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Society and death in ancient Egypt : mortuary landscapes of the Middle Kingdom / Janet Richards

Record no:

47645

Call no:

932 RIC

Author:

Richards, Janet

Publisher:

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Year:

2005

Description:

xv, 245 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Tombs - Egypt;
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Egypt;
Egypt - Social conditions;
Egypt - History;
Egyptology;

Isbn:

0521840333

Notes:

1. Social differentiation and the notion of class -- 2. Egyptian society through text and image -- 3. Society, settlement, and votive behavior -- 4. People, death, and the "tomb problem" in Egypt -- 5. Mortuary landscapes in the Middle Kingdom : belief and practice -- 6. Burial at the center : Haraga and Rigga -- 7. Cemeteries past, present, and provincial : Abydos -- Conclusion. The Egyptian Nile Valley in the Middle Kingdom : history, politics, and society -- App. Abydos North Cemetery project 1988 : Middle Kingdom burials.

Type:

Book

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