Religious Practice and Cultural Construction of Animal Worship in Egypt from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom (eBook)

Ritual Forms, Material Display, Historical Development

Angelo Colonna (Autor)

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2021
242 Seiten
Archaeopress Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78969-822-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Religious Practice and Cultural Construction of Animal Worship in Egypt from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom presents an articulated historical interpretation of Egyptian 'animal worship' - intended as a segment of religious practice focused on the mobilisation of selected animals within strategically designed ritual contexts - from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom, and offers a new understanding of its chronological development through a fresh review of pertinent archaeological and textual data. The goal is twofold: (1) to re-conceptualise the notion of 'animal worship' on firm theoretical and material bases, reassessing its heuristic value as a tool for analysis; (2) to demonstrate, accordingly, that 'animal worship' did not represent a late degeneration of traditional religion, socially (popular cult) and thematically (animal mummies and burials) restricted, but a complex domain of religious practice with a longer history and a larger variety of configurations than usually assumed.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.10.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• ISBN-10: 1-78969-822-7 / 1789698227
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78969-822-0 / 9781789698220