Mladen Tomorad
Qualifications:
Mladen studied history, ancient history, museology and Egyptology at the University of Zagreb – Faculty of Philosophy where he was awarded his M.A. degree in history (1997 dissertation entitled “Shabtis from Roman provinces Dalmatia and Pannonia”), his master of science degree (M.Ph. 2001, thesis entitled: “Egyptian antiquities in Croatian historical sciences”) in ancient history, and his doctor of science degree (Ph.D.) in museology and history (2006, thesis entitled “Model of computer-aided analysis and presentation of Egyptian artifacts in museum collections in Croatia“). He also studied Egyptology at the University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences (dissertation “Shabtis from Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Croatia”).
Career:
Mladen Tomorad was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1971.
From 2000 to 2011 he worked at the Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy at University of Zagreb. Since April 2011 he has worked at the Department of History, Croatian Studies of the University of Zagreb as Assistant Professor of Ancient history.
He is chief of the first Egyptological project in Croatia entitled „Croato-Aegyptica Electronica“, and main editor of the web site.
Publications:
He published few hundred papers in various journals and books. He is also author of the books: „Egypt in Croatia“ (Zagreb, 2003), „Ancient Egyptian Civilization, vol. 1: History and Culture of the Ancient Egypt“ (Zagreb, 2016), „Ancient Egyptian Civilization, vol. 2: Introduction to the Egyptological Studies“ (Zagreb, 2017), and the editor of the books „Research of the history and culture of Ancient Near East in Croatia“ (Saarbrücken, 2014), „A History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture conducted in Southeast Europe“ (Oxford: Archaeopress 2015), “Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research. Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists (2nd-7th June, 2015, Zagreb – Croatia)“ (with Joanna, Popielska-Grzybowska) (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2017). He is the main supervisor and founder of the Egyptological project „Croato-Aegyptica“,the main editor of the two web sites devoted to Ancient History (“Croato-Aegyptica Electronica” (2004-2013) and “Ancient History” (2014-present), and director of the project “Croato-Aegyptica Database (CADB)”.
Research:
His major research fields are:
• ancient Egyptian funeral practices;
• beliefs and architecture;
• diffusion of Egyptian cults during Graeco-Roman periods;
• history of Egyptology;
• Egyptian collections in Croatia.
Mladen studied history, ancient history, museology and Egyptology at the University of Zagreb – Faculty of Philosophy where he was awarded his M.A. degree in history (1997 dissertation entitled “Shabtis from Roman provinces Dalmatia and Pannonia”), his master of science degree (M.Ph. 2001, thesis entitled: “Egyptian antiquities in Croatian historical sciences”) in ancient history, and his doctor of science degree (Ph.D.) in museology and history (2006, thesis entitled “Model of computer-aided analysis and presentation of Egyptian artifacts in museum collections in Croatia“). He also studied Egyptology at the University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences (dissertation “Shabtis from Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Croatia”).
Career:
Mladen Tomorad was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1971.
From 2000 to 2011 he worked at the Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy at University of Zagreb. Since April 2011 he has worked at the Department of History, Croatian Studies of the University of Zagreb as Assistant Professor of Ancient history.
He is chief of the first Egyptological project in Croatia entitled „Croato-Aegyptica Electronica“, and main editor of the web site.
Publications:
He published few hundred papers in various journals and books. He is also author of the books: „Egypt in Croatia“ (Zagreb, 2003), „Ancient Egyptian Civilization, vol. 1: History and Culture of the Ancient Egypt“ (Zagreb, 2016), „Ancient Egyptian Civilization, vol. 2: Introduction to the Egyptological Studies“ (Zagreb, 2017), and the editor of the books „Research of the history and culture of Ancient Near East in Croatia“ (Saarbrücken, 2014), „A History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture conducted in Southeast Europe“ (Oxford: Archaeopress 2015), “Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research. Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists (2nd-7th June, 2015, Zagreb – Croatia)“ (with Joanna, Popielska-Grzybowska) (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2017). He is the main supervisor and founder of the Egyptological project „Croato-Aegyptica“,the main editor of the two web sites devoted to Ancient History (“Croato-Aegyptica Electronica” (2004-2013) and “Ancient History” (2014-present), and director of the project “Croato-Aegyptica Database (CADB)”.
Research:
His major research fields are:
• ancient Egyptian funeral practices;
• beliefs and architecture;
• diffusion of Egyptian cults during Graeco-Roman periods;
• history of Egyptology;
• Egyptian collections in Croatia.
