Drawing on archaeological and literary evidence, Dilwyn Jones examines the importance of the boat in Egyptian ritual and belief, as well as in everyday life. The sun god was thought to travel across the sky in a solar boat, and Egyptians believed that the deserving might join the god Osiris in his divine bark after death. Boats played an important part in funerary ritual; models were often placed in tombs to provide the deceased with safe passage through the Winding Waterway in the underworld. Also, boats are frequently depicted in tomb paintings. The Nile has always been a vital transport artery for Egypt and boats the principal means of travel. Early papyrus skiffs gradually gave way to wooden craft of increasing size and sophistication, ranging from fishing boats and barges to seagoing warships, splendid ships of state and enormous obelisk barges used to transport stone to temples and monuments. Dilwyn Jones traces the development of the different types of boats and the techniques of their construction through the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom periods. The book is illustrated with photographs of boat models and paintings and with line drawings.

Boats (Egyptian Bookshelf)

Engineering & Transportation

Jones, Dilwyn

Transportation

University of Texas Press

Glossary Of Ancient Egyptian Nautical Terms (Studies in Egyptology)

History

Ancient Civilizations

Routledge

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HARTNELL, TIM

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Drawing on archaeological and literary evidence, Dilwyn Jones examines the importance of the boat in Egyptian ritual and belief as well as in everyday life. The sun god was thought to travel across the sky in a solar boat, and Egyptians believed that the deserving might join the god Osiris in his divine bark after death. Boats played an important part in funerary ritual; models were often placed in tombs to provide the deceased with safe passage through the "winding waterway" in the underworld. Also, boats are frequently depicted in tomb-painting.  The Nile River has always been a vital transport artery for Egypt, and boats the principal means of travel. Early papyrus skiffs gradually gave way to wooden craft of increasing size and sophistication, ranging from fishing boats and barges to seagoing warships, splendid ships of state, and enormous obelisk barges used to transport stone to temples and monuments. Dilwyn Jones traces the development of the different types of boat and the techniques of their construction through the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom periods

EGYPTIAN BOOKSHELF : BOATS

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

BRITISH MUSEUM

This monumental two-volume work updates Murray's Index of Old Kingdom Titles published in 1908. In addition to Old Kingdom titles and phrases, there are a large number from the Archaic Period and several from the First Intermediate Period. The clearly presented entries, arranged alphabetically, provide the most common orthnography with a transliteration and translation, with a date and textual references. An invaluable reference tool.

An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom (BAR International Series)

British Archaeological Reports

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