Burial Customs In Ancient Egypt
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Author | : Salima Ikram |
Publisher | : American University in Cairo Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2015-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1649031491 |
A Book Riot 100 Must-Read Book on Ancient History Death, burial, and the afterlife were as important to the ancient Egyptians as how they lived. This well-illustrated book explores all aspects of death in ancient Egypt, including beliefs of the afterlife, mummification, the protection of the body, tombs and their construction and decoration, funerary goods, and the funeral itself. It also addresses the relationship between the living and the dead, and the magico-religious interaction of these two in ancient Egyptian culture. Salima Ikram's own experience with experimental mummification and funerary archaeology lends the book many completely original and provocative insights. In addition, a full survey of current development in the field makes this a unique book that combines all aspects of death and burial in ancient Egypt into one volume.
Author | : Wolfram Grajetzki |
Publisher | : Bristol Classical Press |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2003-08-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The pyramids of Gizeh and the tomb of Tutankhamun are two examples of the legendary energy that the Ancient Egyptians devoted to their tombs. But it was not only the rich who had pyramids as this work shows, giving a broad picture of burial as practiced throughout society over the millennia.
Author | : John H. Taylor |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2001-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780226791647 |
Of all the ancient peoples, the Egyptians are perhaps best known for the fascinating ways in which they grappled with the mysteries of death and the afterlife. This beautifully illustrated book draws on the British Museum's world-famous collection of mummies and other funerary evidence to offer an accessible account of Egyptian beliefs in an afterlife and examine the ways in which Egyptian society responded materially to the challenges these beliefs imposed. The author describes in detail the numerous provisions made for the dead and the intricate rituals carried out on their behalf. He considers embalming, coffins and sarcophagi, shabti figures, magic and ritual, and amulets and papyri, as well as the mummification of sacred animals, which were buried by the millions in vast labyrinthine catacombs. The text also reflects recent developments in the interpretation of Egyptian burial practices, and incorporates the results of much new scientific research. Newly acquired information derives from a range of sophisticated applications, such as the use of noninvasive imaging techniques to look inside the wrappings of a mummy, and the chemical analysis of materials used in the embalming process. Authoritative, concise, and lucidly written, Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt illuminates aspects of this complex, vibrant culture that still perplex us more than 3,000 years later.
Author | : John Garstang |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Banī Ḥasan Site (Egypt) |
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Author | : Wolfram Grajetzki |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2022-02-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 100908190X |
This Element provides a new evaluation of burial customs in New Kingdom Egypt, from about 1550 to 1077 BC, with an emphasis on burials of the wider population. It also covers the regions then under Egyptian control: the Southern Levant and the area of Nubia as far as the Fourth Cataract. The inclusion of foreign countries provides insights not only into the interaction between the centre of the empire and its conquered regions, but also concerning what is typically Egyptian and to what extent the conquered regions were culturally influenced. It can be shown that burials in Lower Nubia closely follow those in Egypt. In the southern Levant, by contrast, cemeteries of the period often yield numerous Egyptian objects, but burial customs in general do not follow those in Egypt.
Author | : Wolfram Grajetski |
Publisher | : Bristol Classical Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003-08-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0715632175 |
Explains why ancient Egyptians of all classes were preoccupied with tombs, discusses the evolution of their burial practices, and includes illustrations, a map of the principal sites mentioned, a chronology, and a glossary.
Author | : Ilan Stavans |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : |
Genre | : Hispanic Americans |
ISBN | : 9780199913701 |
"An emerging field of study that explores the Hispanic minority in the United States, Latino Studies is enriched by an interdisciplinary perspective. Historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, demographers, linguists, as well as religion, ethnicity, and culture scholars, among others, bring a varied, multifaceted approach to the understanding of a people whose roots are all over the Americas and whose permanent home is north of the Rio Grande. Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies offers an authoritative, trustworthy, and up-to-date intellectual map to this ever-changing discipline."--Editorial page.
Author | : William W. Lace |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : 9781601522559 |
Looks at the beliefs and death rituals of the ancient Egyptians, highlighting mummification.
Author | : Christina Riggs |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 019927665X |
This important new study looks at coffins, masks, shrouds, and tombs from the Roman Period in Egypt, when naturalistic Greek art forms, like portraits, were combined with traditional Egyptian art. The book presents more than 150 objects and tombs, many for the first time, and reveals how they created a 'beautiful burial' to glorify the dead in the changing cultural landscape of Roman Egypt.
Author | : A. Jeffrey Spencer |
Publisher | : Penguin Group USA |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780140136890 |
In this survey, the author gives an account of Egyptian burial customs, the reasons for their existence and how they changed in response to developments in religion.