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This volume is dedicated to the examination of a small corpus of bronze U-shaped burial receptacles from ancient Mesopotamia and Elam, dubbed 'bathtub' coffins for their characteristic apsidal shape, reminiscent of a style of 19th and early 20th century bathtub.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient. --- Ancient funeral rites and ceremonies --- Sarcophages antiques. --- Sarcophagi --- Cercueils --- Coffins

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Even though, at death, identity and social status may undergo major changes, by studying funerary customs we can greatly gain in the understanding of a community's social structure, distribution of wealth and property, and the degree of flexibility or divisiveness in the apportionment of power. With its great regional diversity and variety of community forms and networks, ancient Greece offers a unique context for exploring, through the burial evidence, how communities developed. Mortuary Variability and Social Diversity in Ancient Greece brings together early career scholars working on funerary customs in Greece from the Early Iron Age to the Roman period. Papers present various thematic and interdisciplinary analysis in which funerary contexts provide insights on individuals, social groups and communities. Themes discussed include issues of territoriality, the reconstruction of social roles of particular groups of people, and the impact that major historical events may have had on the way individuals or specific groups of individuals treated their dead.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --- Burial --- History --- Greece --- Social conditions --- Ancient funeral rites and ceremonies --- E-books

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"Late Bronze Age tombs in Greece and their attendant mortuary practices have been a topic of scholarly debate for over a century, dominated by the idea of a monolithic culture with the same developmental trajectories throughout the region. This book contributes to that body of scholarship by exploring both the level of variety and of similarity that we see in the practices at each site and thereby highlights the differences between communities that otherwise look very similar. By bringing together an international group of scholars working on tombs and cemeteries on mainland Greece, Crete, and in the Dodecanese we are afforded a unique view of the development and diversity of these communities. The papers provide a penetrative analysis of the related issues by discussing tombs connected with sites ranging in size from palaces to towns to villages and in date from the start to the end of the Late Bronze Age. This book contextualizes the mortuary studies in recent debates on diversity at the main palatial and secondary sites and between the economic and political strategies and practices throughout Greece. The papers in the volume illustrate the pervasive connection between the mortuary sphere and society through the creation and expression of cultural narratives, and draw attention to the social tensions played out in the mortuary arena"--

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --- Bronze age --- Tombs --- Sepulchral monuments --- Greece --- Antiquities --- Ancient funeral rites and ceremonies

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The forms by which a deceased person may be brought to rest are as many as there are causes of death. In most societies the disposal of the corpse is accompanied by some form of celebration or ritual which may range from a simple act of deportment in solitude to the engagement of large masses of people in laborious and creative festivities. In a funerary context the term ritual may be taken to represent a process that incorporates all the actions performed and thoughts expressed in connection with a dying and dead person, from the preparatory pre-death stages to the final deposition of the corpse and the post-mortem stages of grief and commemoration. The contributions presented here are focused not on the examination of different funerary practices, their function and meaning, but on the changes of such rituals – how and when they occurred and how they may be explained. Based on case studies from a range of geographical regions and from different prehistoric and historical periods, a range of key themes are examined concerning belief and ritual, body and deposition, place, performance and commemoration, exploring a complex web of practices.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient. --- Ancient funeral rites and ceremonies --- Funérailles --- Rites et cérémonies --- Histoire --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient

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Die umfassende Monographie führt erstmals alle heute bekannten Belege von Darstellungen in Gräbern, die sich chronologisch vom Alten Reich bis zur griechisch­römischen Epoche erstrecken, mit den Werken antiker Autoren und modernen medizinischen Erkenntnissen zusammen und zeichnet einen idealtypischen Verlauf eines altägyptischen Bestattungsrituals nach. Als Grundlage dienen Darstellungen aus 278 Grabstätten.Der erste Teil umfasst die Bearbeitung des Bestattungsrituals vom Tod eines Individuums bis zur Grablegung. In diesem Abschnitt wird auch das im zweiten Teil dargebotene und chronologisch geordnete Material ausgewertet. Als Ausgangsbasis wird ein Einblick in die verschiedenen Quellen und die Entstehung der Mumifizierungstechniken von der Vorzeit bis in die Koptische Epoche Ägyptens geboten. Der Kern des ersten Teiles rekonstruiert den idealtypischen Ablauf und geht auf die zahlreichen Varianten ein. Ebenso folgt eine Übersicht über die beteiligten Priester sowie die vorhandenen Belege, die Preise für eine Bestattung nennen. Hiernach wird auf die Dauer einer Bestattung eingegangen. Wird für diese gewöhnlich eine Zeitspanne von 70 Tagen genannt, ergibt ein genauerer Blick auf die zur Verfügung stehenden ägyptischen Quellen das Bild einer mindestens 74 Tage dauernden Prozedur vom Tod bis zur Grablegung, wobei ebenso Belege zur Verfügung stehen, die für eine noch weitaus längere Prozedur sprechen.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --- Ancient funeral rites and ceremonies --- Egypt --- Religion. --- Rites et cérémonies funéraires --- Embaumement. --- Religion égyptienne. --- Rites et cérémonies funéraires --- Religion égyptienne. --- Religion --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient - Egypt --- Egypt - Religion