Famine and Feast in Ancient Egypt

"Severe famine entered ancient Egyptian collective memory via personal reflection, literature, prophecy, and, most effectively, a ludic "festival of remembrance." This Element is about the creation and curation of social memory in pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egypt"--

List of contents

1. Famine and Social Memory; 2. The Role of Witness Literature in Preserving Social Memory; 3. The Role of 'Prophecy' in Preserving Social Memory; 4. The Role of Rituals in Preserving Social Memory; References.

Summary

Severe famine entered ancient Egyptian collective memory via personal reflection, literature, prophecy, and, most effectively, a ludic 'festival of remembrance.' This Element is about the creation and curation of social memory in pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egypt.

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Morris, Ellen (Barnard College Morris, Morris Ellen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781009074582
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907458-2
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context; Elements in Ancient Egypt in C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Ancient, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Religious Festivals, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Worship, rites & ceremonies, Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, Ancient Egyptian religion & mythology, Ancient Egypt, RELIGION / Holidays / General, History: plagues, diseases, famines