Search for dissertations about: "mortuary temple"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words mortuary temple.

2. 1. The Performative Structure : Ritualizing the pyramid of Pepy I

   Author : Nils Billing; Eva Hellman; Harold Hays; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Pyramid Texts; monumentality; iconicity; performativity; Pepy I; reconstitution; manifestation; resurrection; ascension; ritual agency; mortuary temple; cult; pyramid; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

   Abstract : This study investigates the ancient Egyptian pyramid complex as a ritualized structure. In accordance with an indigenous cultural pattern, the category of an eternal architecture had been created at the beginning of the Old Kingdom (ca. 2700 B.C. READ MORE