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Unfortunately, these editions are the only domestic works worth mentioning that deal with the original ancient Egyptian civilization. Two more works were written in the 20th century, but they are focused on political events, or they are very short overviews intended for the student population. All other domestic historians only partially dealt with numerous aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization. In most cases, their works are limited to various forms of the spread of ancient Egyptian cults in the Croatian historical territory.
In this book, Ancient Egypt - History and Culture, Ph.D. Mladen Tomorad, one of the three most important contemporary Croatian Egyptologists, presents all the key topics that modern Egyptological science deals with today. The text is based on the latest results of numerous scientific disciplines dealing with ancient Egyptian history and culture. However, the book is extremely accessible to all readers and richly illustrated with the most recent photographs and historical maps.
The book consists of sixteen chapters, divided into subsections and very rich contributions at the very end. The chapters are: 1. Introduction: Geographical position, territory and population; 2. Ancient Egyptian society and everyday life; 3. Ancient Egyptian cities and localities; 4. Sources for ancient Egyptian history; 5. Chronology of ancient Egyptian history; 6. History of ancient Egyptian civilization from prehistory to the Arab conquest of Egypt; 7. Research into ancient Egyptian culture and the development of Egyptology in the world from antiquity to the present day; 8. Development of Egyptological research in Croatia from the creation of the first museum collections until today; 9. Croatian-Egyptian relations from the Middle Ages to the present day; 10. Origin and development of the most important ancient Egyptian collections in the world and in Croatia; 11. Ancient Egyptian language, writing and scribal materials; 12. Ancient Egyptian literature; 13. Painting, sculpture and architecture; 14. Religion of the ancient Egyptians; 15. Funeral customs of the ancient Egyptians; and 16. Egyptomania and the perception of ancient Egypt in modern culture.
With this work, numerous lovers of ancient Egyptian history and numerous students of university history studies in Croatia and the entire region will have a unique book at their disposal. Its goal is to present in one place all aspects of the development of ancient Egyptian civilization from ancient times to its contemporary perception and its influence on modern society.
According to the well-established standards of Egypt&Austria conferences, a wide range of topics was covered by papers from authors from Croatia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Poland, and beyond. The multidisciplinarity and the international character of the conferences has always been one of the greatest strengths of Egypt&Austria meetings. Varied aspects of cultural, historic or economic relationships, which might possibly have been overlooked from one point of view, have been highlighted from another. Ever since the first volume (published 2005), the Egypt&Austria conference papers have contributed to a multifaceted and rich picture of a wide range of encounters between West and East, aka Central Europe with a focus on the Habsburg states on the “Western side”, and the Ottoman Empire with a focus on Egypt, from the “Eastern side”.
The editors of this rich volume that covers so many aspects of the broader „Egypt and Austria“ research era and has made so many results of current research accessible, would be greatly pleased if as many readers as possible could enjoy this book.
But it was not only ancient Egyptian religious elements that came to our coast and inland. Under the influence of ancient Egyptian architecture, the buildings were sometimes decorated with Egyptian symbols, as was evidenced by examples from Arena in Pula and Diocletian’s Palace in Split.
During the period of Humanism and Renaissance, first travellers went to Egypt, and first collections of ancient Egyptian art were created. One notable example of a traveller, in our case unintended, is Juraj Hus from Rasinia, who lived in Egypt as a hired servant of a Turkish ship captain during the second half of the 1530’s and early 1540’s. Unfortunately, the names of many other travellers, most probably from the area of the Dubrovnik Republic, remain unidentified.
During the 19th century, the first museum institutions were created in Croatia. At the same time many different collectors appeared, fascinated by the re-discovery and exploration of ancient Egypt. In the period of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Egyptian artefacts arrived at over 40 institutional collections with over 4.000 objects, and an unknown number of private collections.
At the same time, during the second half of the 19th and the early 20th centuries, a scientific study of ancient Egyptian history started and the lectures on the history of the ancient Near East and Egypt commenced at the University of Zagreb (Gavro Manojlović, Grga Novak). From the middle of the 19th century, first tourist voyages of our wealthier citizens and the social elite began on the territory of Egypt. They can sometimes be traced in manuscript material and diaries (Jakov Šašel, Fran Gundrum Oriovčanin), and from the beginning of the 20th century in newspaper articles (Fran Gundrum Oriovčanin, Grga Novak), photographs and unpublished writings (Fran Gundrum Oriovčanin, Ivan Meštrović), books (Vladimir Nazor, Grga Novak) and private film footage (e.g., Deutsch-Maceljski family).
