Cenotaphs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23637679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M G Nelson‐Hurst (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah15075 |
| OpenAlex | W4205772513 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The term“cenotaph” is borrowed from classical archaeology, where it refers to an empty tomb erected for a person whose body was missing or who died away from home. However, in Egyptology the term is used rather loosely for structures of a funerary nature that did not contain an actual burial, including Ka‐chapels, secondary tombs, and symbolic tombs of deities. These different types of structure embodied different concepts and no single word in Egyptian is used for them. Use of the term “cenotaph” is a modern convention with no basis in the ancient Egyptian record.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Convention · Egyptology · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Physics · Social science · Sociology · Term (time) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |