Early Christian Fetal Burials in the Egyptian Western Desert in the Midst of Magic and Inhumation

Textual and archaeological evidence confirms the use of fetuses in sorcery and magic in Roman Egypt, a practice that early Christians continued. A papyrus from Karanis (Fayum oasis) and the cords used in wrapping buried fetuses confirm this assessment. Such cords of beads were wrapped around a fetus...

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Main Author: Kitat, Sara (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Verlag d. Österreich. Akademie d. Wissenschaft 2021
In: Mitteilungen zur christlichen Archäologie
Year: 2021, Volume: 27, Pages: 95-110
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kellis (Egypt) / Church / Fetus / Funeral
IxTheo Classification:HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
NBE Anthropology
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Burial
B oasis
B Magic
B Christian
B Fetus
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