Violence and power in ancient Egypt : image and ideology before the New Kingdom

1. Verfasser: Bestock, Laurel , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London ; New York : Routledge, 2018.
Umfang/Format: xix, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Routledge studies in Egyptology
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Egypt
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Picturing violence
  • The origins of violent imagery
  • The violence inherent in the system: imagery and royal ideology in the period of state formation
  • To live forever: the decoration of royal mortuary complexes
  • Uniter of the Two Lands: images of violence in divine temples
  • The preservation of order: images in the landscape
  • Out and about: images of violence on portable objects
  • Who is who? private monumental images of war
  • Violence, power, ideology.