Ancient Egyptian prisoner statues : fragments of the late Old Kingdom /

"During the Old Kingdom, the ancient Egyptians constructed elaborately decorated mortuary monuments for their pharaohs. By the late Old Kingdom (ca. 2435-2153 BCE), these pyramid complexes began to contain a new and unique type of statue, the so-called prisoner statues. Despite being known to E...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prakash, Tara (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbus, Georgia : Lockwood Press, 2022.
Colección:Material and visual culture of ancient Egypt ; no. 8.
Temas:
Sculpture, Egyptian.
Prisoners in art.
HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Series page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Supplementary Material
  • Abbreviations
  • Chronology
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: The Evolution of the Prisoner Statues during the Late Old Kingdom
  • Chapter 3: Expressiveness and Ethnicity: The Prisoner Statue Heads
  • Chapter 4: The Prisoner Statues and the Pyramid Complex
  • Chapter 5:The Treatment of the Prisoner Statues and the Question of Ritualized Destruction
  • Chapter 6: Conclusion
  • Appendix: The Unprovenanced Prisoner Statues
  • Bibliography

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