Houses in Graeco-Roman Egypt : arenas for ritual activity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Abdelwahed, Youssri Ezzat Hussein (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2016]
Series:	Archaeopress archaeology.
Subjects:	Architecture, Domestic > Egypt. Architecture, Egyptian. Architecture, Greek > Egypt. Architecture, Roman > Egypt. Ritual > Egypt. Egypt > Social life and customs. Egypt > Antiquities.

Table of Contents:

1. The internal division of houses
2. The domestic pylon
3. Ritual activities enacted before the front door of houses
4. The illumination of lamps (Lychnocaia) for Athena-Neith on 13 Epeiph (Julian: 24 June)
5. The house as social space
6. The house as religious space
7. The house as funerary space
General conclusion.