep in Nubian territory, as if this were a land he
knew well. Aspects of Nubian religion would also become important
during Amenhotep’s reign. One of these was an emphasis on fertility,
female fertility in particular, which meant a rise in the popularity of the
dwarf god Bes, who protected women in childbirth and their children,
as did the cat goddess Bastet and the upright-walking hippopotamus
Taweret, nearly a caricature of the pregnant woman. Female deities
would also become more prominent, especially daughters of Re, such as
Ma’at and Mut/Hathor/Sekhmet, who spent part of every year in Nubia.
The other deep African influence was an emphasis on ancestors and
tradition that would become extremely important to Amenhotep III as
he eventually began to prepare for his first jubilee in Year 30.
--Kozloff, Arielle P.. 2011. Amenhotep III (Egypt's Radiant Pharaoh)-Thutmose IV and King's Son Amenhotep in Nubia
Volume: 10.1017/CB Year: 2011
http:/www.cambridge.org/core
To sum up the trends:
1) More popular emphasis on fertility -re the god BES
2) More popularity for such figures as the cat and the hippo per above
3) More prominence for female deities
4) Ancestors- quote: "emphasis on ancestors and tradition that would become extremely
important to Amenhotep III as he eventually began to prepare for his first jubilee in Year 30.
The author holds that the New Kingdom period in NUbia saw their rising prominence, but could they
have been always prominent in Egypt?
And would such patterns, if intensifying by way of Nubia, not be indicative of the two-way exchange
of culture and influences, not the stereotypical picture of Egyptian influence obliterating Nubians?
And didn't Djehuti used to have a pic floating on ES showing a quite "African looking" Amenhotep?