Between heaven and earth : birds in ancient Egypt /
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Author / Creator: | Bailleul-LeSuer, Rozenn. |
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Imprint: | Chicago : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2012. |
Description: | 232 p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Oriental Institute Museum publications ; 35 Oriental Institute Museum publications ; no. 35. |
Subject: | Horus -- (Egyptian deity) University of Chicago. -- Oriental Institute. -- Museum -- Exhibitions. University of Chicago. -- Oriental Institute. -- Museum. Birds in art. Natural history -- Egypt -- Pictorial works. Horus (Egyptian deity) Nut (Egyptian deity) Mummies and mummification. Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Egypt. Thoth (Egyptian deity) Animal remains (Archaeology) Birds in art. Natural history. Thoth (Egyptian deity) Egypt. Exhibition catalogs. Pictorial works. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9131778 |
Related Items: | Online version:
Between heaven and earth. |
Summary: | Issued in conjunction with an exhibit at the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago, this is the first comprehensive study of birds in ancient Egyptian society, economy, art, and religion. Essays address the role of birds in the religious landscape, their use in hieroglyphic and Coptic scripts, birds as protective symbols, as decorative motifs, and as food. A group of essays on "Egyptian Birds and Modern Science" presents the newest forensic research on bird mummies. Other articles address bird behavior as shown in Egyptian art and the present state of avifauna in the Nile Valley. The catalog describes forty artifacts, many of which are previously unpublished. An index of bird species makes this volume useful for naturalists as well as for Egyptologists and art historians. |
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Item Description: | "This volume has been published in conjunction with the exhibition Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt, October 15, 2012-July 28, 2013" -- p. [4]. "About the contributors" -- p. 11-13. "List of birds" -- p. 217. |
Physical Description: | 232 p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-232) |
ISBN: | 1885923929 9781885923929 |