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Living with the Dead : Ancestor Worship and Mortuary Ritual in Ancient Egypt.

By: Series: Studies in funerary archaeologyPublication details: Havertown : Oxbow Books, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781782970927
  • 1782970924
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Living with the Dead : Ancestor Worship and Mortuary Ritual in Ancient Egypt.DDC classification:
  • 393.0932
LOC classification:
  • BL2450 .F8 H37 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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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.

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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