Ancient Egyptian tombs : the culture of life and death / Steven Snape.
Yer Numarası
A.IX/7158
ISBN
9781405120890 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
This edition first published.
Yayın Bilgisi
Chichester, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Fiziksel Niteleme
xiv, 289 sayfa : resim, çizim, harita, plan ; 24 cm.
Dizi
Blackwell ancient religions
Genel Not
İndeks s. [281]-289.
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Bibliyografya s. [260]-275.
Okuma listesi s. [276]-280.
Okuma listesi s. [276]-280.
İçindekiler Notu
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Nameless Lives at Tarkhan and Saqqara : Early Tombs and the Ka -- Pits, Palaces and Pyramids : Royal Cemeteries of the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom -- Non-Royal Cemeteries of Dynasty -- Unas, Teti and Their Courts : The Late Old Kingdom at Saqqara -- The Tombs of Qar and Idu : Families and Funerals in the Late Old Kingdom -- A Growing Independence : Court and Regional Cemeteries in the Late Old Kingdom -- Ankhtify : A Time of Change -- Osiris, Lord of Abydos.
Özet, vb.
“This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians’ belief in the afterlife. Investigates the roles of tombs in the development of funerary practices ; Draws on a range of data, including architecture, artifacts and texts ; Discusses tombs within the context of everyday life in Ancient Egypt ; Stresses the importance of the tomb as an eternal expression of the self.” -- Yayıncı.