Since the end of the 18th century, the influence of ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman art is visible in European and world architecture, where many newly built buildings were decorated with ancient motifs, and parks and cemeteries with obelisks and tombs built under the influence of the ancient Egyptian architecture. Such examples can be seen in Croatian cities, and their best examples are evident in Zagreb's architecture (Maksimir Park, Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb ZOO, etc.). All of these represent Egyptomania, which started at the end of the 18th century and are evidenced in numerous decorations and objects of everyday life found in the apartments of Croatian nobility and citizens. Certain examples are still visible in the modern Croatian art, literature and architecture.
Due to all of these reasons the main aim of this book is to provide a closer look to all aspects of the presence and fascination of the ancient Egyptian culture in Croatia from antiquity to the modern times. The book is divided in five chapters, and each chapter in several topics.
The first chapter “The presence of Ancient Egyptian culture in Croatia during Antiquity” completely written by Mladen Tomorad will show three main group of artefacts discovered at the territory of Croatia mostly since the early 19th century. The first topic presents the early dissemination of ancient Egyptian artefacts in the Mediterranean (during the 1st millennium B.C.). The second topic discuss the elements of the diffusion and presence of ancient Egyptian cults (from the end of the 1st century B.C.E. to the end of the 4th century C.E.). The third topic analyse the possible Ancient Egyptian sanctuaries in Illyricum and Croatia. The fourth topic analysis the professions related with this diffusion, and the fourth paper Egyptian elements as architectural decorations of Roman buildings and palaces. The fifth topic gave preview of the most important ancient Egyptian divinities whose presence can be identified in Croatian territory. The sixth topic discuss the decorative and architectural elements of ancient Egypt along the eastern Adriatic coast. The last 7th topic is the selection of the artefacts related with the ancient Egypt discovered in Istria, Dalmatia and Pannonia region of Croatia.
The second chapter entitled “The Croatian travellers to Egypt from the 16th century to the middle of the 20th century” give preview of our travellers and explorers of Egypt during last four hundred years. This chapter is written by Mladen Tomorad, Sanda Kočevar, Zorana Jurić Šabić and Sabina Kaštelančić. The first topic gives preview of the early Croatia travellers to Egypt from the early modern period to the round cruises of the Yugoslav Lloyd in the 1930’s. The second topic describe the early Croatian traveller Juraj Hus from Rascinia who lived in Egypt between 1536 and 1540. The third topic discusses the voyage of Slovenia traveller Jakov Šašel who for the most of his life lived in Karlovac. He travelled to Egypt and Sudan in 1853/1854. In fourth topic discuss the photographs of the ancient Egyptian monuments photographed by the famous Italian photographer Antonio Beato. His collection of 37 albumen photographs shot between 1865 and 1882 find their way to the Archaeological museum in Dubrovnik sometime between 1872 and 1882. The fifth topic give preview of another Croatian traveller, Gavro Manojlović, who visited Egypt at the end of 1902. His voyage in Egypt is well documented on 453 pages of his unpublished diary. As a medical doctor he attended the First Egyptian medical congress in Cairo in December of 1902, and viewed the open the of the Old Aswan dam. The early Croatian immigrants from the middle of the 19th century to the Yugoslav firms involved in the building of the Second Aswan dam were discussed in the sixth topic. The seventh and the eight topics discuss the journal of famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović and his ex-wife Ruža Meštrović in Egypt in 1927 and in 1933. Reflections of their stay in Egypt are described according the postcards from May 1927. The ninth topic give review of the round cruises organized by the “Yugoslav Lloyd” shipping company between 1932 and 1938. The last topic describes the research voyaged to Egypt by the famous Croatian university professor Grga Novak from the end of December 1932 to the end of February 1933.
The third chapter entitled “The Croatian travellers to Egypt from the 16th century to the middle of the 20th century” describes the Egyptian collections in Croatia. It is written by Mladen Tomorad and Marina Kovač. The first topic analyses the early collectors and the genesis of the most important Egyptian collection in Croatia which are formed between 1820’s and 1950’s. The second topic give overview of the more the forty Egyptian collections in Croatia mostly in institutional but also in private collections. The third topic discuss the history of the Egyptian objects in the Archaeological museum in Osijek. The last, fourth topic present the selection of the most interesting artefacts in the institutional collection in Croatia.
