Religious Practice and Cultural Construction of Animal Worship in Egypt from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom

Ritual Forms, Material Display, Historical Development

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Dr Angelo Colonna

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Archaeopress

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: QL7E5LL

EAN: 9781789698213

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Religious Practice and Cultural Construction of Animal Worship in Egypt from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom. presents an articulated historical interpretation of Egyptian 'animal worship' - intended as a segment of religious practice focused on the mobilisation of selected animals within strategically designed ritual contexts - from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom, and offers a new understanding of its chronological development through a fresh review of pertinent archaeological and textual data. The goal is twofold: (1) to re-conceptualise the notion of 'animal worship' on firm theoretical and material bases, reassessing its heuristic value as a tool for analysis; (2) to demonstrate, accordingly, that 'animal worship' did not represent a late degeneration of traditional religion, socially (popular cult) and thematically (animal mummies and burials) restricted, but a complex domain of religious practice with a longer history and a larger variety of configurations than usually assumed.

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Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Dr Angelo Colonna

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Format

Buch (Softcover)

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