The Civic Sense of Pharaoh and Urban Development in Ancient Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10960429 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Badawy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Pages | 103 |
| Publication date | 1967-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0065-9991 • E-ISSN: 2330-1880 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/40000738 |
| OpenAlex | W2318108312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Nothing is less accurate than to picture the pharaoh as a hieratic ruler, son of Rec and himself a god burdened with a titulary of five names and the royal apparel of an oriental monarch, keeping aloof from his people to whom he appeared only on official celebrations in the temple, for there is abundant evidence about the actual contribution of the pharaoh to the welfare of his people, sometimes even through a personal initiative whether in public works in digging canals, wells, opening quarries and mines, building pre-planned towns or in founding and restoring the temples. The temples were, indeed, public institutions essential to the ethical life of the most religious of all peoples, as was the Nile and its inundation for their sustenance
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 1991 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |