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The Image of the Ordered World in Ancient Nubian Art : The Construction of the Kushite Mind, 800 BC - 300 AD / László. Török.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity - Book Archive 2000-2006 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Török, László, 1941-2020, author.
- Series:
- Probleme der A¨gyptologie ; Volume 18.
- Probleme Der Ägyptologie Series ; Volume 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sacred space--Nubia.
- Sacred space.
- Temples--Nubia.
- Temples.
- Nubia--Civilization.
- Nubia.
- Nubia--Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill Nv, [2002]
- Summary:
- The development of Kushite concepts of order in the state and the cosmos forms the focus of László Török's latest volume. Taking a wide variety of textual and iconographical evidence as his points of departure, the author sheds light on the formation of, and interaction between basic concepts such as inhabited space, sacred space, sacred landscape, historical memory and political legitimacy. The author traces this development by discussing the royal and temple texts, urban architecture, the structure of temple iconography, and the relationship between the society and the temples as places of popular worship, archives of historical memory, and centres of cultural identity.This volume presents the first comprehensive study on the subject.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-49355-7
- OCLC:
- 636896613
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004493551 DOI
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