Books by Stuart Tyson Smith
“The Kushites were originally a pastoralist, semi-nomadic group. They settled and built towns, but they maintained a lot of that pastoralist tradition and culture. For example, cattle were still widely acclaimed in their society, and one way we map just how much power or influence a person might have had is by the number of bucrania they are buried with (bucrania are the top of the cow’s skull with the horns still attached). There’s one person who is buried with nearly 5,000, which shows the importance of this individual…This book really digs into what we can know about Kushite culture. Much of that relies on the archeology, but what I particularly like about Stuart Tyson Smith is that he doesn’t ignore the written evidence, even though it’s Egyptian.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Stuart Tyson Smith were recommended
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The World of the Scythians
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Wretched Kush: Ethnic Identities and Boundaries in Egypt's Nubian Empire
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The Origins of Ancient Vietnam
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India: The Ancient Past
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Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum and the Northern Horn, 1000 BC-AD 1300
by David Phillipson
The Best Books on the Wider Ancient World, recommended by Owen Rees
The Best Books on the Wider Ancient World, recommended by Owen Rees
Many of us love to read about ancient Greece or Rome and know a bit about ancient Egypt, but what lay beyond the Classical world we’re familiar with? Historian Owen Rees, author of The Far Edges of the Known World, recommends books on some of the other civilizations that flourished in ancient times, from Aksum in modern Ethiopia to Co Loa in modern Vietnam.
