"This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Aksum, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individu…
"A conference held in Heidelberg in 2014 resulted in this collection of essays, which explore the multifaceted aspects of magical texts and practices in antiquity, focusing especially on the Graeco-Egyptian magical papyri. The authors concentrate on questions of cultural plurali…
Since the first modern investigations into Egyptian mummies in the 1970s, anthracosis and silicosis have regularly been found in mummified lungs (Tapp, 1975; Walker et al, 1987). Anthracosis, lung irritation caused by carbon particles, is well researched in modern populations bu…
This thesis assesses the appropriateness and effectiveness of the economic reform and structural adjustment programme adopted by Egypt in 1991. It also examines the main political and economic constraints of such policies. It argues that it is unlikely to provide sustainable or …
The US is a diverse country comprised of many immigrant groups. There have been a number of studies that have focused on different immigrant groups in America (Ahmed, 2010; Barry & Grilo, 2003; Bhattacharya & Schoppelrey, 2004; Buddington, 2002; Farley et a12005; Heras & Meleis,…
The autonomy of the shari ` a courts in Ottoman-Egypt during the 16th and 17th centuries, is the subject of this thesis. Specifically, it pursues the question of formalization (the incorporation of courts and their functionaries into the civil apparatus of the state) and, relate…
In an era marked by multinationalism, globalization, transnationalism, and ethnopolitics, the conventional state border appears to be blurring at the edges, and in some instances extending beyond itself, This research seeks to test this proposition for a specific set of borders.…
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess the use of three dimensional facial averages in determining facial morphological differences between a native adult Egyptian population and a native adult Brazilian population. Methods: Three-dimensional images were acquired …
This study examines the conquest and control of the Sudan by the Mehmet Ali dynasty from its beginnings in 1820 to around 1870. It addresses the Ottoman-Egyptian invasion as a form of colonial conquest. But this colonization of the Sudan was quickly complicated and circumscribed…
This explanatory study examined the external influences in a black box model that affects the ex-pay television subscribers' decision-making process, and caused them to disconnect the pay television service. These external influences: culture, reference groups, family, and produ…
The specific nature of the Appeal to the living texts in ancient Egypt is investigated from the Old Kingdom through the New Kingdom. A data set has been collected of some 294 Appeal texts divided chronologically into (1) Old Kingdom (45 texts), (2) First Intermediate Period (47 …
This study investigated the effect of journal writing as a communicative technique on written performance, writing apprehension, perceived sense of writing abilities, and attitudes of Egyptian EFL English majors. It also explored the relationship between L1 (Arabic) and L2 (Engl…
This study deals with Ancient Egyptian and Yoruba of West Africa, an enduring historical problem in African historiography. This dissertation builds upon Lucas's book (Lucas 1948). The central argument of Lucas's book is that Yoruba originated from Ancient Egypt. A lot of Africa…
This dissertation approaches the question of modernity in two ways. The first treats the dynamics of exchange between history and literature with reference to the question of representation as it intersects with modernity, the emergence of literary modernism, and Third World nat…
The Book of the Earth belongs to the genre of ancient Egyptian compositions known as "Underworld Books," depicting the locales and beings encountered by the sun god during his nightly travels. The Book of the Earth was employed exclusively in royal burial chambers during Egypt's…
This study examined cross-cultural differences in self-concept among female university students Americans—one group and Egyptians—two groups. Participants either attended an American university in Egypt or an Egyptian university. The Tennessee Self-Concept Scale and the PRF Andr…