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Living with the dead : ancestor worship and mortuary ritual in ancient Egypt / Nicola Harrington..

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in funerary archaeologyPublisher: Oxford : Oxbow Books, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781782970927
  • 1782970924
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Living with the dead.DDC classification:
  • 393.0932
LOC classification:
  • BL2450 .F8 H37 2013
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)551970

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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.