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To live forever : Egyptian treasures from the Brooklyn Museum

Author: Edward Bleiberg; Kathlyn M Cooney; Brooklyn Museum.
Publisher: Brooklyn, NY : Brooklyn Museum ; London : In Association with D Giles, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This fascinating new book draws on important ancient Egyptian monuments from the superb collection of the Brooklyn Museum to illustrate Egyptian strategies for defeating death and living forever.

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Edward Bleiberg; Kathlyn M Cooney; Brooklyn Museum.
ISBN: 9780872731592 0872731596 9781904832522 1904832520
OCLC Number: 159822564
Description: 152 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Contents: A brief chronology of ancient Egypt --
To live forever: Egyptian funerary beliefs and practices / Edward Bleiberg --
Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife --
Mummification and rank --
The elite funeral --
Tombs over time: an inventory --
How much did a coffin cost? the social and economic aspects of funerary arts in ancient Egypt / Kathlyn M. Cooney --
Purchasing a coffin --
Purchasing other funerary equipment --
Buying with one's price range --
Funerary arts and social inequality --
Usurpation and reuse of burial goods --
The social and economic meaning of funerary art.
Responsibility: Edward Bleiberg ; with an essay by Kathlyn M. Cooney.
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