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The Afterlives of Egyptian History: Reuse and Reformulation of Objects, Places, and Texts

The Afterlives of Egyptian History: Reuse and Reformulation of Objects, Places, and Texts

Hardcover

Art HistoryArchaeologyAncient Egypt

ISBN10: 1617979929
ISBN13: 9781617979927
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: Jun 8 2021
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.97
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

An examination of the myriad lifetimes lived by ancient Egyptian artifacts

Egypt has a particular longue durée, a continuity of preservation in deep time, not seen in other parts of the world. Over the centuries, ancient buildings have been adopted for purposes that differed from the original. Temple sites have been transformed into places of worship for new deities or turned into houses and tombs. Tombs, in turn, have been adapted to function as human dwellings already in the Late Antique Period.

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