Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt
Ancient history, Archaeology
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
Human beings the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death and culture is the world they create so they can live with that knowledge… In his new book Assmann explores images of death and of death rites in ancient Egypt to provide startling new insights into the particular character of the civilization as a whole Drawing on the unfamiliar genre of the death liturgy he arrives at a remarkably comprehensive view of the religion of death in ancient Egypt Assmann describes in detail nine different images of death death as the body being torn apart as social isolation the notion of the court of the dead the dead body the mummy the soul and ancestral spirit of the dead death as separation and transition as homecoming and as secret Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt also includes a fascinating discussion of rites that reflect beliefs about death through language and ritual