[Saretta] takes a comprehensive approach using all the evidence available in this study ... [An] important, ground-breaking work of scholarship.

Classics for All Reviews

[This] is a story well told with something for everyone. ... [T]here are wonderful discussions of how the Amu were represented in Egyptian art, complete with detailed discussion of hair styles, and well illustrated. ... Dr. Saretta mines the information well and presents the reader with a fascinating picture of these people.

Ancient Egypt

An altogether admirable book … a tremendous asset, combining a lot of research and (sometimes new and important) insights in a conveniently sized book, opening new venues for further research, fulfilling all the requirements one might have regarding a quality textbook. Above all it is a book that invites to be (intensively) used.

The Classical Journal

With so much evidence object- and art-based, the ample inclusion of black and white images and illustrations is both essential and appreciated ... Asiatics in Middle Kingdom Egypt ... promotes thought, which is among the most desirable outcomes of a scholarly work.

Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections

An excellent starting point for research on Asiatics/Amorites in the Middle Kingdom, since it combines a vast amount of art-historical and textual data.

Chronique d'Egypte

Phyllis Saretta opens her study with a meticulous analysis of terminology and texts related to Aamu, the “Asiatics” of Egyptian sources, but goes far beyond that. Her book presents a full-fledged analysis of a cultural encounter of peoples of the ancient Near East, including a helpful outline of previous research. The Egyptian material is in the centre of the study, but has been carefully contextualised to provide a vivid portrayal of skilled and valued artisans, soldiers, weavers, but also midwives – men and women, whose travels and transfers secured exchange of ideas and technologies.

A major attraction of the volume is its truly comprehensive treatment of all aspects, however meagrely documented, of the life of the Western Asians in Egypt, including Egyptian views on them. It is a detailed, but also diversified view and captures the social and cultural identity of the people in a historical picture that fully integrates evidence of archaeology, art and text.

Hana Navratilova, Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA