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The Tomb and Beyond: Burial Customs of the Egyptian Officials

Kanawati, N.

The Egyptians had very different outlooks on death and the afterlife to many other later societies, something that is reflected in the tombs that they constructed and decorated. Published in an abridged form in 1987 as The Tomb and its Significance in Ancient Egypt, this general study of Egyptian burial customs and belief systems is aimed at a non-specialist readership. Drawing on literary, architectural and artistic evidence Kanawati explores the relationships between the living and the dead. The strength of the book lies in its readability, its attention to detail and the numerous examples and illustrations that accompany the text. 134p, 148 b/w figs, 65 b/w and col pls (Aris and Phillips 2001)

Review Quotes

"a very valuable source of information"

Slawomir Rzepka
Chronique d'Egypte (2005)

"I recommend it warmly."

Eugene Cruz-Uribe
Journal of Near Eastern Studies 63 (4) (2004)

Table of contents

Map of Egypt; Preface; Chronology; INTRODUCTION; I THE HOUSE OF DEATH IS FOR LIFE; Vulnerability and Strength One Person, Multiple Entities ; Mummification ; From Life to Eternity; In the Realm of the Dead; Sustenance and Remembrance Forever; Sadness and Scepticism; II TOMB ARCHITECTURE; The Earliest Graves; The Old Kingdom Mastabas; The Old Kingdom Rock-cut Tombs; From the First to the Second Intermediate Period; Tombs of the New Kingdom and the Ramesside Period; Tombs of Deir El-Medina; New Kingdom Tombs outside Thebes; Later Dynasties; III TOMB SCENES AND INSCRIPTIONS; Artists and Craftsmen; Decoration Techniques; Themes Represented; Regular Themes; The Tomb Owner and his Family; Rural Life; Fishing, Fowling and Desert Hunting; Professions and Industries; Sport and Recreation; Funerary Rites; In the Hereafter; Incidental Themes; Significance of Tomb Decoration; Deities Mentioned and their Attributes; List and Sources of Figures and Plates; Bibliography; Index

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