Society And Death In Ancient Egypt
Download and Read Society And Death In Ancient Egypt full books in PDF, ePUB, and Kindle. Read online free Society And Death In Ancient Egypt ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author | : John H. Taylor |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2001-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780226791647 |
Download Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 | : Janet E. Richards |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2005-03-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521840330 |
Download Society and Death in Ancient Egypt Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Janet Richards considers social stratification in Middle Kingdom Egypt, exploring the assumption that a 'middle class' arose during this period. By focusing on the entire range of mortuary behavior, she shows how Middle Kingdom Egyptian practices and landscapes relating to death reveal information about the living society.
Author | : Jan Assmann |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 505 |
Release | : 2011-11-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0801464862 |
Download Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Human beings," the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, "are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, and culture is the world they create so they can live with that knowledge." In his new book, Assmann explores images of death and of death rites in ancient Egypt to provide startling new insights into the particular character of the civilization as a whole. Drawing on the unfamiliar genre of the death liturgy, he arrives at a remarkably comprehensive view of the religion of death in ancient Egypt. Assmann describes in detail nine different images of death: death as the body being torn apart, as social isolation, the notion of the court of the dead, the dead body, the mummy, the soul and ancestral spirit of the dead, death as separation and transition, as homecoming, and as secret. Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt also includes a fascinating discussion of rites that reflect beliefs about death through language and ritual.
Author | : Saphinaz-Amal Naguib |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Antiquities |
ISBN | : |
Download Funerary Statuettes Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Foy Scalf |
Publisher | : Oriental Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Book of the dead |
ISBN | : 9781614910381 |
Download Book of the Dead Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Discover how the ancient Egyptians controlled their immortal destiny! This book, edited by Foy Scalf, explores what the Book of the Dead was believed to do, how it worked, how it was made, and what happened to it.
Author | : Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : Book of the dead |
ISBN | : |
Download The Book of the Dead Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Bridget McDermott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Death |
ISBN | : 9780750939324 |
Download Death in Ancient Egypt Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Life and death are never far apart in Egyptian culture and society. This book looks beyond funerary rites and mummification to explore the beliefs and customs of ordinary people. It also looks at how death occurred - through illness, accidents and violent death, as well as in the natural course.
Author | : Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780801435065 |
Download Life and Death in Ancient Egypt Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"The book provides details of the location, layout, structure, and decoration of the tombs. Hodel-Hoenes addresses subjects such as the two-dimensional art of the Kingdom of New Thebes, the contents of the tombs, the pigments used in the artists' paints, and the symbolism of the colors and the scenes depicted in the tomb paintings and reliefs."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Kasia Szpakowska |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2007-12-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1405118563 |
Download Daily Life in Ancient Egypt Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Using the life of a young girl and her family as a model, this book recreates the daily life of the middle-class residents of the ancient town of Lahun during Egypt’s Middle Kingdom period. This perfect snapshot in time has been painstakingly recreated using recently published textual data and archaeological findings. Provides an illuminating and engaging re-construction of what daily life was like in ancient Egypt Describes the main issues of everyday life in the town - from education, work, and food preparation to religious rituals, healing techniques, marriages, births, and deaths Authentically recreated through the use of recently published textual data and archaeological findings directly from the settlement of Lahun and other sites Includes photographs and illustrations of actual artifacts from the settlement of Lahun
Author | : Salima Ikram |
Publisher | : Longman Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"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."--BOOK JACKET.