Making Memories in Ancient Egypt

This Element provides a general introduction to memory, followed by a discussion of the role of materiality and performativity in the process of remembering. It presents an introduction to memory studies in Egyptology. A case study from Middle Kingdom Abydos illustrates how memory can be embodied in the monumental record of ancient Egypt.

Product details

• Authors: Leire (University of Birmingham) Olabarria, Leire Olabarria
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.05.2025
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9781009419048
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0941904-8
• Pages: 90
• Series: Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context
• Subjects: Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, African History, Archaeology by period / region, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology