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Reflections of Osiris Reflections of Osiris Lives from Ancient Egypt JOHN RAY OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2002 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sao Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto and an associated company in Berlin Copyright © 2002 by John Ray First published in Great Britian in 2001 by Profile Books Ltd Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ray, John. Reflections of Osiris : lives from ancient Egypt / John Ray. p. cm. Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 0-19-515871-7 (alk. paper) 1. Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C. 2. Egypt--Civilization- 332 B.C.-30 B.C. 3. Osiris (Egyptian deity) I. Title. DT61 R25 2002 932'.01--dc 2002070027 1 3 5 7 9 1 0 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper For Dorothy Thompson, John Thompson, and Frank Walbank, who know why people study ancient Egypt, and need not trouble to read this book This page intentionally left blank Contents M aps viii A Note on Chronology and Names x Introduction 1 1 Egypt's Leonardo (Imhotep, c. 2650 BC) 5 2 A Farmer's Problems (Heqanakhte, c. 1950 BC) 23 3 Gloriana (Queen Hatshepsut, reigned c. 1473-1458 BC) 40 4 Justice and the Moon King (Horemheb, reigned c. 1323-12.95 BC) 60 5 The First Egyptologist (Khaemwise, c. 1285-1225 BC) 78 6 The Temple Scribe's Petition (Petiese, c. 583-511 BC) 97 7 The Magician Pharaoh (Nectanebo II, reigned 359/8-343/2 BC) 113 8 People of the Serapeum (Hor of Sebennytos and his companions, c. 200-150 BC) 130 Epilogue: 'Such is Osiris' 153 Notes to the Text 157 Picture Credits 158 Suggestions for Further Reading 160 Acknowledgement 165 Index 16 Map of Egypt, showing the principal places mentioned in the text. The inset shows the area of Thebes, modern Luxor. Map of Saqqara, part of the necropolis of Memphis, with the principal places mentioned in the text.
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