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Ancient Egyptian Temple Ritual: Performance, Patterns, and Practice

Ancient Egyptian Temple Ritual: Performance, Patterns, and Practice

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Series: Routledge Studies in Egyptology

Religion General ArchaeologyAncient Egypt

ISBN10: 1138243094
ISBN13: 9781138243095
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 7 2017
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Large state temples in ancient Egypt were vast agricultural estates, with interests in mining, trading, and other economic activities. The temple itself served as the mansion or palace of the deity to whom the estate belonged, and much of the ritual in temples was devoted to offering a representative sample of goods to the gods. After ritual performances, produce was paid as wages to priests and temple staff and presented as offerings to private mortuary establishments. This redistribution became a daily ritual in which many basic necessities of life for elite Egyptians were produced.

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