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This volume presents a series of papers delivered at a two-day session of the Theban Workshop held at the British Museum in September 2003. Due to its political and religious prominence throughout much of pharaonic history, the region of ancient Thebes offers scholars a wealth of monuments whose physical remains and extant iconography may be combined with textual sources and archaeological finds in ways that elucidate the function of sacred space as initially conceived, and which also reveal adaptations to human need or shifts in cultural perception. The contributions herein address issues such as the architectural framing of religious ceremony, the implicit performative responses of officiants, the diachronic study of specific rites, the adaptation of sacred space to different uses through physical, representational, or textual alteration, and the development of ritual landscapes in ancient Thebes

Sacred space --- Rites and ceremonies --- Lieux sacrés --- Rites et cérémonies --- Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) --- Thèbes (Egypte : Ville ancienne) --- Religion. --- Religion --- Lieux sacrés --- Rites et cérémonies --- Thèbes (Egypte : Ville ancienne) --- Holy places --- Places, Sacred --- Sacred places --- Sacred sites --- Sacred spaces --- Sites, Sacred --- Space, Sacred --- Holy, The --- Religion and geography --- Ceremonies --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Traditions --- Ritualism --- Manners and customs --- Mysteries, Religious --- Ritual --- Thebes (Egypt : Ancient city) --- Egypt --- Antiquities --- Établissements religieux --- Thèbes (ville ancienne) --- Égypte

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Enslaved Africans and their descendants comprised a significant portion of colonial Virginia populations, with most living on rural slave quarters adjacent to the agricultural fields in which they labored. Archaeological excavations into these home sites have provided unique windows into the daily lifeways and culture of these early inhabitants. A common characteristic of Virginia slave quarters is the presence of subfloor pits beneath the houses. The most common explanations of the functions of these pits are as storage places for personal belongings or root vege

Excavations (Archaeology) --- African Americans --- Material culture --- Sacred space --- Hiding places --- Root cellars --- Slaves --- Chambers, Secret --- Hideouts --- Hiding-places (Secret chambers, etc.) --- Places, Hiding --- Secret chambers --- Secrecy --- Cellars, Root --- Fruit --- Storage facilities --- Vegetables --- Enslaved persons --- Persons --- Slavery --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Holy places --- Places, Sacred --- Sacred places --- Sacred sites --- Sacred spaces --- Sites, Sacred --- Space, Sacred --- Holy, The --- Religion and geography --- Antiquities. --- History. --- Homes and haunts --- Social life and customs. --- Storage --- Virginia --- History --- Black people