{"product_id":"the-netherworld-in-ancient-egypt-mu-chou-poo-9780567702005","title":"The Netherworld in Ancient Egypt and China: An Imagined Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConsidering the striking similarities between the treatment of the dead and conceptions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eof the netherworld in ancient Egypt and China, how can we compare the two traditions?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMu-chou Poo considers this question, and provides a new perspective on archaeological materials, including tomb structures and funerary texts, by addressing them in the context of universal human problems such as death, the future of the dead, and the search for happiness in life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoo chronologically reconstructs the emergence of the idea of the netherworld and its evolution in both ancient Egypt and ancient China. He explores the relationship between religious beliefs and social ethics in these civilizations, considers why similar social and material conditions could have produced varied expressions of the afterlife, and what such variations reveal about each culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoo argues that a comparison between both visions of the netherworld and their relationship to life experience gives further insight into the nature of each civilization. Through this analysis, Poo shows that thematic comparison of ancient civilizations is not only possible, but also relevant to modern society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mu-Chou Poo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0567702006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567702005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"Mu-Chou Poo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44598237102335,"sku":"9780567702005","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d337460f-2b1b-4256-b9f8-6b612ab8c78a.jpg?v=1702381370","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-netherworld-in-ancient-egypt-mu-chou-poo-9780567702005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}