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| Author | : Katherine Eaton |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2014-03-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1135054894 |
Large state temples in ancient Egypt were vast agricultural estates, with interests in mining, trading, and other economic activities. The temple itself served as the mansion or palace of the deity to whom the estate belonged, and much of the ritual in temples was devoted to offering a representative sample of goods to the gods. After ritual performances, produce was paid as wages to priests and temple staff and presented as offerings to private mortuary establishments. This redistribution became a daily ritual in which many basic necessities of life for elite Egyptians were produced. This book evaluates the influence of common temple rituals not only on the day to day lives of ancient Egyptians, but also on their special events, economics, and politics. Author Katherine Eaton argues that a study of these daily rites ought to be the first step in analyzing the structure of more complex societal processes.
| Author | : Patricia Spencer |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0710300654 |
First Published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Author | : Miroslav Verner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 625 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9774165632 |
Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare; this new and essential publication from a prominent Czech scholar answers the need for a study that goes beyond temple architecture to examine the spiritual, economic and political aspects of these specific institutions and the dominant roles they played. Miroslav Verner presents a deeper and more complex study of major ancient Egyptian religious centers, their principal temples, their rise and decline, their religious doctrines, cults, rituals, feasts, and mysteries. Also discussed are the various categories of priests, the organization of the priesthood, and its daily services and customs. Each chapter offers the reader essential and up-to-date information about temple complexes and the history of their archaeological exploration, in the context of the spiritual dimension and cultural legacy of ancient Egypt.
| Author | : Eve A. E. Reymond |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 1969 |
| Genre | : Mythology, Egyptian |
| ISBN | : 9780719003110 |
| Author | : Eve A. E. Reymond |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 444 |
| Release | : 1969 |
| Genre | : Egypt |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Győző Vörös |
| Publisher | : American Univ in Cairo Press |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9789636620844 |
This jubilee book celebrates a century of Hungarian excavations in Egypt, which began on 1 January 1907 with the first of nine archaeological missions over four academic generations. Through the beautifully illustrated pages of this centenary volume, the reader becomes acquainted with the archaeological work of László Almásy, Fülöp Back, László Castiglione, Géza Fehérvári, Gyula Hajnóczi, Gyula Istvánfi, László Kákosy, and Imre Makovecz.
| Author | : Sylvie Cauville |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Egypt |
| ISBN | : 9789042926189 |
Kings and gods adorn the walls of Egyptian temples in face-to-face meetings, and for two millennia these depictions have united the king and the divine. The king, the son of the god, presents his ancestors an offering or performs a ritual. Over two hundred offerings are divided into broad categories: purification, beverages, foods, produce from the fields, fabrics, ointments and adornments; rituals for goddesses and gods; symbolic, cosmic, funerary and defensive rituals; and royal cult rituals. All are explained, from their simple action (e.g. offering beer as a daily drink) to their symbolic meaning (beer is also a sacred drink that induces ecstasy of a divine nature which annihilates the destructive force of the daughter of Ra). A drawing and photographs illustrate each offering. The title of the offering is given in hieroglyphs to enable everyone to locate the words on the temple walls. Translations of the most significant texts accompany each of the offerings. Most of the texts in this book date to the last period of Egyptian history (Graeco-Roman period, 300 B.C. to A.D. 300) where the decoration is enriched with complex inscriptions, written in so-called "Ptolemaic" that very few Egyptologists are able to translate.
| Author | : Dieter Arnold |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780801433993 |
Five distinguished scholars here summarize the state of current knowledge about ancient Egyptian temples and the rituals associated with their use. The first volume in English to survey the major types of Egyptian temples from the Old Kingdom to the Roman period, it offers a unique perspective on ritual and its cultural significance. The authors perceive temples as loci for the creative interplay of sacred space and sacred time. They regard as unacceptable the traditional division of the temples into the categories of "mortuary" and "divine", believing that their functions and symbolic representations were, at once, too varied and too intertwined. Both informative to scholars and accessible to students, the book combines descriptions of specific temples with new insights into their development and purposes.
| Author | : Melissa Littlefield Applegate |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Mythology, Egyptian |
| ISBN | : 9781558748859 |
Containing over 50 captivating, full-color photos of Egyptian art, this exploration of ancient Egyptian cosmology draws on scenes depicted in temple and tomb wall paintings and friezes. The symbolism of each story or myth is explained within the context of the times.
| Author | : Jeremy Naydler |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 429 |
| Release | : 1996-04-01 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 1620550644 |
In this guide to the cosmology of ancient Egypt, Jeremy Naydler recreates the experience of living in another time and place. Temple of the Cosmos explores Egypt's sacred geography and mythology; but more importantly, it reveals with unprecedented clarity an ancient consciousness in tune with the rhythms of the earth. The ancient Egyptians experienced their gods not as remote beings but rather as psychic and natural forces, transpersonal energies that played a part in everyday life. This direct experience of the gods shaped the Egyptian concepts of human development, healing, magic, and the soul's journey through the Underworld as described in the Books of the Dead. While building on the pioneering efforts of R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz and others, Temple of the Cosmos is much more than a recapitulation of previous theories of Egyptian spirituality. Rather, this book breaks new ground by placing the work of other Egyptologists in an original, magical context. The result is a brilliant reimagining of the Egyptian worldview and its sacred path of spiritual unfolding.
