Death and the afterlife in ancient Egypt /

Death and the afterlife in ancient Egypt /

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Main Author: Taylor, John H., 1958- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Subjects:

Death.
Future life.
Egypt > Religion.

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Call Number: BL2450 .D43 T39 2001

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Table of Contents:
  • Death and resurrection in Ancient Egyptian society
  • The eternal body: mummification
  • Provisioning the dead
  • Funerary figurines: servants for the afterlife
  • The threshold of eternity: tombs, cemeteries and mortuary cults
  • Magic and ritual for the dead
  • The chest of life: coffins and sarcophagi
  • The burial and mummification of animals.