Publication details
Action, ritual, and myth in the rock art of Egyptian Western Desert.
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Anthropologie |
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| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | Egypt-Western Desert-Neolithic pastoralism-rock art-archetype-tradition |
| Description | This paper reviews the techno-stylistic structure of the rock art in Egyptian Western Desert in general, and focuses on narrative scenes painted in four caves of the southern Gilf el-Kebir area. Some of these panels repeatedly depict two archetypes: the weightloss humans, and the central monster. Acrobatic and mythological aspects similar to these early pastoral scenes may be reflected in later cultural contexts and traditions. |