by ElizabethWickett (Author)
The funeral laments of Upper Egypt have an elaborate and ancient history stretching back more than 5,000 years. This book explores the performance, motifs and meanings of the laments and reveals their relation to myth, religion, cosmology and the ancient Egyptian funerary texts.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: I.B.Tauris Publishers
Published: 30 Oct 2009
ISBN 10: 1848850506
ISBN 13: 9781848850507