Hannah L Ringheim
*Archaeologist & Project Manager, ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Institute for Environmental Decisions, 2020-present.
*Research Fellow, the W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, 2020.
*Fellow in Greek Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, 2018-2019.
Current projects:
*Current book: A Stranger in All Lands: Mercenary Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean. Projected publication date 2022, Brepols Publishers.
*Northeast Fayyum Lakeshore Project, Egypt.
*Kom Wasit/Kom al-Ahmer excavations in the Western Nile Delta, Egypt.
Received Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from the University of Oxford, 2018.
Research interests: ancient warfare, trade, connectivity, ceramics, weapons, supply chains, digital humanities.
*Research Fellow, the W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, 2020.
*Fellow in Greek Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, 2018-2019.
Current projects:
*Current book: A Stranger in All Lands: Mercenary Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean. Projected publication date 2022, Brepols Publishers.
*Northeast Fayyum Lakeshore Project, Egypt.
*Kom Wasit/Kom al-Ahmer excavations in the Western Nile Delta, Egypt.
Received Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from the University of Oxford, 2018.
Research interests: ancient warfare, trade, connectivity, ceramics, weapons, supply chains, digital humanities.
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This podcast is dedicated to the memory of Matthew Trundle, who died too young at the age of 53 on 12 July of this year. His scholarship had a significant impact on our discussion of mercenaries, especially his 2004-book Greek Mercenaries: From the Late Archaic Period to Alexander.
Aired September 2, 2019
https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/podcast/mercenaries-ancient-world/
Ph.D. Dissertation by Hannah L Ringheim
The examination begins with the earliest evidence for non-local contingents hired in armies during the Bronze Age, based on the sources and archaeological remains, in order to address how to define mercenaries in antiquity. From these instances, the thesis posits a new definition for mercenaries that encompasses the activities and characteristics of such foreign groups. The investigation then turns to the Iron Age, when the contemporary sources are scarce, but the archaeology is telling of numerous calamitous, historical events that precipitate the need for mercenaries.
Past scholarship argued that specific sites in the Iron Age Levant and in Egypt exemplify evidence of mercenary activity, based primarily on different ceramic repertoires. An evaluation of the case studies reassesses whether this is indeed the case; how do the archaeological remains function as indicators of mercenaries? What factors are revealing of non-local contingents situated in a different context? The material remains, and whether they indicate non-local cultural practices and activities, are investigated. By considering the available remains, in addition to the ceramics, including architecture, burial rites, ritual practices, weapons, and the contexts in which the finds are discovered, it is then possible to assess where and when mercenaries are traceable. The discoveries and interpretations from the thesis shed light on the archaeological indicators for mercenary activity, and which sites suggest such evidence, and which do not.
Conference Panel by Hannah L Ringheim
Panelists:
Matthew Skuse - 'Scarabs, Sailors, and Seaside Sanctuaries: Pre-Naukratis Evidence for Archaic Greek Interactions with Egypt'
Hannah Ringheim - 'Greek Mercenaries in Saite Egypt during the 7th and 6th Centuries B.C.: Revisiting the Archaeological Evidence in the Nile Delta'
Kira Hopkins - 'Herodotean Influences on Saite Egypt'
Justin Yoo - 'The Statue of Pedon: A Re-Assessment and Re-Analysis from both sides of a Disciplinary Divide'
Panel Abstract:
Traditionally, discussions of Greek interactions with Egypt in the Archaic Period have been dominated by the consideration of a small number of common features – mercenaries, merchants, royal gifts, and Naukratis - the features which Herodotus describes to us, and which have appeared validated by archaeological finds at Naukratis and Tel Defenneh. Naturally, however, Herodotus cannot be expected to have provided a complete or unproblematic picture of Graeco-Egyptian interactions. This panel brings together different disciplines (Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology) in order to demonstrate how the utilisation of a broader range of evidence and approaches can challenge, and contribute new perspectives to, the conventional and largely Herodotean narrative of Graeco-Egyptian interactions in the Archaic Period. The panel begins by considering evidence for archaic Greek interactions with Egypt which pre-date the foundation of Naukratis and Psammetichus I’s use of Greek mercenaries (SKUSE). The ensuing two papers (RINGHEIM, HOPKINS) scrutinise, in turn, modern and ancient accounts of Greek mercenaries in Egypt against archaeological evidence. The final paper (YOO) concludes the panel by demonstrating the benefits of a holistic, interdisciplinary approach through the discussion of a specific object, an Egyptian statue used as a votive by a Greek mercenary. Together, these papers will highlight some of the new findings which can be drawn from the consideration of classical texts and material culture in parity.
