{"id":637,"date":"2019-11-22T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/?p=637"},"modified":"2019-11-25T15:59:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T15:59:48","slug":"9-egysoldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/9-egysoldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"9. Cast of a relief depicting Egyptian soldiers in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(Before 1913) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-666 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/soldiers-300x125.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/soldiers-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/soldiers-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/soldiers-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/soldiers.png 1754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the two <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/palmer-casts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palmer casts<\/a> [see also<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/10-egyoarsmen\/\"> 10<\/a>]\u00a0is this cast from a relief in the mortuary temple or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/ancient-places-africa\/mortuary-temple-hatshepsut-deir-el-bahri-002777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">temple tomb of Hatshepsut<\/a>, the first female pharaoh of Egypt, in Deir el Bahari, Egypt (ca. 1500 <span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">BC<\/span>). The image shows an Egyptian commander presenting offerings to the Prince of Ethiopia on the shores of the Red Sea. The soldiers are waiting to carry out a trade deal with the Ethiopian people. Their journey to the country from Egypt is shown on the panel to the right. Trade was (and remains) important because it allowed cultures to combine and resources to be shared. Egypt\u2019s relationship with Ethiopia, for example, brought them gold, incense, and ivory, all valuable resources. This wealth of natural resources led the Egyptians to call Ethiopia \u2018god\u2019s land\u2019.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1022 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/BTU_logo-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/BTU_logo-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Unorganized\/BTU_logo.png 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/10-egyoarsmen\/\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for the next stop on our trail.<\/p>\n<p>This post is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/curiosi\/beyond-the-ure\/\">Beyond the Ure<\/a>, a sculpture trail around the Edith Morley Building at the University of Reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Before 1913) One of the two Palmer casts [see also 10]\u00a0is this cast from a relief in the mortuary temple or temple tomb of Hatshepsut, the first female pharaoh of&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#99;&#117;&#114;&#105;&#111;&#115;&#105;&#47;&#57;&#45;&#101;&#103;&#121;&#115;&#111;&#108;&#100;&#105;&#101;&#114;&#115;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[42,37,41,35,46],"class_list":["post-637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sculpture-trail","tag-africa","tag-cast","tag-egypt","tag-sculpture","tag-sculpture-trail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>9. 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