Funerary Rituals (Pharaonic Period)
| Autor: | Hays, Harold |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Hour Vigil
sacrifice judgment of the dead liturgy Pyramid Texts Isis Other Religion Anubis Osiris Procession to Sais Book of the Dead Akh letters to the dead death Coffin Texts offering ritual Nephthys Seth Thoth Procession to Abydos mortuary cult Near Eastern Languages and Societies Opening of the Mouth Religion embalming Horus Ka Archaeological Anthropology mummification |
| Zdroj: | UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, vol 1, iss 1 Hays, Harold. (2010). Funerary Rituals (Pharaonic Period). UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, 1(1). UCLA: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1r32g9zn |
| Popis: | Upon death, the Egyptian was the object of a series of ceremonies performed by priestly officiants. The stages of the procedure largely correspond to the practical steps taken following death. These were: taking the corpse to a place of embalming, the embalming itself, taking the corpse to the tomb, and interment. The words and actions of the rituals superimposed upon these practical matters had a clear metaphysical purpose: funerary rituals were intended to elevate the mortal to the superhuman. |
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