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Title: A Delta-man in Yebu: Occasional Volume of the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum No. 1 Editors: A. K. Eyma and C. J. Bennett Date: 2003 Publisher: Universal Publishers Pages: 244 pages ISBN: 1-58112-564-X |
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Synopsis
A collection of papers from the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum (http://welcome.to/EEF) on a variety of Egyptological topics, of interest to both professionals and laypersons. Five broad themes may be discerned: royalty in ancient Egypt, scarabs and funerary items, archaeology and early Egypt, Egyptology -- past, present and future, and ancient Egyptian language, science and religion.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Theme | Royalty in Ancient Egypt |
| The Institution of Kingship in Ancient Egypt | |
| Aspects of the Deification of Some Old Kingdom Kings | |
| The First Prophet of Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten | |
| Enigmatic Kiya | |
| Three Notes on Arsinoe I | |
| Themes | Scarabs and Funerary Items |
| The Gayer-Anderson Amenhotep III Commemorative Scarabs in the Portland Art Museum: Their Discovery and Description | |
| The Djed-Ptah-iw-ef-aankh Shabti Figurine from the National Museum of Belgrade | |
| The Coffin and the Cartonnage of Kaipamaw | |
| The Case of the Misplaced Cow: ROM Cartonnage 1910.10 | |
| Theme | Archaeology and Early Egypt |
| Tracing the Origins of the Ancient Egyptian Cattle Cult | |
| Preliminary Report on the 2550 Poznan Symposium | |
| Socio-Political Hierarchy of First Dynasty Sites: A Ranking of East Delta Cemeteries Based on Grave Architecture | |
| A Spatial Analysis of Deposits in Kom el-Hisn | |
| Theme | Egyptology - Past, Preseﻨĸ a F��ur��/td> |
| The Egypt Archaeological Database and the Birth of Computerized Inter-site Analysis | |
| Digital Egypt for Universities: Koptos in the Second Intermediate Period | |
| Otto Friedrich von Richters Expedition in Unternubien im Jahre 1815 | |
| Theme | Ancient Egyptian Language, Science and Religion |
| La construction « jw sDm=f prospectif » dans Kagemni | |
| Ancient Egyptian Mathematics and Forerunners: Some Hints from Work Sites | |
| On a Topos in Egyptian Medical History | |
| Altered States: An Inquiry into the Possible Use of Narcotics or Alcohol to Induce Dreams in Pharaonic Egypt | |
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The history and framework of the publication
The "Delta Man in Yebu" (OVEEF1) was an Egyptologists' Electronic Forum project. The idea behind the book was to see if EEF members would like to partake in a common publication project, in the same way as many regional/non-digital Egyptological societies have forms of paper publications (of varying levels), besides the core activity of a lecture programme. Of course there are many venues a professional Egyptologist can publish in, but the idea was that the volume should (of course, just like the forum) also be open to papers of students and laypersons (after review, and with extra editorial support if desired). Also the fact that so many regions worldwide are represented on the forum suggested a nice opportunity (some 13 nationalities are represented in the final result).
Seeing the previous debates on publication issues on EEF, the book was published in two formats: print-on-demand paperback and e-book. Many people would prefer to hold a book in their hands, and paper is needed for long term availability in libraries, but the e-book format has the advantage of a lower price and needing no shelf space. So we hope proponents of both media are thus served.
In respect to the paper version, the print-on-demand method has the advantages of a relatively quick publishing process, of not going out-of-print due to unanticipated demand, and of relatively low book prices. Due to the maps and certain pictures, a larger book size (8.25" x 11" = c. 21 x 28 cm., close to European A4) was chosen. This increased the paper book price a bit, but by sacrificing some royalties, we could remain under $30.
The title of the book is explained in the Preface. There was no free cover design (that is, only at extra costs), so the cover was kept simple, with colours matching the title.
The printed book has black&white illustrations, the e-book has some of these in colour. Pictures are not the strong point of print-on-demand, due to the conversions to PDF, but they should be acceptable. If you would print the e-book at home, a printer of 600 dpi (or more) is advised to get best picture quality.
Two papers had previously been published (unedited) on the WWW, but they were included in the volume because of their quality (and the book price was not affected by the extra number of pages).
Royalties will be used to cover the costs and any balance will be used for future EEF projects.
Ordering information
This collection of papers on Egyptological topics is available in print-on-demand paperback and in an instant electronic edition:
Paperback (8.25" x 11" [21 x 28 cm]; b/w illustrations): $29.95 US
E-book (4925kB, PDF; some colour illustrations): $9.00 US
The paper book may be ordered directly with the publisher or with any regular bookseller, including the well-known online bookshops Amazon UK and Amazon US. The e-book can only be ordered with the publisher.
(The information on this page is curtousy of the publisher's website and of two notices made on EEF by the co-editor A. K. Eyma. Mr Eyma kindly granted me permission to reproduce the contents of the two notices; the information under the headings "Synopsis" "The history and framework of the publication" comes directly from those notices.)