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English edition
112 pp.
Hardbound
21.00 x 28.50 cm
$29.50
LE 120.00
ISBN
978 977 17 2353 0
For sale worldwide
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The Funerary Art of Ancient Egypt
A Bridge to the Realm of the Hereafter
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Text by
Abeer el-Shahawy
Photographs by
Farid Atiya
Ancient Egyptian artists produced masterpieces and works of funerary art on a scale never seen before or since. This book is the first to discuss the artistic development of funerary scenes over the four hundred years of the New Kingdom, covering the different reigns of the period. It shows the sequence of events in the funeral processions and how they developed over the course of time. Moreover, it covers many different sites in the Theban necropolis, including scenes from many closed and unpublished tombs. This first-ever survey describes the pictorial drama that was the funeral procession, explores rare and unique scenes, and shows the echoes that remain from these ancient funerals in modern Egypt today.
Abeer el Shahawy is an Egyptian Egyptologist.
Farid Atiya is a writer, photographer and publisher. He is the author of many books on the Red Sea, Sinai and the monuments of Egypt.
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