{"product_id":"death-power-and-apotheosis-in-ancient-egypt-the-old-and-middle-kingdoms-hardback-9781501760150","title":"Death, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt; The Old and Middle Kingdoms (Hardback) 9781501760150","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDeath, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Old and Middle Kingdoms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulia Troche (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501760150\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages, 3 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 1 b\u0026amp;w line drawing, 1 map - 3 Halftones, black and white - 1 Line drawings, black and white - 1 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e uniquely considers how power was constructed, maintained, and challenged in ancient Egypt through mortuary culture and apotheosis, or how certain dead in ancient Egypt became gods.\u003c\/b\u003e Rather than focus on the imagined afterlife and its preparation, Julia Troche provides a novel treatment of mortuary culture exploring how the dead were mobilized to negotiate social, religious, and political capital in ancient Egypt before the New Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Troche explores the perceived agency of esteemed dead in ancient Egyptian social, political, and religious life during the Old and Middle Kingdoms (c. 2700–1650 BCE) by utilizing a wide range of evidence, from epigraphic and literary sources to visual and material artifacts. As a result, \u003ci\u003eDeath, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to current scholarship in its collection and presentation of data, the framework it establishes for identifying distinguished and deified dead, and its novel argumentation, which adds to the larger academic conversation about power negotiation and the perceived agency of the dead in ancient Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart One: Death and Power\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1. Mortuary Culture\u003cbr\u003e 2. Akhu—The Effective Dead\u003cbr\u003e 3. Power and Egyptian Kingship\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Apotheosis\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e4. Markers of Distinguished and Deified Status\u003cbr\u003e 5. Distinguished Dead\u003cbr\u003e 6. Apotheosis in the Old Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e 7. Apotheosis in the Middle Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676622614808,"sku":"9781501760150","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/death-power-and-apotheosis-in-ancient-egypt-the-old-and-middle-kingdoms-hardback-9781501760150","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}