Sacred Landscape in Ancient Egypt

Informationen zum Autor Steven Snape is Senior Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is Director of Archaeological Collections at Liverpool University and Field Director of its excavations at the site of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham. He has published widely on ancient Egyptian archaeology, including The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt (2014). Klappentext Explores the holy landscapes of Egypt, both in the natural world and the built landscape. Zusammenfassung Explores the holy landscapes of Egypt! both the natural world and the built landscape to show how the ancient Egyptians reacted to the presence of the divine around them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: The Island and the Cosmos Chapter 2: The Lioness and the Mountain Chapter 3: The Divine City Chapter 4: Where the Dead Live Chapter 5: Pyramids and Memory Chapter 6: Gods on the Horizon Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: S. R. Snape, Steven Snape, Snape Steven
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.11.2010, delayed
• EAN: 9781847251459
• ISBN: 978-1-84725-145-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Ancient, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, Ancient Egyptian religion & mythology