Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians'' belief in the afterlife.
- Investigates the roles of tombs in the development of funerary practices
- Draws on a range of data, including architecture, artifacts and texts
- Discusses tombs within the context of everyday life in Ancient Egypt
- Stresses the importance of the tomb as an eternal expression of the self
Trade Review"This work is a rather ambitious attempt to summarize not only the development of the burial place in ancient Egypt and its architecture, but also the complex religious significance of the tomb, the attendant rituals and ritual objects as well as funerary texts. Admittedly, there is a great deal to be said about each of these aspects of the burial rite in ancient Egypt and the author has essayed a survey that includes a good deal of significant information as well as observation."
(Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 12 November 2011)
Table of ContentsList of Figures ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction 1
1 Nameless Lives at Tarkhan and Saqqara 7
Early Tombs and the Ka
2 Pits, Palaces and Pyramids 24
Royal Cemeteries of the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom
3 Non-Royal Cemeteries of Dynasty 4 35
4 Unas, Teti and Their Courts 51
The Late Old Kingdom at Saqqara
5 The Tombs of Qar and Idu 68
Families and Funerals in the Late Old Kingdom
6 A Growing Independence 86
Court and Regional Cemeteries in the Late Old Kingdom
7 Ankhtify 105
A Time of Change
8 Osiris, Lord of Abydos 117
9 ‘Lords of Life’ 136
Coffins
10 Strangers and Brothers 148
The Middle Kingdom in Middle Egypt
11 North and South 166
Middle Kingdom Tombs at the Royal Residence
12 Ineni, Senenmut and User-Amun 176
New Tombs for Old
13 Rekhmire and the Tomb of the Well-Known Soldier 190
Foreigners and Funerals in the Age of Empire
14 Huya and Horemheb 207
Amarna and After
15 Samut and the Ramesside Private Tomb 223
16 Sennedjem 233
Building and Buying at Deir el-Medina
17 Petosiris 245
A Dying Tradition
References 260
Further Reading 276
Index 281
