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Selected case studies and useful reading questions: what was found, how was it studied and what follows from the evidence?

The articles and guides here connect case studies with methods: layers and dating, critical reading, pottery, coins, inscriptions and raw materials. Choose a question, then follow the sources and related reading. Checking an abstract is never presented as reviewing an entire paper.

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In 945 BCE, according to the Met's essay, the throne passed to a family of Libyan descent; by the end of the eighth century BCE Egypt had fragmented among local rulers. What the source lists, and what it does not explain.

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In Dynasty 21 Egypt was governed from two centers: pharaohs at Tanis in the eastern Delta and the High Priests of Amun at Thebes. What the Met's essay says about this division, and what it leaves open.

3 min read, approximately

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