Temples of Ancient Egypt (Hardback)
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Short Description for Temples of Ancient Egypt Five distinguished scholars summarize the state of current knowledge about ancient Egyptian temples and the rituals associated with their use. This first volume in English to survey the major types of Egyptian temples from the Old Kingdom to the Roman period offers a unique perspective on ritual and its cultural significance. 3 maps. 72 photos. 42 line drawings.
Full description- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- Published: 31 December 1997
- Format: Hardback 352 pages
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- Categories: Religious Buildings | History Of Architecture | Cultural Studies | African History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Archaeology | Archaeology By Period / Region | History Of Religion | Ancient Egyptian Religion & Mythology | Worship, Rites & Ceremonies
- ISBN 13: 9780801433993 ISBN 10: 0801433991
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Full description for Temples of Ancient Egypt
In Temples of Ancient Egypt, five distinguished scholars Dieter Arnold, Lanny Bell, Ragnhild Bjerre Finnestad, Gerhard Haeny, and Byron E. Shafer here summarize the state of current knowledge about ancient Egyptian temples and the rituals associated with their use. The first volume in English to survey the major types of Egyptian temples from the Old Kingdom to the Roman period, it offers a unique perspective on ritual and its cultural significance. The authors perceive temples as loci for the creative interplay of sacred space and sacred time. They regard as unacceptable the traditional division of the temples into the categories of "mortuary" and "divine," believing that their functions and symbolic representations were, at once, too varied and too intertwined.
