题 目：Pharaoh: Art and Power in Ancient Egypt / 法老：古埃及的艺术与权力

作 者：Marie Vandenbeusch

出 版：British Museum Press ，2024

装 帧：平装，256页

尺 寸：19*26 cm

探索埃及王权的理想、象征意义和意识形态，并揭开这一古老文明留下的物品和图像背后的故事。

古埃及的统治者并不总是男性，也并不总是埃及人。有时，埃及因内战而分裂，被外国势力征服，或被相互竞争的国王统治。虽然一些国王受到尊敬——例如图特摩斯三世，他将埃及帝国扩张到最大程度——但其他人的记忆被正式抹去。古埃及幸存下来的许多物品都反映了法老希望我们看到的形象——然而，这本书探讨了统治世界上最伟大的文明之一的现实和许多挑战。

在介绍了古代法老的历史和地理时间框架之后，本书探讨了皇家肖像学，解码了国王佩戴和持有的徽章，或覆盖大多数皇家纪念碑的名字和头衔。本书的核心研究了国王的主要角色，作为大祭司，作为王室的首领，作为国家的行政统治者，以及作为军队的领导者和外交官。在调查了国王永生的准备工作之后，从仪式到建造陵墓，这本书以埃及的当代视角以及法老的概念在今天如何产生共鸣结束。

这本书涵盖了3000年的历史，重点介绍了对大英博物馆杰出的埃及古物收藏中重要作品的研究。

Explores the ideals, symbolism and ideology of Egyptian kingship and uncovers the stories behind the objects and images left as a legacy by this ancient civilisation.

The rulers of ancient Egypt were not always male, nor always Egyptian. At times, Egypt was divided by civil war, conquered by foreign powers or ruled by competing kings. While some kings were revered – such as Thutmose III who expanded Egypt’s empire to its largest extent – the memory of others was officially erased. Many of the objects surviving from ancient Egypt project the image the pharaoh wanted us to see – however this book explores the reality and the many challenges of ruling one of the greatest civilisations the world has ever seen.

After an introduction into the historic and geographic timeframe of the ancient Pharaohs, the book explores royal iconography, decoding the insignia worn and held by the king, or the names and titles covering most royal monuments. The core of the book investigates the main roles of the king, as high priest, as the head of the royal family, as the administrative ruler of the country and as the leader of the army and diplomat. Following an investigation into the preparation for the king’s eternal life, from the rituals to the building of a tomb, the book closes on a contemporary perspective from Egypt and how the notion of the Pharaoh still resonates today.

The book covers 3000 years of history – highlighting research on key pieces from the British Museum’s outstanding collection of Egyptian antiquities.