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.

List of contents

1. Making memories in ancient Egypt; 2. Memory and memory studies; 3. The materiality of remembering: monuments, places, and technologies of remembrance; 4. Middle kingdom Abydos as a place of memory; 5. Making memories about ancient Egypt; References.

Product details

• Authors: Leire Olabarria, Leire (University of Birmingham) Olabarria
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009598552
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0959855-2
• No. of pages: 90
• Series: Elements in Ancient Egypt in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; 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