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Temple of the world : sanctuaries, cults, and mysteries of Ancient Egypt

This is a thorough study of the Egyptian temple and its complex character from a prominent Egyptologist. Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare; this title answers the need for a study that goes beyond temple architecture to examin...

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VerfasserIn: Verner, Miroslav (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Online-Ressource Buch
Sprache:English
Czech
Veröffentlicht: Cairo : American University in Cairo Press , 2013
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Online Zugang:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.5743/cairo/9789774165634.001.0001
Verantwortlich:Miroslav Verner ; English translation by Anna Bryson-Gustová
E-Book-Pakete:Oxford University Press : University Press Scholarship Online / Archaeology
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Zusammenfassung:This is a thorough study of the Egyptian temple and its complex character from a prominent Egyptologist. Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare; this title answers the need for a study that goes beyond temple architecture to examine the spiritual, economic and political aspects of these specific institutions and the dominant roles they played
Beschreibung:Translated from the Czech
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 608 pages) illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white)
ISBN:9781617975431