Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

by: Taylor, J.H.

Price: 36,98 EURO

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Death and the afterlife in ancient Egypt

Author:John H. Taylor

Summary:Published to coincide with the opening of the refurbished 'mummy' galleries at the British Museum, this book is a highly illustrated introduction to ancient Egyptian attitudes to death and the dead

272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Contents:
Death and resurrection in Ancient Egyptian society
The eternal body: mummification
Provisioning the dead
Funerary figurines: servants for the afterlife
The threshold of eternity: tombs, cemeteries and mortuary cults
Magic and ritual for the dead
The chest of life: coffins and sarcophagi
The burial and mummification of animals

Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

by: Taylor, J.H.

• ISBN-13: 9780714119175 / 978-0-7141-1917-5
• ISBN-03: 0714119172 / 0-7141-1917-2
• British Museum Press, London, 2001

Price: 36,98 EURO

1 copy in stock