WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
The Egyptian Conception of Immortality / The Ingersoll Lecture, 1911 cover

The Egyptian Conception of Immortality / The Ingersoll Lecture, 1911

By George Andrew Reisner
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

Archaeology & AnthropologyHistory - AncientReligion/Spirituality

About This Book

A scholarly lecture surveys ancient Egyptian beliefs about life after death, drawing on funerary customs, offering rituals, temple inscriptions, and burial texts from successive historical periods. It distinguishes ordinary popular practices—interment and offerings to sustain the deceased—from the elite use of magical formulas intended to aid a spirit’s progress, explains how desert preservation biases the archaeological record toward tombs, traces evolving notions of immortality including associations with deities such as Osiris and Isis, and emphasizes that funerary rites fulfilled social and practical functions without necessarily dominating everyday life.

About the Author

Reisner, George Andrew portrait

George Andrew Reisner

George Andrew Reisner was an American archaeologist and Egyptologist, renowned for his significant contributions to the understanding of ancient Egyptian civilization. He is particularly known for his work in the early 20th century, where he conducted extensive excavations in Egypt, including the famous site of Giza. Reisner's scholarly pursuits also included lectures on topics such as the Egyptian conception of immortality, which he explored in his notable work, "The Egyptian Conception of Immortality / The Ingersoll Lecture, 1911." His research has had a lasting impact on the field of Egyptology, influencing both academic study and public interest in ancient Egypt.

You May Also Like

6 picks
"Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging in the Pacific / 1901 cover "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging in the Pacific / 1901 by Louis Becke "Pennsylvania Dutch," and other essays cover "Pennsylvania Dutch," and other essays by Phebe Earle Gibbons "Sterminator Vesevo" (Vesuvius the great exterminator) / Diary of the Eruption of April 1906 cover "Sterminator Vesevo" (Vesuvius the great exterminator) / Diary of the Eruption of April 1906 by Matilde Serao 21 Jahre in Indien. Dritter Theil: Sumatra. cover 21 Jahre in Indien. Dritter Theil: Sumatra. by Heinrich Breitenstein 21 Jahre in Indien. Erster Theil: Borneo. cover 21 Jahre in Indien. Erster Theil: Borneo. by Heinrich Breitenstein A Bakony (1. kötet) cover A Bakony (1. kötet) by Károly Eötvös