Notes on the Human Characteristics of Ancient Egyptian Kings

  • Sherine El-Menshawy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.82.3.411-430
Keywords: King’s human traits, cruelty, homosexuality, injustice, excess in drinking

Abstract

Egyptian texts and monuments neither embody nor allow us immediate access to the individual characters and personalities of the kings. The aim of this article is to cast light on the “manners of behavior” of some of the Ancient Egyptian kings based on written documents and archeological evidence.
Egyptian literature has focused on kings as Khufu, Pepi II, Nebkaure, Amasis, as special personalities with individual character, such as cruelty, homosexuality, injustice and excess in drinking. Evidence for these human characteristics will be discussed, followed by analytical argument.

Author Biography

Sherine El-Menshawy

Sherine El-Menshawy, received her Ph.D. from Liverpool University in 2001, area of specialization and research interests comprise ancient history, earliest civilizations, archaeology and cultural heritage. Recent research includes: “Unpublished Royal Shabtis of Queen @nwt-tAwy,” DE 62 (2005); “Unpublished private Shabtis from the Greco-Roman Museum,” Abgadyat. Archeological International Journal, December 2007; “Unpublished Material from The Arab Museum of Modern Art At Qatar – Doha II Osiris Naos,” in JARCE 46 (2010); “Unpublished Material from The Arab Museum of Modern Art at Qatar – Doha I,” JARCE 47 (2011); “Aspects of the Office of Temple Gardener in Ancient Egypt – A reconsideration of the recently published stele TN. 20.3.25.3,” DE 65 (2012). Courses taught at Qatar University include History and Civilization of Ancient Mesopotamia; History and Civilization of Ancient Egypt; Civilizations of the Ancient World; History of Arabs Pre-Islam; Introduction to History; Woman and Gender in Ancient Near East.

Published
2014-12-13
How to Cite
El-Menshawy, S. (2014). Notes on the Human Characteristics of Ancient Egyptian Kings. Archiv orientální, 82(3), 411-430. https://doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.82.3.411-430
Issue
Vol. 82 No. 3 (2014)
Section
Research Article

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