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Creatures of earth, water, and sky : essays on animals in Ancient Egypt and Nubia
- Title
- Creatures of earth, water, and sky : essays on animals in Ancient Egypt and Nubia / edited by Stéphanie Porcier; Salima Ikram; Stéphane Pasquali.
- Publication
- Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | QL85 .C74 2019 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 353 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 28 x 21 cm
- Summary
- Ancient Egyptians always had an intense and complex relationship with animals in daily life as well as in religion. Despite the fact that research on this relationship has been a topic of study, gaps in our knowledge still remain. This volume presents well over 30 contributions that explore Human-Animal relationships from the Predynastic to the Roman period. The essays cover topics such as animal husbandry, mummification, species-specific studies, the archaeology and economy of the animal cults, funerary practices, iconography and symbolism. The contribution of archaeometrical methods, such as DNA analyses, balms' analyses, AMS dating, radiography, and 3D imaging, are also represented as these play a significant role in furthering our understanding of the human-animal relationship in Egypt. The range of subject matter and contributors are indicative of the importance of animals and the role that they played in ancient Egypt and Nubia, and emphasises the need for continued inter- and multidisciplinary studies on the subject. The research outlined in this volume has helped, for example, to better identify ways of sourcing the animals used in mummification, contributed to establishing the eras during which animal mummification became common, and highlighted new techniques for acquiring DNA.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Text in English and French
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9789088907722
- 9088907722
- 9789088907715
- 9088907714
- LCCN
- 2021277071
- OCLC
- on1102600001
- 1102600001
- SCSB-9669421
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library