Festivals, Pharaonic Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23714601 |
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| Authors | Jennifer L Kimpton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah15160 |
| OpenAlex | W1526792001 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Festivals played a vital role in the cultic life of ancient Egypt from its earliest history. The rituals, offerings, and processions characteristic of most festivals created moments of interaction between the human world and the divine. Their function was to maintain the essential order of the universe, whereby the gods would grant the conditions necessary for human prosperity in exchange for the requirements of their own existence. Even festivals of a seemingly secular nature, such as the king's annually observed coronation festival, should be understood in a cosmological context: as a human steward of divine kingship, the king embodied a conduit between mankind and the gods ( see kingship, pharaonic egypt ).
Ancient history · Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Coronation · Monarchy · Order (exchange) · Political science · Politics · Prosperity · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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