Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt | The Mourning Rite in the Times of the Pharaohs

Maria Rosa Valdesogo

ISBN 10: 9492940086 / ISBN 13: 9789492940087

Published by Blikverduitgevers, 2026

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Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt | The Mourning Rite in the Times of the Pharaohs | Maria Rosa Valdesogo | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2026 | Blikverduitgevers | EAN 9789492940087 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt | The Mourning Rite in the Times of the Pharaohs
• Publisher: Blikverduitgevers
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9492940086
• ISBN 13: 9789492940087
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 413W x 296H x 19D millimeters 413 millimeters width by 296 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 440 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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Synopsis

Mourners shake and pull their hair on reliefs and paintings from ancient Egypt. They took part in funerary ceremonies in ancient Egypt, contributing to the dead’s resurrection in the afterlife. Hair played a clear role in these rites. In this publication Maria Rosa Valdesogo describes the relation between hair and these rites, and the role hair played in death in ancient Egypt. This book is the publication of her Phd research about the Hair in the funerary ceremony of ancient Egypt.