Living Forever: Self-Presentation in Ancient Egypt Colloquial Arabic Spanish National Research Council

Spanish National Research Council

Catherine Louis

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Living Forever: Self-Presentation in Ancient Egypt Colloquial Arabic Spanish National Research CouncilEdited by Hussein Bassir Self presentation is the oldest and most common component of ancient Egyptian high culture. It arose in the context of private tomb records, where the character and role of an individual invariably a well to do non royal elite official or administrator were presented purposefully: published by inscription and image, to a contemporary audience and to posterity. Living Forever: Self presentation in Ancient Egypt looks at how and