TY - BOOK ID - 86058075 TI - Festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year PY - 2020 SN - 1789695961 1789695953 9781789695953 9781789695960 PB - Summerton, Oxford DB - UniCat KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Egypt KW - Religious life and customs. KW - Religion. KW - Ceremonies KW - Cult KW - Cultus KW - Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies KW - Religious ceremonies KW - Religious rites KW - Rites of passage KW - Traditions KW - Ritualism KW - Manners and customs KW - Mysteries, Religious KW - Ritual KW - Égypte KW - Ägypten KW - Egitto KW - Egipet KW - Egiptos KW - Miṣr KW - Southern Region (United Arab Republic) KW - Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) KW - Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) KW - Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) KW - Egipat KW - Arab Republic of Egypt KW - A.R.E. KW - ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) KW - Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah KW - Mitsrayim KW - Egipt KW - Ijiptʻŭ KW - Misri KW - Ancient Egypt KW - Gouvernement royal égyptien KW - جمهورية مصر العربية KW - مِصر‎ KW - مَصر‎ KW - Maṣr KW - Khēmi KW - エジプト KW - Ejiputo KW - Egypti KW - Egypten KW - מצרים KW - United Arab Republic KW - Ritos y ceremonias KW - Fiestas religiosas KW - Egipto KW - Egito KW - Usos y costumbres KW - Vida religiosa KW - Religión KW - Religion KW - Sacred space UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86058075 AB - The Festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year: Their socio-religious functions compares the religious and social functions of these three Festivals, the first two of which were often regarded by the Egyptians as a pair; the New Year Festival stands out on account of its corpus of surviving material and importance. Until now, detailed study of the New Year Festival has only been carried out with reference to the Greco-Roman period; this study turns its attention to the New Kingdom. The book analyses the broad perspectives that encompass Egyptian religion and cult practices which provided the context not only for worship and prayer, but also for the formation of social identity and responsibility. The festivals are examined in the whole together with their settings in the religious and urban landscapes. The best example is New Kingdom Thebes where large temples and burial sites survive intact today with processional routes connecting some of them. Also presented are the abundant written sources providing deep insight into those feasts celebrated for Amun-Re, the king of the gods. The volume also includes a list of dated records which provides a concordance for the Egyptian calendars. ER -