Remembering royalty in ancient Egypt :

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" Remembering royalty in ancient Egypt : "
Heffernan, Gabrielle Mary

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Record Number	:	896058
Doc. No	:	TLets810302
Main Entry	:	University of Birmingham
Title & Author	:	Remembering royalty in ancient Egypt :\ Heffernan, Gabrielle Mary
College	:	University of Birmingham
Date	:	2017
Degree	:	Thesis (Ph.D.)
student score	:	2017
Abstract	:	Sociological theories relating to collective forms of memory and forgetting have received little attention in Egyptological studies thus far with the work of Jan Assmann providing the primary source. Understanding these two processes, however, can support important insights into the lives and cultures of ancient communities; they should not, therefore, be viewed as peripheral theories but as central in developing understanding of societies below the elite. Consequently, this study looks at collective forms of memory and forgetting in the Egyptian Eighteenth Dynasty, focusing on commemoration of deceased kings and queens (‘royal ancestors’). The first three chapters use case studies to highlight different memory stores; written, pictorial and active. The final chapter focuses on forgetting. The evidence is analysed using both Egyptological and sociological theory to facilitate discussion on the subjects of community, identity and legitimation, and to develop understanding of material culture as a site of memory. The study argues that collective forms of remembering, particularly cultural memory, played a key role in the construction of individual and group identity and the legitimation of the ruler. Furthermore, it concludes that existing studies of memory provide good frameworks to understanding Egyptian society, although they should not be used without careful consideration of context.
Subject	:	D051 Ancient History; DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World; HM Sociology
Added Entry	:	University of Birmingham