Ancient Egyptian tombs : the culture of life and death / / Steven Snape
| Ancient Egyptian tombs : the culture of life and death / / Steven Snape |
| Autore | Snape S. R (Steven R.) |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina | 932 |
| Collana | Blackwell ancient religions |
| Soggetto topico |
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Egypt
Tombs - Egypt |
| ISBN |
9786612944529
9781444393736 1444393731 9781282944527 1282944525 9781444393743 144439374X 9781444393729 1444393723 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140870403321 |
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| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
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The complete cities of ancient Egypt / / Steven Snape
| The complete cities of ancient Egypt / / Steven Snape |
| Autore | Snape S. R (Steven R.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, New York : , : Thames & Hudson, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 307.760932 |
| Soggetto topico | Cities and towns, Ancient - Egypt |
| ISBN | 0-500-77240-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other titles of Interest -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Urban Life in Ancient Egypt -- Part I: The Rise of the City -- What is a City? -- The Origins of Urbanism in Egypt -- The Location of Cities -- Building the City -- Egyptian Words for Towns and Cities -- Estimating Population -- Part II: Cities for Kings and Gods -- Palaces -- Fortified Cities -- Temple and City -- Part III: Cities for People -- City Government -- Towns and Houses of the Middle Kingdom -- Towns and Houses of the New Kingdom -- Country Houses -- Community Centres -- Feeding and Supplying the City -- Working Life -- Water and Sanitation -- Schools -- Crime in the City -- Leisure -- Tourism -- Death in the City -- Part IV: Graeco-Roman Egypt -- The Classical City in Egypt -- Alexandria ad Aegyptum -- The Faiyum in the Graeco-Roman Period -- Middle Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period -- Part V: Gazetteer of Cities and Towns of Ancient Egypt -- Elephantine and Aswan -- Southern Egypt -- Thebes -- The Theban/Coptite Region -- Middle Egypt -- Amarna - The Complete City? -- Other Middle Egyptian Cities -- The Faiyum -- Memphis - The Shifting City -- Heliopolis - City of the Sun -- The Memphite Region -- The Delta -- Cities of the Canopic Branch -- Cities of the Rosetta Branch -- Cities of the Damietta Branch -- Cities of the Pelusiac Branch -- Fortress-Towns of the Eastern Delta and Wadi Tumilat -- Northern Sinai -- The Oases -- The Mediterranean Coast -- Nubia -- Epilogue - Lost Cities -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Copyright. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793730503321 |
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| London ; ; New York, New York : , : Thames & Hudson, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The complete cities of ancient Egypt / / Steven Snape
| The complete cities of ancient Egypt / / Steven Snape |
| Autore | Snape S. R (Steven R.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, New York : , : Thames & Hudson, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 307.760932 |
| Soggetto topico | Cities and towns, Ancient - Egypt |
| ISBN | 0-500-77240-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other titles of Interest -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Urban Life in Ancient Egypt -- Part I: The Rise of the City -- What is a City? -- The Origins of Urbanism in Egypt -- The Location of Cities -- Building the City -- Egyptian Words for Towns and Cities -- Estimating Population -- Part II: Cities for Kings and Gods -- Palaces -- Fortified Cities -- Temple and City -- Part III: Cities for People -- City Government -- Towns and Houses of the Middle Kingdom -- Towns and Houses of the New Kingdom -- Country Houses -- Community Centres -- Feeding and Supplying the City -- Working Life -- Water and Sanitation -- Schools -- Crime in the City -- Leisure -- Tourism -- Death in the City -- Part IV: Graeco-Roman Egypt -- The Classical City in Egypt -- Alexandria ad Aegyptum -- The Faiyum in the Graeco-Roman Period -- Middle Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period -- Part V: Gazetteer of Cities and Towns of Ancient Egypt -- Elephantine and Aswan -- Southern Egypt -- Thebes -- The Theban/Coptite Region -- Middle Egypt -- Amarna - The Complete City? -- Other Middle Egyptian Cities -- The Faiyum -- Memphis - The Shifting City -- Heliopolis - City of the Sun -- The Memphite Region -- The Delta -- Cities of the Canopic Branch -- Cities of the Rosetta Branch -- Cities of the Damietta Branch -- Cities of the Pelusiac Branch -- Fortress-Towns of the Eastern Delta and Wadi Tumilat -- Northern Sinai -- The Oases -- The Mediterranean Coast -- Nubia -- Epilogue - Lost Cities -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Copyright. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820496203321 |
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| London ; ; New York, New York : , : Thames & Hudson, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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