The Study of the Sacred Space in Ancient Egypt: an example of interaction between Egyptology and other Fields of Knowledge

Guilherme Borges Pires

The Study of the Sacred Space in Ancient Egypt: an example of interaction between Egyptology and other Fields of Knowledge

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Abstract

Facing the Egyptology’s history, we must recognise the fundamental contributions of natural sciences, philology and archaeology to the progress of our knowledge about the Pharaonic civilisation. We should also not obliterate the input offered by
social sciences to our research. In this paper, the author intends to demonstrate how these domains of knowledge, such as philosophy, anthropology or history of religion, can be very profitable to Egyptology, more specifically to the study of the Sacred Space in Ancient Egypt. Thus, the aim of this paper is to acknowledge the importance of studying the sacralisation of space by the Nilotic people from the perspective of the social sciences and to understand its benefits in the construction of a more solid and coherent model of Egiptological studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists. 2nd-7th June 2015, Zagreb, Croatia
Editors	M. Tomorad, J. Popielska-Grzybowska
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Archaeopress
Pages	51-56
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-78491-585-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-78491-584 1
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	VIIth European Conference of Egyptologists. Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research - Zagreb, Croatia Duration: 2 Jun 2015 → 7 Jun 2015

Publication series

Name	Archaeopress Egyptology
Publisher	Archaeopress
Number	18

Conference

Conference	VIIth European Conference of Egyptologists. Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research
Abbreviated title	CECE7
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Zagreb
Period	2/06/15 → 7/06/15

Keywords

Sacred Space
Water
Land
Rudolf Otto
Gaston Bachelard
Mircea Eliade

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Pires, G. B. (2017). The Study of the Sacred Space in Ancient Egypt: an example of interaction between Egyptology and other Fields of Knowledge. In M. Tomorad, & J. Popielska-Grzybowska (Eds.), Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research: Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists. 2nd-7th June 2015, Zagreb, Croatia (pp. 51-56). (Archaeopress Egyptology; No. 18). Archaeopress.

Pires, Guilherme Borges. / The Study of the Sacred Space in Ancient Egypt : an example of interaction between Egyptology and other Fields of Knowledge. Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research: Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists. 2nd-7th June 2015, Zagreb, Croatia. editor / M. Tomorad ; J. Popielska-Grzybowska. Oxford : Archaeopress, 2017. pp. 51-56 (Archaeopress Egyptology; 18).

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Pires, GB 2017, The Study of the Sacred Space in Ancient Egypt: an example of interaction between Egyptology and other Fields of Knowledge. in M Tomorad & J Popielska-Grzybowska (eds), Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research: Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists. 2nd-7th June 2015, Zagreb, Croatia. Archaeopress Egyptology, no. 18, Archaeopress, Oxford, pp. 51-56, VIIth European Conference of Egyptologists. Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research, Zagreb, Croatia, 2/06/15.

The Study of the Sacred Space in Ancient Egypt: an example of interaction between Egyptology and other Fields of Knowledge. / Pires, Guilherme Borges.
Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research: Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists. 2nd-7th June 2015, Zagreb, Croatia. ed. / M. Tomorad; J. Popielska-Grzybowska. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2017. p. 51-56 (Archaeopress Egyptology; No. 18).

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