Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2011. № 4. Part 1. P. 96-99.
SOCIAL IMPORTANCE OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONS FOR MATERIALS DURING THE EPOCH OF ANCIENT AND MIDDLE REIGNS
Lebedev Maksim Aleksandrovich
Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract. The social importance of ancient Egyptian expeditions for materials during the epoch of Ancient and Middle reigns is revealed in the article by the materials of the inscriptions of the IIIrd-XIIIth dynasties from mines and stone quarries outside Nile valley. The author shows the role of expedition activity in foreigners' integration to the Egyptian society of the mentioned period and in the formation of the special groups of ancient Egyptian population.
Key words and phrases: экспедиции за материалами, Вади Хаммамат, Синай, Вади эль-Худи, каменоломни, рудники, Древнее царство, Среднее царство, expeditions for materials, Wadi Hammamat, Sinai, Wadi el-Hudi, stone quarries, mines, Ancient reign, Middle reign
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