Chasing Chariots

The present work is the result of the First International Chariot Conference, jointly organised by the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) and the American University in Cairo (AUC) (30 November to 2 December 2012). The intention of the conference was to make a broad assessment of the current state of knowledge about chariots in Egypt and the Near East, and to provide a forum for discussion. A wide variety of papers are included, ranging from overviews to more detailed studies focusing on a specific topic. These include philology, iconography, archaeology, engineering, history, and conservation. The book is of interest to scholars as well as anyone with an interest in ancient technology, transportation, or warfare. Contents: A Survey of the Diplomatic Role of the Charioteers in the Ramesside Period - Mohamed Raafat Abbas A Possible Chariot Canopy for Tutankhamun - Edwin C. Brock Vehicle of the Sun: The Royal Chariot in the New Kingdom - Amy M. Calvert Studying the Six Chariots from the Tomb of Tutankhamun - An Update - Joost Crouwel The Introduction of the Light, Horse-Drawn Chariot and the Role of Archery in the Near East at the Transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Ages: Is there a Connection? - Hermann Genz On Urartian Chariots - Bilcan Gökce, Kenan Isik & Hatice Degirmencioglu Chariots in the Daily Life of New Kingdom Egypt: A Survey of Production, Distribution and Use in Texts - Ole Herslund The Chariot as a Mode of Locomotion in Civil Contexts - Heidi Köpp-Junk The Chariot that Plunders Foreign Lands: 'The Hymn to the King in His Chariot' - Colleen Manassa A Glimpse into the Workshops of the Chariotry of Qantir-Piramesse - Stone and Metal Tools of Site Q I - Silvia Prell Wagons and Carts in the 3rd Millennium BC Syrian Jazirah: A Study through the Documentation - Mattia Raccidi Depictional Study of Chariot Use in New Kingdom Egypt - Lisa Sabbahy Art and Imperial Ideology: Remarks on the Depiction of Royal Chariots on Wall Reliefs in New-Kingdom Egypt and the Neo-Assyrian Empire - Arianna Sacco Chariots' Inner Dynamics: Springs and Rotational Inertias - Bela I. Sandor An Alternative Theory for 'Bit-Wear' Found on the Lower Second Premolar of the Buhen Horse - Yukiko Sasada Egyptian Chariots: Departing for War - Anthony Spalinger Charging Chariots: Progress Report on the Tano Chariot in the Egyptian Museum Cairo - André J. Veldmeijer, Salima Ikram & Lucy Skinner