Full abstracts of all papers: http://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/final_abstracts_list_ca2016.pdf
Monograph by Hannah L Ringheim
This podcast is dedicated to the memory of Matthew Trundle, who died too young at the age of 53 on 12 July of this year. His scholarship had a significant impact on our discussion of mercenaries, especially his 2004-book Greek Mercenaries: From the Late Archaic Period to Alexander.
Aired September 2, 2019
https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/podcast/mercenaries-ancient-world/
The examination begins with the earliest evidence for non-local contingents hired in armies during the Bronze Age, based on the sources and archaeological remains, in order to address how to define mercenaries in antiquity. From these instances, the thesis posits a new definition for mercenaries that encompasses the activities and characteristics of such foreign groups. The investigation then turns to the Iron Age, when the contemporary sources are scarce, but the archaeology is telling of numerous calamitous, historical events that precipitate the need for mercenaries.
Past scholarship argued that specific sites in the Iron Age Levant and in Egypt exemplify evidence of mercenary activity, based primarily on different ceramic repertoires. An evaluation of the case studies reassesses whether this is indeed the case; how do the archaeological remains function as indicators of mercenaries? What factors are revealing of non-local contingents situated in a different context? The material remains, and whether they indicate non-local cultural practices and activities, are investigated. By considering the available remains, in addition to the ceramics, including architecture, burial rites, ritual practices, weapons, and the contexts in which the finds are discovered, it is then possible to assess where and when mercenaries are traceable. The discoveries and interpretations from the thesis shed light on the archaeological indicators for mercenary activity, and which sites suggest such evidence, and which do not.
Panelists:
Matthew Skuse - 'Scarabs, Sailors, and Seaside Sanctuaries: Pre-Naukratis Evidence for Archaic Greek Interactions with Egypt'
Hannah Ringheim - 'Greek Mercenaries in Saite Egypt during the 7th and 6th Centuries B.C.: Revisiting the Archaeological Evidence in the Nile Delta'
Kira Hopkins - 'Herodotean Influences on Saite Egypt'
Justin Yoo - 'The Statue of Pedon: A Re-Assessment and Re-Analysis from both sides of a Disciplinary Divide'
Panel Abstract:
Traditionally, discussions of Greek interactions with Egypt in the Archaic Period have been dominated by the consideration of a small number of common features – mercenaries, merchants, royal gifts, and Naukratis - the features which Herodotus describes to us, and which have appeared validated by archaeological finds at Naukratis and Tel Defenneh. Naturally, however, Herodotus cannot be expected to have provided a complete or unproblematic picture of Graeco-Egyptian interactions. This panel brings together different disciplines (Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology) in order to demonstrate how the utilisation of a broader range of evidence and approaches can challenge, and contribute new perspectives to, the conventional and largely Herodotean narrative of Graeco-Egyptian interactions in the Archaic Period. The panel begins by considering evidence for archaic Greek interactions with Egypt which pre-date the foundation of Naukratis and Psammetichus I’s use of Greek mercenaries (SKUSE). The ensuing two papers (RINGHEIM, HOPKINS) scrutinise, in turn, modern and ancient accounts of Greek mercenaries in Egypt against archaeological evidence. The final paper (YOO) concludes the panel by demonstrating the benefits of a holistic, interdisciplinary approach through the discussion of a specific object, an Egyptian statue used as a votive by a Greek mercenary. Together, these papers will highlight some of the new findings which can be drawn from the consideration of classical texts and material culture in parity.
Full abstracts of all papers: http://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/final_abstracts_list_ca2016.pdf