This podcast interview with Uroš Matić looks at new trends in the study of sex and gender in ancient Egypt, especially as influenced by gender and queer theories. Considering notions of binary gender, third gender, and same sex relations, with a final look at the endurance of folk tradition in Egyptian fertility practices.
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This podcast interview with Uroš Matić looks at new trends in the study of sex and gender in ancient Egypt, especially as influenced by gender and queer theories. Considering notions of binary gender, third gender, and same sex relations, with a final look at the endurance of folk tradition in Egyptian fertility practices.
Reduced to Her Bare Essentials: Bronze Age Piriform Pendants in the Levant
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34 minutes 15 seconds
9 years ago
Reduced to Her Bare Essentials: Bronze Age Piriform Pendants in the Levant
This article considers the symbolic meanings of the face, breasts, vulva, and branch images which typify the schematic piriform pendants which first emerged in Tell el-‘Ajjul in the Late Bronze Age and spread through the Levant. In contrast to the usual hypotheses regarding fertility, I suggest that each of these elements refer to the Egyptian goddess Hathor as aspects of her attributes and powers in the Levant under Egyptian domination.
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This podcast interview with Uroš Matić looks at new trends in the study of sex and gender in ancient Egypt, especially as influenced by gender and queer theories. Considering notions of binary gender, third gender, and same sex relations, with a final look at the endurance of folk tradition in Egyptian fertility practices.
