Temple of Mut in Asher - An Account of Excavation of Temple of Religious Representations

Klappentext An 1899 account of the excavations by two British women at the ancient temple of Mut at Karnak, Egypt. Zusammenfassung Margaret Benson (1865–1916), a brilliant scholar, found an escape from her conventional life when she was granted permission to excavate in Egypt in 1895. She and her close friend Janet Gourlay (1863–1912) published this account of their discoveries at the temple of Mut at Karnak in 1899. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Temple of Mut; 2. Conditions of work; Part II. History of the Excavation: 3. Excavation in 1895; 4. Excavation in 1896; 5. Excavation in 1897; Part III. The Religion of Egypt: 6. The gods; 7. Immortal life; 8. The temple; Part IV. History: 9. Dynasties XII-XVII; 10. Eighteenth dynasty, Aahmes to Hapshetsut; 11. Eighteenth dynasty, Thothmes III to Ay; 12. Nineteenth dynasty; 13. Twentieth dynasty; 14. Twenty-first and twenty-second dynasties; 15. Twenty-thrid to twenty-fifth dynasties; 16. Dynasty XXVI; 17. Conclusion; Part V. Inscriptions: Statues, etc.; Inscriptions, plans, etc.; List of coins; Index and catalogue.

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• Authors: Margaret Benson, Margaret Gourlay Benson, Benson Margaret, Janet Gourlay, Gourlay Janet
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2014
• EAN: 9781108076173
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07617-3
• No. of pages: 472
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology