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Author | : Lara Weiss |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9789088904943 |
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Ancient Egyptian coffins provided a shell to protect the deceased both magically and physically. They guaranteed an important requirement for eternal life: an intact body. Not everybody could afford richly decorated wooden coffins. As commodities, coffins also pl ayed a vital role in the daily life of the living and marked their owner's taste and status. Coffin history is an ongoing process and does not end with the ancient burial. The coffins that were discovered and shipped to museums have become part of the National heritages. The Vatican Coffin Project is the first international research project to study the entire use-life of Egyptian coffins from an interdisciplinary perspective.This edited volume presents the first Leiden results of the project focusing on the lavishly decorated coffins of the Priests of Amun that are currently in the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities. Six chapters, written by international specialists, present the history of the Priests of Amun, the production of their coffins and use-life of the coffins from Ancient Egypt until modern times. The book appeals to the general public interested in Egyptian culture, heritage studies, and restoration research, and will also be a stimulating read for both students and academics
Author | : Rogério de Sousa |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2018-10-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004386505 |
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This volume presents the description and critical examination of the Italian Lot of antiquities kept in the Egyptian Museum of Florence and originally found in the Tomb of the Priests of Amun at Deir el-Bahari (Thebes).
Author | : Lara Weiss |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2017-12-20 |
Genre | : Coffins |
ISBN | : 9789088904936 |
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This edited volume focusses on the lavishly decorated coffins of the Priests of Amon that are currently in the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden.
Author | : Andrzej Niwinski |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download Studies on the Decoration of Coffins of the Priests of Amun of Thebes (21st Dynasty) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Kathlyn M. Cooney |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9788891320681 |
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This book gathers a collection of studies by leading scholars on the Tomb of the Priests of Amun (Bab el-Gasus), where the burials of 153 individuals who lived under the 21st Dynasty have been unearthed, revealing the largest undisturbed tomb ever found in Egypt. This is the first publication to present a coherent vision of this find, with papers addressing a variety of topics including: the reorganization of the Theban necropolis under the 21st Dynasty; the sociological significance of the burials, as well as the funerary goods associated with them; the history of the collections that had been given away to foreign countries in 1893, including their reception and subsequent treatment in museums around the world and in Egypt; carpentry and decoration of anthropoid coffins, using non-invasive analysis of materials; and finally, diversity and meaning of coffin decoration. The volume releases the papers first presented at the international conference held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the discovery of the Tomb.
Author | : Rogério Sousa |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 537 |
Release | : 2022-10-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004524800 |
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Previously unpublished, the Danish Lot of antiquities from the Tomb of the Priests of Amun (Bab el-Gasus) is thoroughly examined in this book. The in-depth analysis of the objects is followed by an assessment of how these objects were crafted, designed, used and recycled in the Theban necropolis, a procedure that not only reveals to be instrumental in the dating of the objects, as it sheds light into the extraordinary dynamics of funerary workshops during the 21st Dynasty. The volume also examines the arrival of the Lot and its reception in Denmark.
Author | : Rogério Sousa |
Publisher | : Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2018-03-15 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9892615883 |
Download Gleaming Coffins. Iconography and Symbolism in Theban Coffin Decoration (21st Dynasty) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Egyptian coffin decoration is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon with its own history and evolution. ‘Yellow’ coffins were crafted in Thebes during a particular critical period in the Egyptian History, witnessing to a situation of political unrest and severe economic scarcity affecting Egypt, the Near East and the Mediterranean. And yet, there is no evidence for a decline in the production of these outstanding funerary artefacts. On the contrary, the corpus of ‘yellow’ coffins outnumbers the previous types of Egyptian anthropoid containers and stands out among the most complex and sophisticated objects ever crafted in the Ancient World. Besides this historical paradox, the ‘yellow’ corpus presents important epistemological challenges for our understanding of Egyptian material culture: what kind of space is created within the walls and forms of an anthropoid coffin? What role plays variability and change in this process? Last but not the least, can we understand the meaning behind the multiple shapes and endless variations adopted in coffin decoration during this period? This book addresses these questions presenting the results of a comparative study on coffin decoration involving an extensive sample of objects from the ‘yellow’ corpus dispersed in museums around the world. The results of this study reveal the principles of composition that ruled the work of the ancient Theban craftsmen and show how important coffin decoration was for the Theban priesthood of Amun to convey their own corporative values.
Author | : Rogério Sousa |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2014-08-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1784910031 |
Download Body, Cosmos and Eternity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume collects papers from the symposium 'Body, Cosmos and Eternity: the Symbolism of Coffins in Ancient Egypt', convened at the historical building of the University of Port, February 2013.
Author | : Rogério Sousa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2020-11-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781407357447 |
Download "Yellow" Coffins from Thebes Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume proposes a theoretical andmethodological framework for the study of "yellow" coffins, which is one of themost extensive corpus of funerary objects from Ancient Egypt, and the mostcomplex in terms of decoration. It presents a synthetic view on Egyptian coffindecoration during the II millennium B.C. together with in-depth examination ofa sample of nine previously unpublished burial assemblages. Dating from the 21st-22ndDynasties, these objects were chosen to showcase the stages of development incoffin decoration detected in the "yellow" corpus, as well as variations instyle and layout. A new formal typology of this corpus is proposed, allowing abetter understanding of the dynamics of coffin decoration in Theban workshops.
Author | : Julie Dawson |
Publisher | : Oxbow Books Limited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781785709180 |
Download Ancient Egyptian Coffins Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Major new multi-disciplinary collection of papers focusing on the development of the coffin in ancient Egypt and the belief systems behind funerary practices involving their use and on new methods and applications of scientific techniques for the analysis of construction, materials and craftmanship involved in coffin manufacture and reworking.