Recycling for death: coffin reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches
"Funerary datasets are the chief source of social history in Egyptology, and the numerous tombs, coffins, Books of the Dead, and mummies of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Dynasties have not been fully utilized in this regard, mostly because the data of this time period is scattered and difficul...
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| Format: | Print Image |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cairo New York
The American University in Cairo Press
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Cooney, Kara, 1972-, Recycling for Death : coffin reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches] (2025) (Dodson, Aidan, 1962 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thebes (Egypt)
/ Royal tomb
/ Coffin
/ Reuse
/ History 1550 BC-1070 BC
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| Further subjects: | B
Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
Antiquities
B Egypt Kings and rulers Tombs B Coffins (Egypt) (Thebes (Extinct city)) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "Funerary datasets are the chief source of social history in Egyptology, and the numerous tombs, coffins, Books of the Dead, and mummies of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Dynasties have not been fully utilized in this regard, mostly because the data of this time period is scattered and difficult to synthesize. This culmination of fifteen years of coffin study analyzes coffins and other funerary equipment of elites from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-second Dynasties to provide essential windows into social strategies and adaptations employed during the Bronze Age collapse and subsequent Iron Age reconsolidation. Many of the Twentieth to the Twenty-second Dynasty coffins show evidence of reuse from other, older coffins, as well as obvious marks where gilding or inlay have been removed. Innovative vignettes painted onto coffin surfaces reflect new religious strategies and coping mechanisms within this time of crisis. Advances in mummification techniques meanwhile reveal an Egyptian anxiety about long-term burial without coffins as a new style of stuffed and painted mummy was developed for the wealthy, and a complex coffin style emerged due to long-term burial without painted tomb chapels. The first part of this book focuses on the theory and evidence of coffin reuse and the social collapse that characterized the Twentieth and Twenty-first Dynasties, while the second part presents a collection of photo-essays of annotated visual data for about a hundred Egyptian coffins, most of them from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo" |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: S. 435-455 |
| Physical Description: | x, 464 Seiten, Illustrationen, 28 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-64903-128-0 |