The fourth chapter entitled “Egyptology in Croatia” give preview of the development of this scientific field in Croatia, the most important researchers and their research since the middle of the 19th century. It is written by Mladen Tomorad.
The last fifth chapter entitled “Egyptian Revival and Egyptomania in Croatia” discuss the various elements of Egyptomania which can be traced in Croatia mostly from the beginning of the 19th century. It is written by Mladen Tomorad, Marina Bagarić, Zorana Jurić Šabić, Vanja Brdar Mustapić and Vesna Lovrić Plantić. The first topic gives general overview of this subject. The second topic focus of various elements of Egyptomania in Zagreb. Such elements can be found on various buildings and monuments. The third topic discuss the elements of ancient Egyptian culture which can be seen on the art of Ivan Meštrović. The last two topics gives various elements of Egyptomania in the furniture and clocks in the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb.
At the first book of this kind who studies ancient Egyptian elements in Croatia we all hope that our effort will find the way to the all readers who find some interest to these subjects.
This book present selection of paper which were presented at the CECE7 conference in Zagreb. The volume is divided into six sections in which thirty-two scholars from the fourteen different European countries cover various fields of the modern Egyptological research. The first group of five papers is devoted to language, literature and religious texts; in the second section three authors describe various themes related to art, iconography and architectural studies; the third group of papers contains four contributions on current funerary and burial studies; in the fourth (largest) section, ten authors present various articles about their recent studies on material culture and museum studies; the fifth is concerned with the history of Ancient Egypt; and in the last (sixth), two authors publish their papers about modern Egyptomania and the 19th century travellers to Egypt.
Sadržaj 1. sveska:
1. poglavlje: Obilježja prostora, teritorijalna i administrativna podjela starog Egipta
2. poglavlje: Izvori za staroegipatsku povijest
3. poglavlje: Kronologija staroegipatske povijesti
4. poglavlje: Povijest staroegipatske civilizacije od prapovijesti do arapskog osvajanja Egipta
5. poglavlje: Staroegipatski jezik, pismo i pisarski materijali
6. poglavlje: Staroegipatska književnost
7. poglavlje: Staroegipatska umjetnost
8. poglavlje: Svakodnevni život u starom Egiptu
9. poglavlje: Staroegipatski gradovi i lokaliteti
10. poglavlje: Vjera starih Egipćana
11. poglavlje: Pogrebni običaji starih Egipćana
Oprema: 37 tablica, 385 ilustracija, 20 povijesnih karata, 2307 fusnota, oko 1400 korištenih bibliografskih jedinica
Ostali prilozi: tumač pojmova, popis važnih toponima, naroda i država, popis najznačajnijih muzejskih instucija sa staroegipatskim zbirkama, bibliografija, indeks
Vrsta knjige: znanstvena monografija/sinteza i udžbenik Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Recenzenti:
prof. dr. Petar Selem
prof. dr. Vesna Girardi Jurkić
prof. dr. Danijela Stefanović
prof. dr. Helena Tomas
doc. Branislav Anđelković
doc. Vera Vasiljević
some countries it seems that the history of the Ancient Egypt was not scholarly researched for various reasons, but mainly
because of the undeveloped scholarly capabilities and institutions, insufficient funds for archaeological research in Egypt, and the lack of cooperation with scholars from other countries. Since the 1960’s, however, this situation has changed for the better, first with the numerous publications of the diffusion of the Ancient Egyptian cults during Graeco-Roman period, and then with publications (articles, catalogues, books) about the Ancient Egyptian collections in various museum institutions from Southeast Europe. Since the early 1990’s, we can trace the increased production of various scholarly papers in which researchers from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, and Bulgaria, not only researched the Egyptian cults in Roman Empire, but also the various aspects of the history, religion and literature of the Ancient Egypt. Their research, however, was mostly unknown to the scholars outside this region primarily because their results were written in their own native languages. In this book we will try to give a review of the history of the research done in this region of the Ancient Egypt, and present some of the latest research. In it you will find a selection of papers in which scholars from various institutions in this region reviewed the different aspects of past studies and the development of the research of the Ancient Egypt in some countries, along with recent research in the field. We hope that this publication will be useful for all scholars who are unfamiliar with the historiography of this region.
