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Ancient Egyptian Tombs: The Culture of Life and Death
Steven Snape
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Description for Ancient Egyptian Tombs: The Culture of Life and Death
Hardcover. 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. Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBLA; HBTB; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
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
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Ancient Religions
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405120890
SKU
V9781405120890
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99-50
About Steven Snape
STEVEN SNAPE is Senior Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Liverpool, Director of Archaeological Collections in Liverpool University's Garstang Museum of Archaeology and Director of its excavations at the Ramesside fortress-town of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham. His books include Six Archaeological Sites in Sharqiyeh Province (1986), A Temple of Domitian at El-Ashmunein (1990), Egyptian Temples (1996) and Zawiyet Umm ... Read more
Reviews for Ancient Egyptian Tombs: The Culture of Life and Death
"This work is a rather ambitious attempt to summarize not only the development of the burial place in ancient Egypt and its architecture, but also the complex religious significance of the tomb, the attendant rituals and ritual objects as well as funerary texts. Admittedly, there is a great deal to be said about each of these aspects of the burial ... Read more