Using theories of social and political decline to gain greater understanding of the end of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period
Summary of a talk given to IAA Forum on the 5th of February 2013 by Edward Mushett Cole in presentation of his intended area of research to the postgraduate community at the University of Birmingham.
My talk began by presenting a short history of the periods included within my thesis as many in the audience were not Egyptologists. Beginning with the accession of Merneptah I proceeded through each dynasty detailing the most important events, from foreign invasions under the 19th, 20th and 25th dynasties to the building activities (or lack thereof) under the Libyan 21st, 22nd and 23rd dynasties….. more
