Ancient Egyptian statues : their many lives and deaths / Simon Connor.

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"Why do ancient Egyptian statues so often have their noses, hands, or genitals broken? Although Late Antiquity appears to have been one of the major moments of large-scale vandalism against pagan monuments, various contexts bear witness to several phases of reuse, modification, or mutilation of stat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Connor, Simon, 1987- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Sculpture, Egyptian.
Statues > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Iconoclasm > Egypt.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Sculpture égyptienne.
Iconoclasme > Égypte.
Égypte > Antiquités.
Antiquities.
Iconoclasm.
Statues.
Egypt.
To 1500
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 190 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plan ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Statues carry the mark of history
  • Statues in Egypt
  • Bringing a statue to life
  • Intentionally mutilated or accidentally damaged?
  • Destroying to annihilate
  • Remembering to forget
  • Magic or ritual act
  • Restoring, transforming to re-activate
  • Dismantling to reuse
  • Mutilating to de-activate?