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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Main Author: Harrington, Nicola (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxbow Books , [2013]
Series:Studies in Funerary Archaeology v. 6
Subjects:
Egypt
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
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