Visualizing the afterlife in the tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt
| 1. Verfasser: |
Venit, Marjorie Susan.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Ausgabe: | Reprinted 2017 |
| Umfang/Format: |
xvii, 268 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Egypt |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 3 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 1. Death, bilingualism, and biography in the 'eventide' of Egypt: the Tomb of Petosiris and its afterlife; 2. Egypt as metaphor: visual bilingualism in the monumental tombs of ancient Alexandria; 3. Greek myth as metaphor in the chora of Egypt; 4. Tradition and innovation in the tombs of the Egyptian chora Tuna el-Gebel; 5. Bricolage and Greek-collage in the tombs of the Egyptian chora; 6. Intersection and interconnection in the negotiation of the afterlife in tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt.
