This Coffin Has No Handles
Author | : Thomas McGrath |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Labor |
ISBN | : 9780938410638 |
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Author | : Thomas McGrath |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Labor |
ISBN | : 9780938410638 |
Author | : Thomas McGrath |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1984 |
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Author | : Bob Brier |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2005-06-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1101664754 |
A respected Egyptologist, the author of Tutankhamen and the Tomb that Changed the World, examines the compelling mystery behind the death of King Tutankhamen. Today, Tutankhamen is the most famous of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs. After his death at the age of nineteen, “King Tut” was forgotten from history, until the discovery of his tomb in 1922 propelled him to worldwide fame. But the circumstances of his death remain shrouded in mystery.... X-rays of Tutankhamen’s skull suggest a violent death. Was it accident or murder? Several members of his family died around the same time—was is coincidence? Why did Tutankhamen’s widow send desperate messages to the Hittite king, requesting marriage to one of his sons? And who murdered the Hittite price on his journey to Egypt? Who ordered the removal of Tutankhamen’s name from all monuments and temples, and thus from Egyptian history? This fascinating, painstakingly researched book is the first to explore in depth the questionable circumstances of Tutankhamen’s demise—and to present a shocking scenario of betrayal, ambition, and murder. In The Murder of Tutankhamen, renowned Egyptologist Bob Brier reveals an exciting journey into ancient history—and a 3,000 year-old mystery that still compels us today. “Brier's 3,000-year-old mystery steadily draws the reader into the curious and exotic world of Egyptology.”—The New York Times INCLUDES 16 PAGES OF PHOTOS
Author | : Harco Willems |
Publisher | : Peeters Publishers |
Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Coffin texts |
ISBN | : 9789068317695 |
The coffin published in this book represents a type that had some popularity in southern Upper Egypt in the early Middle Kingdom, but which, despite its extraordinary decoration had not attracted attention so far. The most striking feature of the decoration is that the object friezes - the pictorial rendering of ritual implements usually found on coffin interiors of the period - also include complete ritual scenes, some of which are attested only here. Apart from this, the decoration includes an extensive selection of the religious texts know as the Coffin Texts. The author first studies the archaeological context and dating of the coffin and attempts a reconstruction of the construction procedures from his technical description of the monument. The detailed account of the decoration in the rest of the book interprets the ritual iconography and offers fresh translations and interpretations of the Coffin Texts. A methodological innovation is that he regards the scenes and texts not as individual decoration elements, but as components of an integral composition. The background of this composition is argued to be a view of life in the hereafter in which the deceased is involved in an unending cycle of ritual action which reflects the funerary rituals that were actually performed on earth. On the one hand, these netherworldly rituals aim at bringing the deceased to new life by mummification, on the other the newly regenerated deceased partakes in embalming rituals for gods representing his dead father (Osiris or Atum). These gods, in their turn, effectuate the deceased's regeneration. The entire process results in a cycle of resuscitation in which the afterlife of the deceased and of the 'father gods' are interdependent. The sociological bias of this interpretation, with its emphasis on kinship relations, differs significantly from earlier attempts to explain Egyptian funerary religion.
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Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 1890 |
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Author | : Ian Richards |
Publisher | : Auckland University Press |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 2013-11-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1775582213 |
This volume examines the life and work of New Zealand author Maurice Duggan. His life was turbulent and difficult as he suffered from a "black Irish" personality, the lifelong trauma of an amputated leg, and battles with alcoholism, relationships and employment. This biography looks at the complexity of his life and offers a picture of literary life in New Zealand, and especially Auckland, in the 1950's and 1960's.
Author | : Ambrose Bierce |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 99 |
Release | : 2015-11-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0486400565 |
Twelve engrossing, suspenseful tales by a master storyteller include "The Eyes of the Panther," "A Watcher by the Dead," "The Man and the Snake," "Moxon's Master," "The Boarded Window," and seven others.
Author | : Jay Parini |
Publisher | : Charles Scribners Sons/Reference |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 2004-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780684312347 |
Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field.
Author | : USA Patent Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 2432 |
Release | : 1908 |
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Author | : United States. Patent Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 1920 |
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