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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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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English Czech |
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Cairo
: American University in Cairo Press
, 2013
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.5743/cairo/9789774165634.001.0001 |
| Author Notes: | Miroslav Verner ; English translation by Anna Bryson-Gustová |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : University Press Scholarship Online / Archaeology |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Translated from the Czech Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 608 pages) illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9781617975431 |
