Community and Identity in Ancient Egypt
Subtitle: The Old Kingdom Cemetery at Qubbet el-Hawa
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Oct 27, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781107027602
Description: "This book examines a group of twelve ancient Egyptian tombs (c. 2300 BCE) in the elite Old Kingdom cemetery of Elephantine at Qubbet el-Hawa in modern Aswan. It develops an interdisciplinary approach to the material--drawing on methods from art history, archaeology, anthropology, and sociology, including agency theory, the role of style, the reflexive relationship between people and landscape, and the nature of locality and community identity. A careful examination of the architecture, setting, and unique text and image programs of these tombs in context provides a foundation for considering how ancient Egyptian provincial communities bonded to each other, developed shared identities within the broader Egyptian world, and expressed these identities through their personal forms of visual and material culture"--
Notes: Source title: Community and Identity in Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom Cemetery at Qubbet el-Hawa