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Negotiating the memory of the dead in the community of Yehud.
Research in the material culture and texts of the Persian period Levant has provided greater understanding of the early second temple communities and identity formation. However, studies regarding mortuary practices and the role of the dead among these communities are limited. Through the lens of …
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It's a kind of magic: exploring the role of the living in effecting food and drink offerings in private mortuary cults of late Old Kingdom Egypt
… to the dead at the tomb formed a key part of the mortuary cult. Egyptological scholarship commonly proposes that once the cult ceased, and the temporary, perishable offerings along with it, a permanent, ‘magical’ supply was provided via image, text, and object representations of sustenance in the …