Helena Trindade Lopes

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Maria Helena Trindade Lopes is a full professor in the Department of History, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, where she coordinates the master\'s in Egyptology. She is also a researcher at the university\'s Center of Humanities (CHAM), where she directs the group \"Representations, Discourses, Materialities and Uses of the Past.\" She is the author and editor of 20 scientific books and has published more than 120 book chapters and articles in national and foreign academic journals and in the proceedings of scientific meetings. She has organized and participated in several international congresses and was the director of the first and only Portuguese archaeological project in Egypt (Apriés Palace, Memphis/Kom Tuman). She was awarded the Medal of Grand Officer of Public Instruction in 2003.

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The usages of the past, and of antiquity, were felt throughout history, reflecting the fabric of apologetic and ideological narratives. Antiquity is studied to understand time to understand the way in which the past is received, integrated, and used. This work gathers seven essays featuring case studies on ancient cultural identity via interdisciplinary approaches. Interdisciplinarity, thanks to the intersection of history, archaeology, and linguistics, corresponds to the transversal, comprehensive, and complex look essential to understand the intrinsic value of antiquity in each time and in each present. Ancient history and archaeology demonstrate how diverse the ancient world truly was. Socio-cultural change and dynamics in contact situations between groups of distinct cultures produced constant innovations and adaptations. In this book, the reader will access debates on intercultural experiences from the perspective of Phoenician colonists in Spain; the formation of a particular Greek identity built by Greek colonists in Sicily; the dramatic social and cultural transformations in the southern Levant following the regional transition to the Bronze Age; the integration of pre-Islamic Somalia in a trade network connected to the Mediterranean, from the Bronze to Iron ages; the multicultural influences inspiring the Book of Genesis; the cultural identity of early Christians as the New Testament is developed under the influence of Near Eastern traditions; and the complex multi-cultural and multi-ethnic dialogue behind the process of formation of Koine Greek during Byzantine times.

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Antiquity

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By Helena Trindade Lopes and Isabel Almeida

In Antiquity, the regions encompassed by the Mediterranean Sea were extremely fertile allowing rapid prosperity. This wealth combined with the easy communication between banks contributed to a rich and successful transmission of knowledge, especially during the 1st millennium BC, which turned the Great Sea the core of Ancient History. Later, the Mediterranean civilization was acknowledged as the fundamental political, cultural, artistic and religious substratum for the construction of the so-called Western world. Yet, it was in Egypt and Mesopotamia, during the 4th and 3rd millennia BC that many of these foundations were first set. The Ancient Mediterranean world was not just influenced by its African and Asian neighbours but was in fact defined by a profound communion, at all levels, between these different regions. In the twenty-first century, however, many European countries still insist in portraying themselves as direct heirs of the combined Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian traditions, disregarding their African and Asian roots. As a result of this flawed self-perception, a gap between Europe, Africa and Asia came to be, bearing deep consequences to the present. With this contribution, we aim to reclaim the importance of these other legacies to the construction of the cradle of the civilization.

Part of the book: Mediterranean Identities

Introductory Chapter: The Importance of Reception Studies for Ancient History

By Helena Trindade Lopes, Isabel Gomes de Almeida and Maria de Fátima Rosa

Part of the book: Antiquity and Its Reception

The Gynaecological Papyrus Kahun

By Helena Trindade Lopes and Ronaldo G. Gurgel Pereira

The Papyrus Kahun is oldest known Egyptian medical document addressing issues of midwifery, dating back to the second Millennium BC. Here it follows a study of the papyrus, featuring hieroglyphic text and its transliteration and translation versions. This work also features commentaries regarding the papyrus’ medical substances and some linguistic evidences on the intimacy between spiritual and physical spheres in the Egyptian therapeutics. After the papyrus text, there is an Egyptian-English glossary.

Part of the book: The Gynecological Papyrus Kahun

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Antiquity

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The Gynecological Papyrus Kahun

Antiquity and Its Reception

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