Across Eurasia and North Africa in the First Millennium AD, empires rose and fell, each adopting a universalizing faith which distinguished it broadly from its neighbours. In Egypt, our sources are particularly rich, owing to the land's arid climate and the unparalleled survival not only of sto...

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Weitere Verfasser:	O'Connell, Elisabeth R. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Leuven ; Paris ; Bristol,CT Peeters 2022
Schriftenreihe:	British Museum publications on Egypt and Sudan 11
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 30 v. Chr.-1900 Religiöse Identität Ägypten Konferenzschrift > 09.12.2015-10.12.2015 > London Aufsatzsammlung Ausstellungskatalog
Zusammenfassung:	Across Eurasia and North Africa in the First Millennium AD, empires rose and fell, each adopting a universalizing faith which distinguished it broadly from its neighbours. In Egypt, our sources are particularly rich, owing to the land's arid climate and the unparalleled survival not only of stone, ceramic and metalwork, but also of organic material such as textiles, wood and manuscripts found on papyrus, parchment and paper. This volume brings together over a dozen of the world's leading specialists to explore the dialectical interplay between empire and religious identity through a series of case studies from Egypt. Evidence from Egypt suggests that it was precisely in the context of empire that 'religious identity' emerged as a distinctive marker. Using the unrivalled abundance and variety of surviving material culture, this volume explores the formation, renegotiation and reconstitution of religious identities from the Roman period forward. Whereas Egypt's 'pharaonic' millennia (c. 3000-30 BC) have been studied as a coherent whole, later eras are often studied as fragments. 'Egypt and Empire' offers a different approach by covering together periods that are usually treated separately in different academic disciplines.
Beschreibung:	"Most of the contribution in this volume took shape at a two-day colloquium timed to coincide with the British Museum exhibition "Egypt: Faith after the Pharaohs (29 October 2105-7 February 2016). Entitled "Egypt and Empire: Religious identities from Roman and modern times (9-10 December 2015), the colloquium formed part of the public programming in support of the exhibition...". - Preface
Beschreibung:	XII, 368 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 31 cm
ISBN:	9789042940314