The public presence of the foreign Egyptian hegemon in the Late Bronze Age Levant is principally evidenced through administrative and military installations. The impact of these installations primarily occurs in the political and economic arenas and raises questions about the existence of cultural influence by foreign powers on local non-elites as evidenced in the archaeological record. I examine the visual representations of power primarily found in temple architecture and public reliefs observable by all members of society. In doing so, I consider whether foreign powers also attempted to dominate local societies on cultural and ideological levels through visual media rather than solely through political and economic structures.
Kershaw Lecture
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