Ancient Egyptian tombs : the culture of life and death / Stephen Snape.
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 practices; Draws on a range of data, includ...
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Chichester :
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2011.
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| Series: | Blackwell ancient religions.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.