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Description:: This dissertation investigates the origins of apotheosis—the process through which one was divinized—in ancient Egypt. Because apotheosis seems to have originally occurred posthumously, this study …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Troche, Julia Dawn (creator); Allen, James (Director); Bestock, Laurel (Reader); Frood, Elizabeth (Reader); Brown University. Egyptology and Western Asian Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: ancient Egypt; ancient Egyptian religion; ancient Egyptian history; Apotheosis; Egyptology; Egypt
Collection:: Egyptology and Assyriology; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: The royal pyramid tombs of Sudan are striking, in a land over 1100 miles upstream of their famous forbears at Giza, for their overwhelmingly Egyptian …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Howley, Kathryn E. (creator); Bestock, Laurel (Director); Bestock, Laurel (Reader); Allen, James (Reader); Emberling, Geoff (Reader); Brown University. Egyptology and Western Asian Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Nubian archaeology; African archaeology; cultural interaction; Napatan Period; Late Period Egypt; 26th Dynasty; Egyptology; Material culture
Collection:: Egyptology and Assyriology; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: This dissertation investigates the treatment of eclipses in early Chinese astronomy and astrology. It discusses the practice of eclipse divination, mathematical astronomy theories, and the …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Guan, Yuzhen (creator); Steele, John (Director); Rutz, Matthew (Reader); Shi, Yunli (Reader); Brown University. Egyptology and Western Asian Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Cultural Tradition; Eclipses; Astronomy; Astrology
Collection:: Egyptology and Assyriology; Theses and Dissertations

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