TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harrington,Nicola
TI  - Living with the dead: ancestor worship and mortuary ritual in ancient Egypt 
T2  - Studies in Funerary Archaeology
SN  - 9781782970927
AV  - BL2450 .F8 H37 2013 
U1  - 393.0932 
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxbow Books
KW  - Funeral rites and ceremonies
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Ancestor worship
KW  - Morts
KW  - Culte
KW  - Égypte
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Death & Dying
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Ancient
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1. The nature of the deceased: constituent parts, character, and iconography -- Chapter 2. The cult of the ancestors -- Chapter 3. Places of interaction with the dead -- Chapter 4. Times of interaction between the living and the dead:funerals, festivals, and banquets -- Chapter 5. Attitudes to the dead -- Chapter 6. Conclusions: living with the dead in ancient Egypt-- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - 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 differences between the blessedness and malevolence and that the potent spirit of the dead required constant propitiation in the form of worship and offerings. A range of evidence is presented for mortuary cults that were in operation throughout Egyptian history and for the various places, such as the house
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