Author: Naguib Kanawati
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Provides a much needed summary overview of the key elements of Egyptian tomb form, use and decoration over time. The tombs, with their scenes, inscriptions, objects and human remains, represent our richest source of information for the understanding of Egyptian beliefs and practices, art and architecture and of many aspects of daily life. Detailed, scholarly reports on individual cemeteries and tombs are abundant but in this fully illustrated, more general work, reproduced in this facsimile edition, Kanawati provides an invaluable introduction to, and overview of, the key elements of Egyptian tombs from Predynastic to the Late Period. The Egyptian dead enjoyed a continued existence in both the Netherworld and the land of the living – the individual possessing multiple entities that experienced different destinies after death. The tomb provided an everlasting earthly dwelling and consisted of a chapel above ground where the deceased’s cult was maintained and offerings presented, and a burial chamber for the body. Either or both could be richly decorated with paintings, reliefs and inscriptions. Kanawati describes and illustrates the principal forms and features of architecture and nature and subject matter of decoration and demonstrates how tomb design and decoration changed through time.
The Tomb and Beyond
Author: Naguib Kanawati
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Provides a much needed summary overview of the key elements of Egyptian tomb form, use and decoration over time. The tombs, with their scenes, inscriptions, objects and human remains, represent our richest source of information for the understanding of Egyptian beliefs and practices, art and architecture and of many aspects of daily life. Detailed, scholarly reports on individual cemeteries and tombs are abundant but in this fully illustrated, more general work, reproduced in this facsimile edition, Kanawati provides an invaluable introduction to, and overview of, the key elements of Egyptian tombs from Predynastic to the Late Period. The Egyptian dead enjoyed a continued existence in both the Netherworld and the land of the living – the individual possessing multiple entities that experienced different destinies after death. The tomb provided an everlasting earthly dwelling and consisted of a chapel above ground where the deceased’s cult was maintained and offerings presented, and a burial chamber for the body. Either or both could be richly decorated with paintings, reliefs and inscriptions. Kanawati describes and illustrates the principal forms and features of architecture and nature and subject matter of decoration and demonstrates how tomb design and decoration changed through time.
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Provides a much needed summary overview of the key elements of Egyptian tomb form, use and decoration over time. The tombs, with their scenes, inscriptions, objects and human remains, represent our richest source of information for the understanding of Egyptian beliefs and practices, art and architecture and of many aspects of daily life. Detailed, scholarly reports on individual cemeteries and tombs are abundant but in this fully illustrated, more general work, reproduced in this facsimile edition, Kanawati provides an invaluable introduction to, and overview of, the key elements of Egyptian tombs from Predynastic to the Late Period. The Egyptian dead enjoyed a continued existence in both the Netherworld and the land of the living – the individual possessing multiple entities that experienced different destinies after death. The tomb provided an everlasting earthly dwelling and consisted of a chapel above ground where the deceased’s cult was maintained and offerings presented, and a burial chamber for the body. Either or both could be richly decorated with paintings, reliefs and inscriptions. Kanawati describes and illustrates the principal forms and features of architecture and nature and subject matter of decoration and demonstrates how tomb design and decoration changed through time.
Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb
Author: François-René de Chateaubriand
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141393130
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19th-century autobiographies - a tumultuous account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb is the greatest and most influential of all French autobiographies - an extraordinary, highly entertaining account of a uniquely adventurous and frenzied life. Chateaubriand gives a superb narrative of the major events of his life - which spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Era and the uneasy period that led up to the Revolution of 1830.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141393130
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19th-century autobiographies - a tumultuous account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb is the greatest and most influential of all French autobiographies - an extraordinary, highly entertaining account of a uniquely adventurous and frenzied life. Chateaubriand gives a superb narrative of the major events of his life - which spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Era and the uneasy period that led up to the Revolution of 1830.
Beyond the Tomb
Author: Herbert McClellan Riggle
Publisher: Reformation Pub
ISBN: 9781604163742
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher: Reformation Pub
ISBN: 9781604163742
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Tomb and Beyond
Author: Naguib Kanawati
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780856687341
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The Egyptians had very different outlooks on death and the afterlife to many other later societies, something that is reflected in the tombs that they constructed and decorated. Published in an abridged form in 1987 as The Tomb and its Significance in Ancient Egypt , this general study of Egyptian burial customs and belief systems is aimed at a non-specialist readership. Drawing on literary, architectural and artistic evidence Kanawati explores the relationships between the living and the dead. The strength of the book lies in its readability, its attention to detail and the numerous examples and illustrations that accompany the text.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780856687341
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The Egyptians had very different outlooks on death and the afterlife to many other later societies, something that is reflected in the tombs that they constructed and decorated. Published in an abridged form in 1987 as The Tomb and its Significance in Ancient Egypt , this general study of Egyptian burial customs and belief systems is aimed at a non-specialist readership. Drawing on literary, architectural and artistic evidence Kanawati explores the relationships between the living and the dead. The strength of the book lies in its readability, its attention to detail and the numerous examples and illustrations that accompany the text.
The Tomb from Beyond
Author: Carl Jacobi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780586043233
Category : Short stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780586043233
Category : Short stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The Empty Tomb
Author: Robert M. Price
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1615921532
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 547
Book Description
Did Jesus rise from the dead? Although 19th- and early 20th-century biblical scholarship dismissed the resurrection narratives as late, legendary accounts, Christian apologists in the late 20th century revived historical apologetics for the resurrection of Jesus with increasingly sophisticated arguments. A few critics have directly addressed some of the new arguments, but their response has been largely muted. The Empty Tomb scrutinizes the claims of leading Christian apologists and critiques their view of the resurrection as the best historical explanation.The contributors include New Testament scholars, philosophers, historians, and leading nontheists. They focus on the key questions relevant to assessing the historicity of the resurrection: What did the authors of the New Testament mean when they said Jesus rose from the dead? What historical evidence is needed to establish the resurrection? If there is a God, why would He resurrect Jesus? Was there an empty tomb? What should we make of the appearance stories? Apart from historical evidence, is belief in the resurrection justified?The Empty Tomb provides a sober, objective response to arguments offered in defense of Christianity''s central claim.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1615921532
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 547
Book Description
Did Jesus rise from the dead? Although 19th- and early 20th-century biblical scholarship dismissed the resurrection narratives as late, legendary accounts, Christian apologists in the late 20th century revived historical apologetics for the resurrection of Jesus with increasingly sophisticated arguments. A few critics have directly addressed some of the new arguments, but their response has been largely muted. The Empty Tomb scrutinizes the claims of leading Christian apologists and critiques their view of the resurrection as the best historical explanation.The contributors include New Testament scholars, philosophers, historians, and leading nontheists. They focus on the key questions relevant to assessing the historicity of the resurrection: What did the authors of the New Testament mean when they said Jesus rose from the dead? What historical evidence is needed to establish the resurrection? If there is a God, why would He resurrect Jesus? Was there an empty tomb? What should we make of the appearance stories? Apart from historical evidence, is belief in the resurrection justified?The Empty Tomb provides a sober, objective response to arguments offered in defense of Christianity''s central claim.
Beyond The Grave
The Final Passover: Beyond the grave, 1893, 4th ed
Scenes Beyond the Grave: Trance of Marietta Davis
Author: James Leander Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Scenes Beyond the Grave: Trance of Marietta Davis by Marietta Davis J. L. Scott, first published in 1878, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Scenes Beyond the Grave: Trance of Marietta Davis by Marietta Davis J. L. Scott, first published in 1878, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Quoting Death in Early Modern England
Author: S. Newstok
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230594786
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230594786
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts.