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Texts and images from the Book of the Dead were widely used to decorate the walls of tombs during Egypt's New Kingdom (c. 1550-1077 BCE). Prior research has tended to focus on either individual tombs, or on the contents of papyrus copies of the Book of the Dead. This book focusses on the adaptation of parts of this funerary corpus in individual tombs from the New Kingdom necropolis at Saqqara, with the aim of showing how each tomb's decoration was tailored to the ends of their builders. In doing so, it builds up a picture of the ways in which these developments changed over time, and captures the dynamic and shifting ways in which ancient Egyptians interacted with their funerary texts. This contrasts with the popular image of Egyptian religion as centrally administered and directed, and essentially unchanging over millennia. In fact, choices and forms of texts and images used in tombs changed even within a single generation. Some forms remained popular over long periods, being constantly reused and re-adapted, while others achieved specific and local popularity, or else were abandoned after only a short period of time. This book argues powerfully for the human dimension in ancient Egyptian religion, revealing the ways in which individuals and groups continually reshaped their tradition even as they worked within it. Produced as part of the research project The Walking Dead at Saqqara: The Making of a Cultural Geography, this book is kindly funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO): 276-30-016.

Tombs --- Ancient Egyptian religion & mythology --- Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology --- Sacred texts

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In his latest book, Carlos Gracia Zamacona presents a corpus-based comprehensive analysis of the ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts (ca. 2000-1600 BCE), texts of enormous editorial, cultural, historical social, linguistic, anthropological, and religiious complexity. Rather than focusing on highly speculative hypothetical reconstructions of the texts or interpretations of their religious or anthropological contents, Gracia Zamacona puts textual witnesses at the center of the study. By examining how and why the coffins were made and the information they give us about the mortuary culture of ancient Egypt, Gracia Zamacona shows that the Coffin Texts were a repository rather than a canon. His study offers new insight into the texts, revealing their performative and highly personalized practical context. "En su último libro, Carlos Gracia Zamacona presenta un análisis exhaustivo basado en el corpos de los Textos de los Ataúdes del antiguo Egipto (hacia 2000-1600 ane), textos de una enorme complejidad editorial, cultural, histórica, social, lingüística, antropológica y religiosa. En lugar de centrarse en reconstrucciones hipotéticas altamente especulativas de los textos o interpretaciones de sus contenidos religiosos o antropológicos, el autor sitúa los testigos en el centro del estudio. Al examinar cómo y por qué se hicieron los ataúdes y la información que nos brindan sobre la cultura mortuoria del antiguo Egipto, el autor muestra que los Textos de los Ataúdes eran un repositorio más que un canon. Su estudio ofrece una nueva visión de los textos, revelando su contexto práctico performativo y altamente personalizado."--

Coffins --- Future life --- Religious literature, Egyptian. --- Incantations, Egyptian. --- Inscriptions, Egyptian. --- Cercueils --- Littérature religieuse égyptienne ancienne. --- Inscriptions égyptiennes. --- Vie future --- History --- Ancient Egyptian religion --- Histoire --- Coffin texts. --- Egypt --- Égypte --- Funeral customs and rites --- Religion

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A cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth.

Egyptology. --- Nationalism --- Egyptologie --- Nationalisme --- History. --- Histoire --- Egypt --- Egypte --- Antiquities. --- Civilization --- Antiquités --- Civilisation --- Antiquités --- Egyptology --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Ancient Egyptian studies --- History --- Arabic --- European --- Archaeology

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Conservation of painted surfaces, metal leaves, and finishes requires a deep knowledge of both the materials themselves and the supports and the interaction phenomena occurring among them. Superficial treatments, operations, and materials adopted during the conservation intervention can modify the complex system of existing interactions. Therefore, it is fundamental to predict possible induced changes of the chemical-physical properties of the systems. This Special Issue aims at contributing to the definition of the state-of-the-art in the approach to conservation problems of painted surfaces, metal leaves, and finishes. In particular, the topic of interest includes but is not limited to: Methodological approaches for the conservation treatments of the painted surfaces, metal leaves, and finishes; Analytical tools and protocols for the validation of the treatment efficacy and recognizability; Analytical tools for the characterization of surface materials and their decay processes; New materials and treatments.

Maya blue --- wall paintings --- sixteenth century --- palygorskite --- X-ray fluorescence --- X-ray diffraction --- paintings --- metal soaps --- natural resins --- varnishes --- smalt --- shellac --- copper alloys --- UV-induced fluorescence --- FTIR spectroscopy --- eddy current --- UV imaging --- artificial ageing --- non-invasive characterization --- polychromy --- polychrome stone statue --- adhesion and cohesion products --- conservation of pictorial films on stone --- violin --- XRF --- FTIR --- reflection infrared spectroscopy --- 3D scan --- stratigraphy --- varnish --- musical instrument --- 14th century --- wood-carved --- microscopy --- Raman --- SEM-EDX --- materials --- pigments --- laser cleaning --- Er:YAG laser --- efficacy evaluation --- Manet --- painting --- portrait --- woman --- 19th century --- extenders --- original materials --- later alterations --- cultural heritage --- conservation --- wooden sculpture --- ancient Egyptian --- ancient Egyptian painting materials --- cleaning treatment --- water based systems --- poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels --- archaeometry --- n/a

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Egyptology --- Egyptology. --- Ancient Egyptian studies --- history --- archaeology --- architecture --- culture --- Third Millennium BC Egypt --- egyptology --- third millennium bc egypt --- Education --- Archaeology --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Archaeology. --- Egypt. --- A.R.E. --- Ägypten --- Ancient Egypt --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- ARE --- Egipat --- Egipet --- Egipt --- Egiptos --- Egitto --- Égypte --- Egypten --- Egypti --- Ejiputo --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- Ijiptʻ --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Khēmi --- Maṣr --- Miṣr --- Misri --- Mitsrayim --- United Arab Republic