The Image of the Ordered World in Ancient Nubian Art: The Construction of the Kushite Mind, 800 Bc-300 Ad (Probleme Der Agyptologie, 18. Bd.) - Hardcover

Török, László

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004123067 ISBN 13: 9789004123069

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2001

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author:

László Török, Dr (1992) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in History, is Honorary Professor at the Philosophical Faculty of the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He has published extensively on the history and archaeology of the Middle Nile Region (Nubia) and on Egyptian art in the Hellenistic and Late Antique periods.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 9004123067
• ISBN 13: 9789004123069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 525