Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt (Oriental Institute Museum Publications)

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Issued at the side of an exhibit on the Oriental Institute Museum on the University of Chicago, that is the primary comprehensive study of birds in ancient Egyptian society, economy, art, and religion. Essays address the role of birds within the religious landscape, their use in hieroglyphic and Coptic scripts, birds as protective symbols, as decorative motifs, and as food. A group of essays on “Egyptian Birds and Brand new Science” presents the most recent forensic research on bird mummies. Other articles address bird behavior as shown in Egyptian art and the present state of avifauna within the Nile Valley. The catalog describes forty artifacts, many of which might be prior to now unpublished. An index of bird species makes this volume useful for naturalists in addition to for Egyptologists and art historians.

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