Ancient Egyptian tombs : the culture of life and death /

• Main Author: Snape, S. R. (Steven R.)
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Series: Blackwell ancient religions.
• Subjects: To 332 B.C.; Tombs > Egypt.; Funeral rites and ceremonies > Egypt.; HISTORY > Ancient > Egypt.; Antiquities.; Civilization.; Funeral rites and ceremonies.; Social conditions.; Tombs.; Egypt > Social conditions.; Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.; Egypt > Antiquities.; Egypt.; Electronic books.; Electronic book.

This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians & rsquo; belief in the afterlife. Investigates the roles of tombs in the development of funerary practicesDraws on a range of data, in...