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The Ramesseum Dramatic Papyri as Evidence of Drama in Ancient Egypt

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Ancient Egyptian history, archaeology, and civilization

Abstract

The definition of drama at present time has settled as: a theatrical art performed on the stage, television, cinema, or radio, a term given to play and act in general, this paper aims to reconsider the doctrine of limiting the beginning of theater to the era of the Greeks only and highlighting the beginning of drama in ancient Egypt based on the investigation of the Ramesseum Papyrus, which published by Kurt Zeité at 1928 and was the first text described as a dramatic text in ancient Egypt through descriptive analysis methodology and illustrates their potential significance in the development of an ancient Egyptian dramatic tradition that pre-dates the advent of theater in ancient Greece. This paper discusses the doctrine of limiting the beginning of theater to the era of the Greeks only and highlighting the beginning of drama in ancient Egypt through analyze the dramatic Ramesseum Dramatic Papyrus, through descriptive analysis methodology

DOI

10.21608/mjthr.2022.140016.1039

Keywords

Ramesseum Papyrus, Drama, ancient Egypt

Authors

First Name

Shimaa

Last Name

Mahmoud Khelefy

MiddleName

Saber

Affiliation

Tourist Guidance .Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University, Minya, Egypt

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shimaasaber2809@gmail.com

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14

Article Issue

1

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35238

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-05-21

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

59

Page End

74

Print ISSN

2357-0652

Online ISSN

2735-4741

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1,533

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Publication Title

Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research MJTHR

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https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Ramesseum Dramatic Papyri as Evidence of Drama in Ancient Egypt

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23 Jan 2023