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Living with the dead
Living with the Dead presents a detailed analysis of ancestor worship in Egypt, using a diverse range of material, both archaeological and anthropological, to examine the relationship between the living and the dead. Iconography and terminology associated with the deceased reveal indistinct differen...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
: Oxbow Books
, [2013]
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| Series: | Studies in Funerary Archaeology
v. 6 |
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/jstor-ebooks-altertum/www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvh1ds21 |
| Related Items: | Erscheint auch als:
Living with the dead |
| E-Book Packages: | JSTOR E-Books in Classical Studies |
| Summary: | Living with the Dead presents a detailed analysis of ancestor worship in Egypt, using a diverse range of material, both archaeological and anthropological, to examine the relationship between the living and the dead. Iconography and terminology associated with the deceased reveal indistinct differences between the blessedness and malevolence and that the potent spirit of the dead required constant propitiation in the form of worship and offerings. A range of evidence is presented for mortuary cults that were in operation throughout Egyptian history and for the various places, such as the house |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 200 pages) illustrations, map |
| ISBN: | 9781782970927 1782970924 |
