Ancestor Worship and Mortuary Ritual in Ancient Egypt Harrington, Nicola. creator text Electronic books. xx Havertown Oxbow Books 2012 monographic eng 1 online resource (225 pages). 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. Cover; List of figures and tables; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Timeline; Maps; 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. f-ua--- Funeral rites and ceremonies Egypt Ancestor worship Egypt SOCIAL SCIENCE Death & Dying Ancestor worship Funeral rites and ceremonies Egypt HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt BL2450 .F8 H37 2013 393.0932 Harrington, Nicola. Havertown : Oxbow Books, ©2012 9781782970927 1782970924 22573/ctvgzbh8d JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=551970 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=551970 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=551970 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=551970 EBLCP 130309 20200709055755.0 ocn829461141 eng