The performative structure : ritualizing the pyramid of Pepy I /
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In The Performative Structure: Ritualizing the Pyramid of Pepy I , Nils Billing investigates the ancient Egyptian pyramid complex as a performative structure, ritualized through the operative faculty inherent in monumental architecture, text, and image. The main body of research is given over to an analysis of the Pyramid Texts found in the pyramid of king Pepy I of the Sixth Dynasty (ca 2300 BCE). It is demonstrated that the texts were distributed on distinct space-bound thematic and ritual levels in order to perpetuate a cultic activity from which the lord of the tomb could be transformed by moving through the different chambers and corridors towards the exit. Just as the decoration program of the mortuary temple once delineated the ritual and ideological structure of the royal mortuary cult, the corpus of texts distributed in the pyramid provided a monumentalized performative structure that effectuated the perennial rebirth for its owner.
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"This is a lightly revised version of a doctoral thesis in the History of Religions, defended in the spring term of 2013 at the Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University." :
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9789004372375 :
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The tomb of Tut.ankh.amen : discovered by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter /
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"First published in 1927 by Cassell & Company, reprinted in 2000 by permission of the Griffith Institute, Oxford." :
volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
071563075X
0715629646
Hidden fields of Tutankhamun : from identification to interpretation of newly discovered plant material from the Pharaoh's grave /
: "The present study is the revised text of a doctoral dissertation ... entitled: 'Combined-systems' analysis for the interpretation of the plant remains from Tutankhamun's tomb'"--P. 15. : 212 pages, x, 45 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-204).