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Foreword ;
Introduction ;
Part I : Studies on Coffin Symbolism: From skin wrappings to
architecture: The evolution of prehistoric, anthropoid wrappings to
historic architectonic coffins/sarcophagi ;
separate contrasts optimally fused in single Theban ‘stola’ coffins
(±975-920 BC). (René van Walsem) ;
Permeable containers: Body and cosmos in Middle Kingdom coffins
(Rune Nyord) ;
Ancient Egyptian funerary arts as social documents: social place,
reuse, and working towards a new typology of 21st Dynasty coffins
(Kathlyn M. Cooney) ;
Representations of passage in ancient Egyptian iconography (Éva
Liptay) ;
Crossing the landscapes of eternity: parallels between Amduat and
funeral procession scenes on the 21st Dynasty coffins (Cássio de
Araújo Duarte) ;
‘Spread your wings over me’: iconography, symbolism and meaning of
the central panel on yellow coffins (Rogério Sousa) ;
Resurrection in a box: the 25th Dynasty burial ensemble of
Padiamunet (Cynthia May Sheikholeslami) ;
Gods at all hours: Saite Period coffins of the ‘eleven-eleven’ type
(Jonathan Elias and Carter Lupton) ;
Part II : Studies on Museums’ Collections and Archaeological Finds:
Continuity in times of transition: the inner coffin of the mistress
of the house Gem-tu-es in Vevey (Switzerland) (Alexandra Küffer)
;
Egyptian coffins in Portugal (Luís Manuel de Araújo) ;
Cercueils jaunes des XXIe et XXIIe Dynasties dans les collections
Françaises (Alain Dautant) ;
Lot 14 from Bab el-Gasus (Sweden and Norway): the modern history of
the collection and a reconstruction of the ensembles (Anders
Bettum) ;
The coffins of the priests of Amun: a socio-economic investigation
on Bab el-Gasus cachette (Elena Paganini) ;
Coffins without mummies: the Tomb KV 63 in the Valley of the Kings
(Rogério Sousa)
Rogério Sousa is Main Researcher at the University of Porto. He completed his PhD in 2006 at the same university. His main research interests are the anthropoid coffin decoration in ancient Egypt and the Hellenization of the Egyptian cults in ancient Alex
'The individual contributions are well structured and clearly laid out. A particular highlight is the extensive photographic material... In summary, the present volume is an appealing and successful publication. It is highly recommended for professional scientists, but is likely to be difficult for the Egypt-interested layman.' – von Manuela Gander M.A., Berlin, http://www.antikewelt.de (translated from German)
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