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Abydos : the sacred land at the Western horizon
- Title
- Abydos : the sacred land at the Western horizon / edited by Ilona Regulski.
- Publication
- Leuven : Peeters, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Regulski, Ilona
- Description
- x, 339 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps, plans; 31 cm.
- Summary
- "The volume is the first of two complementary volumes that explore Abydos through the lenses of the latest archaeological, archival and collections research, building upon a colloquium and workshop held at the British Museum in 2015. Volume 2 presents a focussed view on Abydos in the post-pharaonic period. Chosen as the burial ground for the first kings of Egypt, Abydos became a site of great antiquity, and its ancient sanctity may have conferred legitimacy on the individuals buried there. The site soon became the cult centre for Egypt?s most popular god, Osiris, who ruled the netherworld and guaranteed every Egyptian eternal life after death. As a result of continued ritual performance, endowments and pilgrimage, a vast landscape of chapels and tombs, temples and towns, developed. For millennia, Abydos was one of the most consecrated sites of Egypt. The contributions in this volume will address the social and cultural dynamics of an ever-changing landscape serving this unique ritual narrative." --
- Series Statement
- British Museum publications on Egypt and Sudan ; 8
- Uniform Title
- British Museum publications on Egypt and Sudan; 8.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Note
- Conference proceedings.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- JFG 21-116
- ISBN
- 9789042937987
- 904293798X
- OCLC
- 1126218656
- Title
- Abydos : the sacred land at the Western horizon / edited by Ilona Regulski.
- Publisher
- Leuven : Peeters, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- British Museum publications on Egypt and Sudan ; 8British Museum publications on Egypt and Sudan; 8.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Regulski, Ilona, editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFG 21-116