EAN: 9783447116770

THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLAR CULT AND ...

This volume joins together the proceedings of the three workshops held in Prague on December 15
2017  December 10  2018 and June 25-26  2019  within the framework of the research project (
The rise and development of the solar cult and architecture in Third Millennium BC Egypt)
launched in 2017 at the Czech Institute of Egyptology - Charles University  Prague  under the
auspices of the Czech Science Foundation - Grant Agency of the Czech Republic. The key aim of
the project was to contribute to the study of the dynamics of development and featuring of the
sun cult in ancient Egypt  as well as of the evolution of some related topics  such as royal
ideology and funerary texts. The contributions span all periods of ancient Egyptian history and
bring together scholars dealing with diverse geographic areas  from the capital site of Memphis
with its huge necropolis  to the southernmost and liminal area of Elephantine. Previously
unpublished data are also presented in the volume  including new research on the Palermo Stone
and the royal annals  results of latest archaeological campaigns in Abusir  Dahshur and
Heliopolis  and new analyses of the Pyramid Texts and their reappropriation and renegotiation
in later phases of Egyptian history.

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