The Festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year: Their
socio-religious functions compares the religious and social
functions of these three Festivals, the first two of which were
often regarded by the Egyptians as a pair; the New Year Festival
stands out on account of its corpus of surviving material and
importance. Until now, detailed study of the New Year Festival has
only been carried out with reference to the Greco-Roman period;
this study turns its attention to the New Kingdom. The book
analyses the broad perspectives that encompass Egyptian religion
and cult practices which provided the context not only for worship
and prayer, but also for the formation of social identity and
responsibility. The festivals are examined in the whole together
with their settings in the religious and urban landscapes. The best
example is New Kingdom Thebes where large temples and burial sites
survive intact today with processional routes connecting some of
them. Also presented are the abundant written sources providing
deep insight into those feasts celebrated for Amun-Re, the king of
the gods. The volume also includes a list of dated records which
provides a concordance for the Egyptian calendars.
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