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Body, Cosmos and Eternity - New Trends of Research on Iconography and Symbolism of Ancient Egyptian Coffins (Paperback, UK ed.)
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Body, Cosmos and Eternity - New Trends of Research on Iconography and Symbolism of Ancient Egyptian Coffins (Paperback, UK ed.)
Series: Archaeopress Egyptology
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This volume, edited by Rogerio Sousa, is part of the scholarly
ferment which has wheeled around the subject of 'coffin' during the
last twenty years. Its magic and religious evaluation identifies it
from time to time as body container, but at the same time
substitute body for the deceased, a maternal womb in which the
regeneration will occur, a microcosm, tomb, funerary temple, as
well as a conduit to the dead, a powerful tool activated by means
of the Opening of the Mouth ritual. -From the Foreword, by Alessia
Amenta In February 2013, the Symposium Body, Cosmos and Eternity:
the Symbolism of Coffins in Ancient Egypt convened at the
historical building of the University of Porto to debate conceptual
frameworks underlying the contemporary study of Egyptian coffins.
Rising from the close association with the depiction of the
mummified body, the anthropoid coffins soon absorbed a rich
mythological imaginary related to the constellation of Nut, the
mother goddess of the sky supposed to give birth to Osiris, and
evolved continuously, integrating larger and more complex sets of
beliefs, mirroring the increasingly bolder use of coffins in the
funerary rituals. It was this complex set of beliefs involving the
coffin that we proposed to explore in this series of symposia.
Following our original purpose, the studies presented in this
volume display an excellent overview on the new trends of research
on coffin studies, with diverse contributions concerned either with
symbolism or social significance of coffins, museums collections or
archaeological finds. These studies superbly showcase the richness
of coffins as documental sources for the study of Egyptian
religion, economy and society.
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