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Ancient Egyptian coffins provided a shell to protect the deceased both magically and physically. They guaranteed an important requirement for eternal life: an intact body. Not everybody could afford richly decorated wooden coffins. As commodities, coffins also played a vital role in the daily life of the living and marked their owner's taste and status. Coffin history is an ongoing process and does not end with the ancient burial. The coffins that were discovered and shipped to museums have become part of the National heritages. The Vatican Coffin Project is the first international research project to study the entire use-life of Egyptian coffins from an interdisciplinary perspective. This edited volume focusses on the lavishly decorated coffins of the Priests of Amon that are currently in the collection of the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. Six chapters, written by international specialists, present the history of the Priests of Amon, the production of their coffins and use-life of the coffins from Ancient Egypt until modern times. The book appeals to the general public interested in Egyptian culture, heritage studies, and restoration research, and will also be a stimulating read for both students and academics.

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Author:   Lara Weiss
Publisher:   Sidestone Press
Imprint:   Sidestone Press
Volume:   17
ISBN:  

9789088904936

ISBN 10:   9088904936
Pages:   150
Publication Date:   31 January 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Vatican Coffin Project Alessia Amenta, Christian Greco, Ulderico Santamaria, and Lara Weiss Chapter 2: The 21st Dynasty: The theocracy of Amun, and the position of the Theban priestly families. Gerard P. F. Broekman Chapter 3: The Tomb of the Priests of Amun at Thebes: The history of the find Rogerio Sousa Chapter 4: The coffins in Leiden 4.1. The Letters of Willem Pleyte Liliane Mann 4.2 Lot XI in Leiden Christian Greco and Lara Weiss Chapter 5: Painting techniques of the Leiden coffins Elsbeth Geldhof Chapter 6: Coffin Reuse in Dynasty 21: A Case Study of the Coffins in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Kathlyn M. Cooney About the contributors: Dr. Lara Weiss is curator of the Egyptian collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands. Dr. Christian Greco is the Director of the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. Dr. Alessia Amenta is Head of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities and the Near East of the Vatican Museums. Prof. Dr. Kathlyn Cooney is Professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA, U.S.A. Drs. Elsbeth Geldhof is a historic paint conservator (Leiden University and SRAL Maastricht), researching longue duree painting techniques from the ancient world and beyond. She is currently involved in the Coffin Catalogue Project at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge and the Life of the Egyptian Coffin Project at UCLA. Dr. Gerardus Petrus Franciscus Broekman is an independent researcher and Third Intermediate Period Specialist. Liliane Mann (MA) studied Archaeology at Leiden University and was Christian Greco's museum intern. Prof. Ulderico Santamaria is Head of the Laboratory of Diagnostic for the Conservation and Restoration of the Vatican Museums. Dr. Rogerio Sousa is Researcher at Center of Classical and Humanistic Studies at University of Coimbra, Portugal.

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Dr. Lara Weiss is curator of the Egyptian collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands. She studied Egyptology in Berlin and Leiden and received her doctoral degree in Gottingen in 2012. She is especially interested in the daily life of the ancient Egyptians and their mode of religious experience. Both her master's dissertation and her doctoral thesis related to religion in Deir el-Medina, where the labourers lived who worked in the Valley of the Kings. Since 2012 she has been involved as a teacher and a researcher in the ERC Advanced Grant project 'Lived Ancient Religion: Questioning cults and polis religion , hosted by the University of Erfurt (Germany). Her research for that project is focused on religion in Roman Karanis (in the Fayoum Oasis). Weiss will play a central role in the reorganization of the Egyptian department at the National Museum of Antiquities in 2016 and will be involved in developing international travelling exhibitions. She will also support her fellow curator, Prof. Maarten Raven, in his work on the excavation run by the museum in the Egyptian town of Saqqara. Key Publication: L. Weiss, Religious Practice at Deir el-Medina, Egyptologische Uitgaven 29, Leiden/ Nederlands Instituut van het Nabije Oosten/Peeters, Leiden 2015.

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