Unfortunately, these editions are the only domestic works worth mentioning that deal with the original ancient Egyptian civilization. Two more works were written in the 20th century, but they are focused on political events, or they are very short overviews intended for the student population. All other domestic historians only partially dealt with numerous aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization. In most cases, their works are limited to various forms of the spread of ancient Egyptian cults in the Croatian historical territory.
In this book, Ancient Egypt - History and Culture, Ph.D. Mladen Tomorad, one of the three most important contemporary Croatian Egyptologists, presents all the key topics that modern Egyptological science deals with today. The text is based on the latest results of numerous scientific disciplines dealing with ancient Egyptian history and culture. However, the book is extremely accessible to all readers and richly illustrated with the most recent photographs and historical maps.
The book consists of sixteen chapters, divided into subsections and very rich contributions at the very end. The chapters are: 1. Introduction: Geographical position, territory and population; 2. Ancient Egyptian society and everyday life; 3. Ancient Egyptian cities and localities; 4. Sources for ancient Egyptian history; 5. Chronology of ancient Egyptian history; 6. History of ancient Egyptian civilization from prehistory to the Arab conquest of Egypt; 7. Research into ancient Egyptian culture and the development of Egyptology in the world from antiquity to the present day; 8. Development of Egyptological research in Croatia from the creation of the first museum collections until today; 9. Croatian-Egyptian relations from the Middle Ages to the present day; 10. Origin and development of the most important ancient Egyptian collections in the world and in Croatia; 11. Ancient Egyptian language, writing and scribal materials; 12. Ancient Egyptian literature; 13. Painting, sculpture and architecture; 14. Religion of the ancient Egyptians; 15. Funeral customs of the ancient Egyptians; and 16. Egyptomania and the perception of ancient Egypt in modern culture.
With this work, numerous lovers of ancient Egyptian history and numerous students of university history studies in Croatia and the entire region will have a unique book at their disposal. Its goal is to present in one place all aspects of the development of ancient Egyptian civilization from ancient times to its contemporary perception and its influence on modern society.
According to the well-established standards of Egypt&Austria conferences, a wide range of topics was covered by papers from authors from Croatia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Poland, and beyond. The multidisciplinarity and the international character of the conferences has always been one of the greatest strengths of Egypt&Austria meetings. Varied aspects of cultural, historic or economic relationships, which might possibly have been overlooked from one point of view, have been highlighted from another. Ever since the first volume (published 2005), the Egypt&Austria conference papers have contributed to a multifaceted and rich picture of a wide range of encounters between West and East, aka Central Europe with a focus on the Habsburg states on the “Western side”, and the Ottoman Empire with a focus on Egypt, from the “Eastern side”.
The editors of this rich volume that covers so many aspects of the broader „Egypt and Austria“ research era and has made so many results of current research accessible, would be greatly pleased if as many readers as possible could enjoy this book.
But it was not only ancient Egyptian religious elements that came to our coast and inland. Under the influence of ancient Egyptian architecture, the buildings were sometimes decorated with Egyptian symbols, as was evidenced by examples from Arena in Pula and Diocletian’s Palace in Split.
During the period of Humanism and Renaissance, first travellers went to Egypt, and first collections of ancient Egyptian art were created. One notable example of a traveller, in our case unintended, is Juraj Hus from Rasinia, who lived in Egypt as a hired servant of a Turkish ship captain during the second half of the 1530’s and early 1540’s. Unfortunately, the names of many other travellers, most probably from the area of the Dubrovnik Republic, remain unidentified.
During the 19th century, the first museum institutions were created in Croatia. At the same time many different collectors appeared, fascinated by the re-discovery and exploration of ancient Egypt. In the period of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Egyptian artefacts arrived at over 40 institutional collections with over 4.000 objects, and an unknown number of private collections.
At the same time, during the second half of the 19th and the early 20th centuries, a scientific study of ancient Egyptian history started and the lectures on the history of the ancient Near East and Egypt commenced at the University of Zagreb (Gavro Manojlović, Grga Novak). From the middle of the 19th century, first tourist voyages of our wealthier citizens and the social elite began on the territory of Egypt. They can sometimes be traced in manuscript material and diaries (Jakov Šašel, Fran Gundrum Oriovčanin), and from the beginning of the 20th century in newspaper articles (Fran Gundrum Oriovčanin, Grga Novak), photographs and unpublished writings (Fran Gundrum Oriovčanin, Ivan Meštrović), books (Vladimir Nazor, Grga Novak) and private film footage (e.g., Deutsch-Maceljski family).
