The Tekenu and ancient Egyptian funerary ritual /
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Attested from the Fifth Dynasty until, and including, the Saite Period, the Tekenu is a puzzling icon depicted within funerary scenes in the tombs of some ancient Egyptian nobles. In this work four distinct types of Tekenu are identified and classified and then a Corpus Catalogue is formed.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789691832 (ebook) :
The Tekenu and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Ritual /
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What is the 'Tekenu'? What was its function? What are its origins? These are questions upon which Egyptologists have long pondered but have not, until now, produced any major work to provide answers. Previous treatments of the 'Tekenu' largely adopt a selective approach focusing on a specific form. Rarely has the 'Tekenu' been examined profoundly in all its forms or contexts and its possible origins have been commented upon merely in passing. The aim of this book is to provide a provocative examination and interpretation of the 'Tekenu' in an endeavour to proffer plausible answers hitherto eluding scholars. Attested from the Fifth Dynasty until, and including, the Saite Period, the 'Tekenu' is a puzzling icon which is depicted within the funerary scenes in the tombs of some ancient Egyptian nobles. In this work four distinct types of 'Tekenu' are identified and classified and then a Corpus Catalogue is formed. This book will be of interest to the serious student as well as to anyone fascinated by the hidden messages to be revealed in the funerary iconography of ancient Egyptian tombs.
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xvi, 289 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289). :
9781789691825
1789691826
The human brain in ancient Egypt : a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance /
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This text provides a medical and historical re-evaluation of the function and importance of the human brain in ancient Egypt. The study evaluates whether treatment of the brain during anthropogenic mummification was linked to medical concepts of the brain.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (86 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274782 (PDF ebook) :
Funerary archaeology and changing identities : community practices in Roman-period Sardinia /
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This work analyses in detail the funerary evidence from burial sites in southern and central Sardinia, proposing an alternative interpretation of the island and of other Roman Provinces in which local communities played an active and creative role in shaping back the Roman-world within the specific material and historical conditions they lived in.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781789690019 (ebook) :
Les pratiques funéraires en Pannonie de l'époque augustéenne à la fin du 3e siècle : texte et cartes /
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This volume aims to give an overview of Roman burial practices in Pannonia during the Early Roman period through the study of tomb structure, the selection and treatment of grave goods and analysis of human remains. It proposes a synthesis of the published finds to serve as a base for future research in the region.
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Also issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (vi, 528 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693362 (ebook) :
Les pratiques funéraires en Gaule lyonnaise de l'époque augustéenne à la fin du 3e siècle /
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This volume gives an overview of Roman burial practices in the Gallia Lugdunensis province during the Early Roman Empire, focussing on grave treatment and grave furnishing, the structure of the tombs and the selection and treatment of grave goods and human remains.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (482 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789698084 (PDF ebook) :
Roman funerary rituals in Mutina (Modena, Italy) /
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This study presents the results of a research project undertaken in collaboration with the University of Huddersfield. The project sought to identify and reconstruct the funerary space and rituals of the necropolis in Mutina (now Modena) in the period between the first century BC and second century AD.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274805 (PDF ebook) :
Warriors and other men : notions of masculinity from the late Bronze Age to the early Iron Age in Scandinavia /
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This text questions whether androcentric archaeology has taught us anything about prehistoric men and their masculinities.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
9781784914189 (ebook) :
Profane death in burial practices of a pre-industrial society : a study from Silesia /
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This title discusses phenomena characteristic of funeral practices of the pre-industrial society of Silesia (Poland). The author explores specific groups of people and the places they were interred, supplementing the study with analysis of the results of archaeological research, which mainly involved fieldwork carried out at former execution sites.
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1 online resource (vi, 122 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789690903 (ebook) :
A dignified passage through the gates of Hades : the burial custom of cremation and the warrior order of Ancient Eleutherna /
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This work examines the burial customs of cremation of the Warrior Order of Ancient Eleutherna.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784913847 (ebook) :
Going underground : the meanings of death and burial for minority groups in Israel /
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This volume is about the attitudes towards death and burial in contemporary society. It provides information on the attitudes of several minority groups living in Israel today, including four communities of Russian Jews, an ultra-religious Jewish community and a Palestinian-Christian community.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (106 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696202 (PDF ebook) :
Homines, funera, astra 2 : life beyond death in ancient times : (Romanian case studies) : proceedings of the International Symposium on Funerary Anthropology 23-26 September 2012,...
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The present volume reunites most of the papers that were presented at the second meeting of the Homines, Funera, Astra Symposium on Funerary Anthropology that took place at '1 Decembrie 1918' University, Alba Iulia, between 23rd and 26th September 2012. The theme of the volume is life beyond death in ancient times.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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9781784912079 (PDF ebook) :
A Kerma Ancien cemetery in the Northern Dongola reach : excavations at site H29 /
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This volume is the final report on the excavations of a Kerma Ancien cemetery discovered by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society during its Northern Dongola Reach Survey conducted between 1993 and 1997. It is one of the very few cemeteries of this date to have been fully excavated and provides interesting data on funerary culture as practised in a rural environment, to be compared with the extensive information available from investigations of the cemetery associated with the metropolis of Kerma 100km to the north. It includes a range of specialist reports on all categories of artefacts recovered as well as on the physical anthropology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (xviii, 226 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784919320 (ebook) :
Sans sépulture : modalités et enjeux de la privation de funérailles de la préhistoire à nos jours /
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This volume gathers contributions from archaeologists, anthropologists and historians to present a rich interdisciplinary and diachronic reflection on the diversity of motivations that lead to the intentional deprivation of funerals.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (vi, 128 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274270 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Mortuary differentiation and social structure in the Middle Helladic Argolid, 2000-1500 B.C /
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In this volume the archaeological, anthropological and radiocarbon data from selected sites of the Middle Helladic period are integrated to determine if there was variation between individual burials, groupings and cemeteries and to reconstruct change through time. This work was done for selective Argive sites, namely Lerna, Asine and Aspis.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (422 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696264 (PDF ebook) :
Art as ritual engagement in the funerary programme of Watetkhethor at Saqqara, c. 2345 BC /
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Art as ritual engagement is examined through a case study of feminised funerary representation in the repertoire of Watetkhethor, an elite woman interred in the mastaba tomb of her spouse, Mereruka, at Saqqara, c.2345-2181 BCE.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (vi, 62 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803275543 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.