Religion
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The statuettes and amulettes of Thonis-Heracleion [Hardback]
Sanda S. Heinz (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781905905355
Published by : Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology
Series: Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology
Volume: 11
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A catalogue and analysis of 329 Late and Ptolemaic period votive statuettes and amulets from Thonis-Heracleion a sunken city in Aboukir Bay. The material ranges from Egyptian-style bronzes to objects of lead, terracotta, faience and limestone. Som... .... Learn More -
Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt: The Mourning Rite in the Times of the Pharaohs [Paperback]
Maria Rosa Valdesogo (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9789492940087
Published by : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
Mourners shake and pull their hair on reliefs and paintings from ancient Egypt. They took part in funerary ceremonies in ancient Egypt, contributing to the dead’s resurrection in the afterlife. Hair played a clear role in these rites. In this publ... .... Learn More -
Ancient Egyptian Coffins: Past – Present – Future [Hardback]
Helen Strudwick (Editor); Julie Dawson (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785709180
Published by : Oxbow Books
This collection of papers by leading international experts on the subject of ancient Egyptian coffins, builds on a project based at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, to study and record in detail its collection. Papers address a series of topics ... .... Learn More -
Flora Trade between Egypt and Africa in Antiquity [Paperback]
Ilaria Incordino (Editor); Pearce Paul Creasman (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785706363
Published by : Oxbow Books
In recent decades, study of the ancient Egyptian natural world and its classification has adopted innovative approaches involving new technologies of analysis and a multidisciplinary general view. This collection of papers focuses on one particula... .... Learn More -
A Castration Story from the Tebtunis Temple Library [Hardback]
Rana Serida (Author)
Regular Price: £53.99
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ISBN: 9788763544320
Published by : Museum Tusculanum Press
This volume presents the first edition of a hitherto unattested narrative from the Tebtunis temple library (1st-2nd century AD). The story seems to have formed part of the so-called Inaros Cycle; it is set in the reign of king Necho I (672-664 BC)... .... Learn More -
The Tomb of Pharaoh’s Chancellor Senneferi at Thebes (TT99) [Hardback]
Nigel Strudwick (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785703317
Published by : Oxbow Books
Senneferi was the chancellor of the king in Thebes (modern Luxor) in the reign of Thutmose III (c. 1430 BC). His large but badly damaged tomb lies in the hill of Sheikh Abdel Qurna on the West Bank at Luxor.
This first of two volumes focu... .... Learn More -
The Crown of Arsinoë II: The Creation of an Image of Authority [Paperback]
Maria Nilsson (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842174920
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Crown of Arsinoë II is a detailed study of a unique crown that was created for the Ptolemaic Egyptian Queen Arsinoë II which has important conclusions for ancient Egyptian history. Images of Arsinoë are represented in a broad spectrum of icono... .... Learn More -
Books of Breathing and Related Texts -Late Egyptian Religious Texts in the British Museum Vol.1 [Hardback]
F. R. Herbin (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9780714119687
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: LERTBM
The British Museum's collection of late hieratic religious papyri, particularly those of the Graeco-Roman period, is one of the most important in the world, in terms both of its number and its diversity. The papyri mainly comprise funerary text... .... Learn More
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