Since the end of the 18th century, the influence of ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman art is visible in European and world architecture, where many newly built buildings were decorated with ancient motifs, and parks and cemeteries with obelisks and tombs built under the influence of the ancient Egyptian architecture. Such examples can be seen in Croatian cities, and their best examples are evident in Zagreb's architecture (Maksimir Park, Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb ZOO, etc.). All of these represent Egyptomania, which started at the end of the 18th century and are evidenced in numerous decorations and objects of everyday life found in the apartments of Croatian nobility and citizens. Certain examples are still visible in the modern Croatian art, literature and architecture.
Due to all of these reasons the main aim of this book is to provide a closer look to all aspects of the presence and fascination of the ancient Egyptian culture in Croatia from antiquity to the modern times. The book is divided in five chapters, and each chapter in several topics.
The first chapter “The presence of Ancient Egyptian culture in Croatia during Antiquity” completely written by Mladen Tomorad will show three main group of artefacts discovered at the territory of Croatia mostly since the early 19th century. The first topic presents the early dissemination of ancient Egyptian artefacts in the Mediterranean (during the 1st millennium B.C.). The second topic discuss the elements of the diffusion and presence of ancient Egyptian cults (from the end of the 1st century B.C.E. to the end of the 4th century C.E.). The third topic analyse the possible Ancient Egyptian sanctuaries in Illyricum and Croatia. The fourth topic analysis the professions related with this diffusion, and the fourth paper Egyptian elements as architectural decorations of Roman buildings and palaces. The fifth topic gave preview of the most important ancient Egyptian divinities whose presence can be identified in Croatian territory. The sixth topic discuss the decorative and architectural elements of ancient Egypt along the eastern Adriatic coast. The last 7th topic is the selection of the artefacts related with the ancient Egypt discovered in Istria, Dalmatia and Pannonia region of Croatia.
The second chapter entitled “The Croatian travellers to Egypt from the 16th century to the middle of the 20th century” give preview of our travellers and explorers of Egypt during last four hundred years. This chapter is written by Mladen Tomorad, Sanda Kočevar, Zorana Jurić Šabić and Sabina Kaštelančić. The first topic gives preview of the early Croatia travellers to Egypt from the early modern period to the round cruises of the Yugoslav Lloyd in the 1930’s. The second topic describe the early Croatian traveller Juraj Hus from Rascinia who lived in Egypt between 1536 and 1540. The third topic discusses the voyage of Slovenia traveller Jakov Šašel who for the most of his life lived in Karlovac. He travelled to Egypt and Sudan in 1853/1854. In fourth topic discuss the photographs of the ancient Egyptian monuments photographed by the famous Italian photographer Antonio Beato. His collection of 37 albumen photographs shot between 1865 and 1882 find their way to the Archaeological museum in Dubrovnik sometime between 1872 and 1882. The fifth topic give preview of another Croatian traveller, Gavro Manojlović, who visited Egypt at the end of 1902. His voyage in Egypt is well documented on 453 pages of his unpublished diary. As a medical doctor he attended the First Egyptian medical congress in Cairo in December of 1902, and viewed the open the of the Old Aswan dam. The early Croatian immigrants from the middle of the 19th century to the Yugoslav firms involved in the building of the Second Aswan dam were discussed in the sixth topic. The seventh and the eight topics discuss the journal of famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović and his ex-wife Ruža Meštrović in Egypt in 1927 and in 1933. Reflections of their stay in Egypt are described according the postcards from May 1927. The ninth topic give review of the round cruises organized by the “Yugoslav Lloyd” shipping company between 1932 and 1938. The last topic describes the research voyaged to Egypt by the famous Croatian university professor Grga Novak from the end of December 1932 to the end of February 1933.
The third chapter entitled “The Croatian travellers to Egypt from the 16th century to the middle of the 20th century” describes the Egyptian collections in Croatia. It is written by Mladen Tomorad and Marina Kovač. The first topic analyses the early collectors and the genesis of the most important Egyptian collection in Croatia which are formed between 1820’s and 1950’s. The second topic give overview of the more the forty Egyptian collections in Croatia mostly in institutional but also in private collections. The third topic discuss the history of the Egyptian objects in the Archaeological museum in Osijek. The last, fourth topic present the selection of the most interesting artefacts in the institutional collection in Croatia.
