Ancient Egyptian tombs : the culture of life and death / / Steven Snape

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140870403321
• Autore: Snape S. R (Steven R.)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
• ISBN: 1-4443-9373-1; 1-282-94452-5; 9786612944529; 1-4443-9374-X; 1-4443-9372-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell ancient religions
• Disciplina: 932
• Soggetti: Funeral rites and ceremonies - Egypt; Tombs - Egypt; Egypt Antiquities; Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C; Egypt Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-280) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ancient Egyptian Tombs: The Culture of Life and Death; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Nameless Lives at Tarkhan and Saqqara: Early Tombs and the Ka; 2 Pits, Palaces and Pyramids: Royal Cemeteries of the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom; 3 Non-Royal Cemeteries of Dynasty 4; 4 Unas, Teti and Their Courts: The Late Old Kingdom at Saqqara; 5 The Tombs of Qar and Idu: Families and Funerals in the Late Old Kingdom; 6 A Growing Independence: Court and Regional Cemeteries in the Late Old Kingdom; 7 Ankhtify: A Time of Change; 8 Osiris, Lord of Abydos; 9 'Lords of Life': Coffins10 Strangers and Brothers: The Middle Kingdom in Middle Egypt; 11 North and South: Middle Kingdom Tombs at the Royal Residence; 12 Ineni, Senenmut and User-Amun: New Tombs for Old; 13 Rekhmire and the Tomb of the Well-Known Soldier: Foreigners and Funerals in the Age of Empire; 14 Huya and Horemheb: Amarna and After; 15 Samut and the Ramesside Private Tomb; 16 Sennedjem: ; Building and Buying at Deir el-Medina; 17 Petosiris: A Dying Tradition; References; Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians' belief in the afterlife. Investigates the roles of tombs in the development of funerary practicesDraws on a range of data, including architecture, artifacts and textsDiscusses tombs within the context of everyday life in Ancient EgyptStresses the importance of the tomb as an eternal expression of the self