New volumes on Egyptian material culture now available

The two volumes on faience figurines, authored by Gianluca Miniaci, form part of the British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan series and are published by Peeters, Leuven.

These outputs result from research undertaken by Gianluca at the UCL Institute of Archaeology funded by a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Gianluca Miniaci, Miniature Forms as Transformative Thresholds. Faience Figurines in Middle Bronze Age Egypt, Nubia and the Levant (2100-1550 BC).

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As part of the British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan series, this volume analyses Middle Kingdom Egyptian figurines made in faience, one of the most iconic and signature categories of artefacts in ancient Egypt.

The book especially focuses on the manufacture, iconography and distribution (spatial and chronological) of this type of figurines for the Middle Bronze Age (2000–1550 BC) in Egypt and Beyond (Nubia and the Levant).

• Further details about this volume on the Peeters website

Gianluca Miniaci, Fayence Figurines in their Archaeological and Museological Contexts (Egypt, Nubia, and the Levant, 2100-1550 BC). The catalogue raisonné.

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This volume provides a detailed analysis and description of over 1150 pieces along with their archaeological and museological contexts, in two volumes and over 1100 pages.

The volume covers not only faience figurines, but a comprehensive study of the material dimension and culture of the late Middle Kingdom (1850-1650 BC). The volume is accompanied by numerous drawings, photos, cards, archival material, graphs, tables, maps, and plans.

• Further details about this volume on the Peeters website