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Experiencing power, generating authority : cosmos, politics, and the ideology of kingship in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia /

Experiencing power, generating authority : cosmos, politics, and the ideology of kingship in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia / [electronic resource] edited by Jane A. Hill, Philip Jones, and Antonio J. Morales. - 1 online resource (479 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Penn Museum international research conferences ; volume 6 . - Penn Museum international research conferences ; v. 6. .

"The work contained in this volume is the result of a four-day workshop entitled 'Experiencing power--Generating Authority : Cosmos, Politics, and the Ideology of Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia' held in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology November 2007."--Page [xxvii].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781934536650 (e-book)


Kings and rulers--Religious aspects--Congresses.
Divine right of kings--Congresses.
Political customs and rites--Congresses.
Power (Social sciences)--Congresses.
Political anthropology--Congresses.


Egypt--Kings and rulers--Congresses.
Iraq--Kings and rulers--Congresses.


Electronic books.

GN492.7 / .E96 2013

303.3

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