{"product_id":"historical-and-archaeological-aspects-of-harco-willems-9789004274983","title":"Historical and Archaeological Aspects of Egyptian Funerary Culture: Religious Ideas and Ritual Practice in Middle Kingdom Elite Cemeteries","description":"\u003ci\u003eHistorical and Archaeological Aspects of Egyptian Funerary Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, a thoroughly reworked translation of \u003ci\u003eLes textes des sarcophages et la d駑ocratie\u003c\/i\u003e published in 2008, challenges the widespread idea that the \"royal\" Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom after a process of \"democratisation\" became, in the Middle Kingdom, accessible even to the average Egyptian in the form of the Coffin Texts. Rather they remained an element of elite funerary culture, and particularly so in the Upper Egyptian nomes. The author traces the emergence here of the so-called \"nomarchs\" and their survival in the Middle Kingdom. The site of Dayr al-Barshā, currently under excavation, shows how nomarch cemeteries could even develop into large-scale processional landscapes intended for the cult of the local ruler. This book also provides an updated list of the hundreds of (mostly unpublished) Middle Kingdom coffins and proposes a new reference system for these.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harco Willems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004274987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004274983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Harco Willems","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44966477299967,"sku":"9789004274983","price":206.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f55df33-a8b7-40f3-9774-ab3dd23ee311.jpg?v=1711159957","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/historical-and-archaeological-aspects-of-harco-willems-9789004274983","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}