Salima Ikram (Tutor in Egyptology, American University in Cairo, Eg

Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Book Riot 100 Must-Read Book on Ancient History Death, burial, and the afterlife were as important to the ancient Egyptians as how they lived. This well-illustrated book explores all aspects of death in ancient Egypt, including beliefs of the afterlife, mummification, the protection of the body, tombs and their construction and decoration, funerary goods, and the funeral itself. It also addresses the relationship between the living and the dead, and the magico-religious interaction of these two in ancient Egyptian culture. Salima Ikram's own experience with experimental mummification and funerary archaeology lends the book many completely original and provocative insights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9789774166877
• ISBN-10: 9774166876
• Artikelnr.: 41529611

Autorenporträt

Salima Ikram is distinguished professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. She has directed the Animal Mummy Project and the North Kharga Darb Ain Amur Survey, among other truly exciting projects and excavations, throughout Egypt and in Turkey, Sudan, and Greece. She has worked in museums around the world, including the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. She has published extensively, for both scholarly and general audiences.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: The history and land of Egypt
Chapter 2: Beliefs in the Afterlife
Chapter 3: Mummification
Chapter 4: Animal mummies
Chapter 5: Funerary equipment and provisioning the dead
Chapter 6: The tomb
Chapter 7: Funerals, mortuary cults, the living and the dead
Glossary
Chronology
Further reading