Ritual Space and Time in Ancient Thebes. Considerations Regarding Their Representation (Part I)

Abstract

ABSTRACT:

This paper inquires into the ways in which temporality was expressed in the tombs of the elite Theban New Kingdom, and its relations with the expressions of the spatiality. The formulas adopted for its iconographic representation in Western Thebes necropolis are analyzed from the perspectives of cultural memory and art, and focused on the ritual practices. The iconography preserved in the tomb of Neferhotep (TT49) is the material from which analysis is suggested an interpretation that addresses both, the various types of temporalities recognized and their spatial connections.

Keyword: Egypt, Thebes, necropolis, iconography, space, time