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Kasia Szpakowska - Behind Closed Eyes, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Behind Closed Eyes

Dreams and Nightmares in Ancient Egypt

Av Kasia Szpakowska

Del i serien Egypt

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Dreams and nightmares have long puzzled and fascinated, yet this is the first book to explore such visions in the Ancient Egyptian world. The author traces the evidence from the first half of Egypt's long history, the Old Kingdom through the New Kingdom, a time-span of over 1,000 years. The book is arranged thematically, with chapters devoted to the literary use of dreams, to the political use of divine visions, to the technology used to ward away terrorizing nightmares. It also explores the Ramesside Dream Book, a unique text that reveals the desires and anxieties that could inspire an Egyptian's dreams, with images of sex and power, of gods and the dead. All the relevant passages are conveniently translated in an appendix.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-10-20
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x undefined mm
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Egypt
  • Antal sidor: 237
  • Förlag: Classical Press of Wales
  • ISBN: 9781914535710
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Kasia Szpakowska graduated from UCLA in 2000. She worked at Swansea University, Wales (2001-2020), first as a lecturer and then as Associate Professor of Egyptology. Next, she joined California State San Bernardino’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Dept. of History as W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence (2021). She is the director of the Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project: 2nd Millennium BCE. K. Szpakowska has written numerous articles on ancient Egyptian private religious practices, dreams, gender and cognitive archaeology. She is the author of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: Recreating Lahun (Wiley-Blackwell 2008). She is also the editor of Through a Glass Darkly (CPW 2006; pbk, 2023) and Demon Things: Ancient Egyptian manifestations of liminal entities (Tucson 2020).

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