Ancient Egyptian temple ritual : performance, pattern, and practice

1. Verfasser: Eaton, Katherine
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
Umfang/Format: xii, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Routledge studies in Egyptology ; 1
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Egypt
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part I. Foundation
  • Introduction: temples in ancient Egyptian society, economy and cosmos
  • Complexity in ritual
  • Part II. Performance
  • The household model
  • Festivals in the framework of the daily ritual
  • Part III. Practice
  • The Horus cycle
  • Daily rituals in festival frameworks
  • Part IV. Patterns
  • Gesture, posture, and movement
  • The most common offering scenes.