Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare; this new publication from a prominent Czech scholar answers the need for a study that goes beyond temple architecture to examine the spiritual, economic and political aspects of these specific institutions and the dominant roles they played.
Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare; this new publication from a prominent Czech scholar answers the need for a study that goes beyond temple architecture to examine the spiritual, economic and political aspects of these specific institutions and the dominant roles they played.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Miroslav Verner is an Egyptologist, archaeologist, and epigrapher who has been working in archaeological excavation and research in Egypt since 1964, and has published thirteen academic monographs, mainly in foreign languages, and over a hundred and twenty academic articles. For many years he has contributed to popularizing Egyptology not only through articles and books (including Abusir: Realm of Osiris, AUC Press 2002), but also in television programs and documentary films. He is currently directing the Czech archaeological excavations in Abusir. Anna Bryson-Gustová, who has a BA and DPhil in history from Oxford University, has lived in the Czech Republic for twenty years. She is a writer, editor, and translator in the field of history and culture.
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The Temple of the World Abode of the Gods Doing Things The Domain of the Gods First Excursus: Ordinary Days and Feast Days The Calendar Festivals Heliopolis: The City of the Sun The Puzzle of the Lost Temples Sun Temples The Primordial Mound and the Ennead (Nine Gods) The Sun God The White Wall Ptah: Idea, Word, World The Monument of Memphite Theology The Bull Hapi The Serapeum Cults of Animals Khamwaset Hermopolis: The City of the Eight The Hermopolitan Ogdoad Thoth and His Way Hermes Trismegistus Antinoüs-Tragedy and Glory The Kingdom of Amun Hundred-gated Thebes The King of the Gods 'The Most Esteemed of Places' The Temple Precinct of Amun The Temple of Khonsu The Temple of Ipet The Temple of Ptah The Temple Precinct of Mut The Temple Precinct of Montu Amun's Southern Harim Abu Simbel The Desert Oracle of Amun Second Excursus: The Great Festivals of the King of the Gods The Festival of the Decade The Beautiful Feast of the Valley The Mysteries of the Opet Festival Amarna: City of the Heretic Archeologists in Amarna The Horizon of Aten Dazzling Aten The Beauty Has Come Tanis: The Thebes of the North The Treasures of Tanis Abydos: The Sacred Land The Temple and Tomb of Osiris Royal Mortuary Memorials The Mysterious Osireion The Ruler of the Kingdom of the Dead Third Excursus: Osirian Of Osiris and Isis Khoiak: The Month of the Mysteries of Osiris The Decree on Abaton Philae: The Pearl of Egypt The Temple of the Beautiful Lady of a Thousand Names The Abaton The Rescue of Philae Edfu: The Throne of Horus The Birth Temple The Festivals of the Falcon God The Contendings of Horus and Seth Dendera and the Golden Goddess The Heliopolis of Hathor The Dwelling of the Golden Goddess Temples of Divine Birth The Golden One Hathor's Festivals Fourth Excursus: The Lady of the Turquoise The Mountain Temple of Hathor Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions Alexander's City by Egypt The Metropolis of Learning The Cultural Legacy of Alexandria Final Excursus: A Brief Outline of the Overall Architectural History of the Ancient Egyptian Temple The Early Dynastic Period and the Old Kingdom The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom The Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom The Third Intermediate Period, the Late Period, and the Ptolemaic-Roman Period
The Temple of the World Abode of the Gods Doing Things The Domain of the Gods First Excursus: Ordinary Days and Feast Days The Calendar Festivals Heliopolis: The City of the Sun The Puzzle of the Lost Temples Sun Temples The Primordial Mound and the Ennead (Nine Gods) The Sun God The White Wall Ptah: Idea, Word, World The Monument of Memphite Theology The Bull Hapi The Serapeum Cults of Animals Khamwaset Hermopolis: The City of the Eight The Hermopolitan Ogdoad Thoth and His Way Hermes Trismegistus Antinoüs-Tragedy and Glory The Kingdom of Amun Hundred-gated Thebes The King of the Gods 'The Most Esteemed of Places' The Temple Precinct of Amun The Temple of Khonsu The Temple of Ipet The Temple of Ptah The Temple Precinct of Mut The Temple Precinct of Montu Amun's Southern Harim Abu Simbel The Desert Oracle of Amun Second Excursus: The Great Festivals of the King of the Gods The Festival of the Decade The Beautiful Feast of the Valley The Mysteries of the Opet Festival Amarna: City of the Heretic Archeologists in Amarna The Horizon of Aten Dazzling Aten The Beauty Has Come Tanis: The Thebes of the North The Treasures of Tanis Abydos: The Sacred Land The Temple and Tomb of Osiris Royal Mortuary Memorials The Mysterious Osireion The Ruler of the Kingdom of the Dead Third Excursus: Osirian Of Osiris and Isis Khoiak: The Month of the Mysteries of Osiris The Decree on Abaton Philae: The Pearl of Egypt The Temple of the Beautiful Lady of a Thousand Names The Abaton The Rescue of Philae Edfu: The Throne of Horus The Birth Temple The Festivals of the Falcon God The Contendings of Horus and Seth Dendera and the Golden Goddess The Heliopolis of Hathor The Dwelling of the Golden Goddess Temples of Divine Birth The Golden One Hathor's Festivals Fourth Excursus: The Lady of the Turquoise The Mountain Temple of Hathor Proto-Sinaitic Inscriptions Alexander's City by Egypt The Metropolis of Learning The Cultural Legacy of Alexandria Final Excursus: A Brief Outline of the Overall Architectural History of the Ancient Egyptian Temple The Early Dynastic Period and the Old Kingdom The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom The Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom The Third Intermediate Period, the Late Period, and the Ptolemaic-Roman Period
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