The fourth chapter entitled “Egyptology in Croatia” give preview of the development of this scientific field in Croatia, the most important researchers and their research since the middle of the 19th century. It is written by Mladen Tomorad.
The last fifth chapter entitled “Egyptian Revival and Egyptomania in Croatia” discuss the various elements of Egyptomania which can be traced in Croatia mostly from the beginning of the 19th century. It is written by Mladen Tomorad, Marina Bagarić, Zorana Jurić Šabić, Vanja Brdar Mustapić and Vesna Lovrić Plantić. The first topic gives general overview of this subject. The second topic focus of various elements of Egyptomania in Zagreb. Such elements can be found on various buildings and monuments. The third topic discuss the elements of ancient Egyptian culture which can be seen on the art of Ivan Meštrović. The last two topics gives various elements of Egyptomania in the furniture and clocks in the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb.
At the first book of this kind who studies ancient Egyptian elements in Croatia we all hope that our effort will find the way to the all readers who find some interest to these subjects.
This book present selection of paper which were presented at the CECE7 conference in Zagreb. The volume is divided into six sections in which thirty-two scholars from the fourteen different European countries cover various fields of the modern Egyptological research. The first group of five papers is devoted to language, literature and religious texts; in the second section three authors describe various themes related to art, iconography and architectural studies; the third group of papers contains four contributions on current funerary and burial studies; in the fourth (largest) section, ten authors present various articles about their recent studies on material culture and museum studies; the fifth is concerned with the history of Ancient Egypt; and in the last (sixth), two authors publish their papers about modern Egyptomania and the 19th century travellers to Egypt.
Sadržaj 1. sveska:
1. poglavlje: Obilježja prostora, teritorijalna i administrativna podjela starog Egipta
2. poglavlje: Izvori za staroegipatsku povijest
3. poglavlje: Kronologija staroegipatske povijesti
4. poglavlje: Povijest staroegipatske civilizacije od prapovijesti do arapskog osvajanja Egipta
5. poglavlje: Staroegipatski jezik, pismo i pisarski materijali
6. poglavlje: Staroegipatska književnost
7. poglavlje: Staroegipatska umjetnost
8. poglavlje: Svakodnevni život u starom Egiptu
9. poglavlje: Staroegipatski gradovi i lokaliteti
10. poglavlje: Vjera starih Egipćana
11. poglavlje: Pogrebni običaji starih Egipćana
Oprema: 37 tablica, 385 ilustracija, 20 povijesnih karata, 2307 fusnota, oko 1400 korištenih bibliografskih jedinica
Ostali prilozi: tumač pojmova, popis važnih toponima, naroda i država, popis najznačajnijih muzejskih instucija sa staroegipatskim zbirkama, bibliografija, indeks
Vrsta knjige: znanstvena monografija/sinteza i udžbenik Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Recenzenti:
prof. dr. Petar Selem
prof. dr. Vesna Girardi Jurkić
prof. dr. Danijela Stefanović
prof. dr. Helena Tomas
doc. Branislav Anđelković
doc. Vera Vasiljević
some countries it seems that the history of the Ancient Egypt was not scholarly researched for various reasons, but mainly
because of the undeveloped scholarly capabilities and institutions, insufficient funds for archaeological research in Egypt, and the lack of cooperation with scholars from other countries. Since the 1960’s, however, this situation has changed for the better, first with the numerous publications of the diffusion of the Ancient Egyptian cults during Graeco-Roman period, and then with publications (articles, catalogues, books) about the Ancient Egyptian collections in various museum institutions from Southeast Europe. Since the early 1990’s, we can trace the increased production of various scholarly papers in which researchers from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, and Bulgaria, not only researched the Egyptian cults in Roman Empire, but also the various aspects of the history, religion and literature of the Ancient Egypt. Their research, however, was mostly unknown to the scholars outside this region primarily because their results were written in their own native languages. In this book we will try to give a review of the history of the research done in this region of the Ancient Egypt, and present some of the latest research. In it you will find a selection of papers in which scholars from various institutions in this region reviewed the different aspects of past studies and the development of the research of the Ancient Egypt in some countries, along with recent research in the field. We hope that this publication will be useful for all scholars who are unfamiliar with the historiography of this region.