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Subject(s)

• Philosophy, Egyptian [Browse]
• Religion and justice—History [Browse]
• Violence—Religious aspects—Egyptian religion [Browse]
• Order—Religious aspects—Egyptian religion [Browse]
• Egypt—Religion [Browse]

Series

BAR international series ; 2299. [More in this series]

Notes

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)?--University of California, Los Angeles, 2003.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• The act of killing: an introduction
• Death by Narmer and others: the Archaic period
• Slaying under the Aegis of the God-King: the Old Kingdom
• Sanctioned killing in the time between: the First Intermediate Period
• Death by drowning, burning, and flaying: the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period
• The slayings of the great pharaohs: Dynasty 18
• Instances of intrigue: the Ramesside Era
• The constancy of killing amidst anarchy: Dynasties 21, 22, 25, and 26
• A time to kill: the appropriateness of violence
• Foreigners and Isfet
• Violent myth in the ritual of return
• Those who are about to die, we abhor you.

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ISBN

• 9781407308760 (pbk.)
• 1407308769 (pbk.)

OCLC

773426139

RCP

C - O

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