Ancient Egyptian tombs : the culture of life and death /

This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians' belief in the afterlife.: Investigates the roles of tombs in the development of funerary practices; Draws on a range of data, includ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Snape, Steven
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Colección:Blackwell ancient religions.
Temas:
To 332 B.C.
Tombs > Egypt.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Egypt.
Tombeaux > Égypte.
Antiquities
Civilization
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Social conditions
Tombs
Egypt > Social conditions.
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Égypte > Conditions sociales.
Égypte > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C.
Égypte > Antiquités.
Egypt
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ancient Egyptian Tombs: The Culture of Life and Death; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Nameless Lives at Tarkhan and Saqqara: Early Tombs and the Ka; 2 Pits, Palaces and Pyramids: Royal Cemeteries of the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom; 3 Non-Royal Cemeteries of Dynasty 4; 4 Unas, Teti and Their Courts: The Late Old Kingdom at Saqqara; 5 The Tombs of Qar and Idu: Families and Funerals in the Late Old Kingdom; 6 A Growing Independence: Court and Regional Cemeteries in the Late Old Kingdom; 7 Ankhtify: A Time of Change; 8 Osiris, Lord of Abydos.

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