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Das aegyptische Invesiturritual : Beitraege zum Alten Aegypten 4

This is a new interpretation of a text previously misidentified as a hymn to the Pharoah's crown that combines analysis of literary and archaeological sources to reach new conclusions. It thus required the compilation of a large collection of primary data, which was then analysed to create a complex argument. The time invested in data collection and analysis is matched by the complexity of the comparative model used to organise the material into a text of 385 pages with exhaustive referencing (there are ca 1600 footnotes).

The book provides the first identification of a new ritual in ancient Egypt in 50 years. This is the ritual of investiture, carried out daily for the ruling Pharaoh in his palace (statues were simultaneously invoked in temples across the country at the same time). It will fundamentally change our view on Egyptian Kingship. <br/><br/>Summary: edition of the text; reconstruction of the hitherto unknown ritual of investiture and myth of Unifying the Two Lands; archaeological evidence; reconstruction of the investiture of the dead; consideration (for the first time) of the double nature of Pharaoh revealed in these new texts.