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Death, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt : The Old and Middle Kingdoms /
"Explores the perceived agency of esteemed dead in ancient Egyptian social, political, and religious life, during the Old through Middle Kingdoms (c. 2700-1650 BCE). It considers how power was constructed, maintained, and challenged in ancient Egypt, through the particular lens of mortuary cult...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Ithaca [New York] :
Cornell University Press,
2021.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Mortuary culture
- Akhu-the effective dead
- Power and Egyptian kingship: the king as benefactor
- Markers of distinguished and deified status
- Distinguished dead
- Apotheosis in the Old Kingdom
- Apotheosis in the Middle Kingdom.