The afterlives of Egyptian history : reuse and reformulation of objects, places, and texts : a volum...
The afterlives of Egyptian history : reuse and reformulation of objects, places, and texts : a volum...
The afterlives of Egyptian history : reuse and reformulation of objects, places, and texts : a volume in honor of Edward L. Bleiberg / edited by Yekaterina Barbash and Kathlyn M. Cooney ; with a preface by Kathy Zurek-Doule.
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Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2021.
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G 2021/1086
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English
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Physical content
xxxv, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Egyptian afterlives in the modern world. Egyptian mummies at the Brooklyn Museum : changing attitudes and perceptions / Lisa Bruno -- The survival of ancient Egypt in modern culture : a never-ending story / Edmund S. Meltzer -- The ancient (Egyptian) language of the Children of Dune / Joachim Friedr...
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Publisher
Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2021.
Date Published
2021.
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Summary
"Egypt has a particular longue durée, a continuity of preservation in deep time, not seen in other parts of the world. Over the centuries, ancient buildings have been adopted for purposes that differed from the original. Temple sites have been transformed into places of worship for new deities or turned into houses and tombs. Tombs, in turn, were...
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Full title
The afterlives of Egyptian history : reuse and reformulation of objects, places, and texts : a volume in honor of Edward L. Bleiberg / edited by Yekaterina Barbash and Kathlyn M. Cooney ; with a preface by Kathy Zurek-Doule.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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G 2021/1086
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74VKaz0rxvWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0rxvWy
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ISBN
1617979929
9781617979927
DDC
932
MMS ID
991024402522302626
