Keywords

execution, punishment, human sacrifice, burning, curses

Abstract

The pages of this journal, and other publications, have seen disagreement in the past regarding the methods of and reasons for sanctioned killing in Ancient Egypt. Some of this disagreement stems from having looked at large expanses of time without regard to change, and to arbitrarily imposed limitations. By looking at a larger corpus of evidence and restricting the examination to a specific period of time, this paper establishes that the Middle Kingdom engaged in a number of methods of sanctioned killing for more reasons than has often been supposed.

Original Publication Citation

Royal Executions: Evidence Bearing on the Subject of Sanctioned Killing in the Middle Kingdom, in The Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 51/2 (28): 181-28.