| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 389 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :) : illustrations (some color), plans. |
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text file |
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Culture and history of the ancient Near East,
1566-2055 ;
volume 73
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Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 73.
1566-2055
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| Summary |
"Historical and Archaeological Aspects of Egyptian Funerary Culture, a thoroughly reworked translation of Les textes des sarcophages et la démocratie published in 2008, challenges the widespread idea that the 'royal' Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom after a process of 'democratisation' became, in the Middle Kingdom, accessible even to the average Egyptian in the form of the Coffin Texts. Rather they remained an element of elite funerary culture, and particularly so in the Upper Egyptian nomes. The author traces the emergence here of the so-called 'nomarchs' and their survival in the Middle Kingdom. The site of Dayr al-Barshā, currently under excavation, shows how nomarch cemeteries could even develop into large-scale processional landscapes intended for the cult of the local ruler. This book also provides an updated list of the hundreds of (mostly unpublished) Middle Kingdom coffins and proposes a new reference system for these"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-350) and index. |
| Contents |
Nomarchal culture : political, administrative, social, and religious aspects -- A Middle Kingdom nomarchal cemetery : Dayr al-Barsha -- The coffin texts and democracy -- Concordance to the sigla of coffin texts manuscripts and Middle Kingdom coffins. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Coffin texts.
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Coffin texts. |
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Egypt -- Antiquities.
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Egypt. |
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Antiquities. |
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Egypt -- History -- Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180-ca. 1551 B.C.
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Egypt -- Religious life and customs.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Egypt.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient. |
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Cemeteries -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500.
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Cemeteries. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Tombs -- Social aspects -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500.
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Tombs. |
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Social aspects. |
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500.
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Elite (Social sciences) |
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Democratization -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500.
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Democratization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Textes des sarcophages et la démocratie. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014020352
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Religious ideas and ritual practice in Middle Kingdom elite cemeteries |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Willems, Harco. Textes des sarcophages et la démocratie. English. Historical and archaeological aspects of Egyptian funerary culture. 9789004274983 9004274987 (DLC) 2014010878 |
| ISBN |
9004274995 (electronic book) |
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9789004274990 (electronic book) |
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9789004274983 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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9004274987 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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