A mortuary cult (also called a funerary cult or death cult) is a ceremonial and religious form of a cult fostered over a certain duration of time, often lasting for generations or even dynasties. It concerns deceased peoples kept in the memories of their bereaved members, mostly family members or loyal servants.
A mortuarycult (also called a funerary cult or death cult) is a ceremonial and religious form of a cult fostered over a certain duration of time, often...
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (Egyptian: Ḏsr-ḏsrw meaning "Holy of Holies") is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the...
Look up death cult in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Death cult may refer to: Death cult, another name for a mortuarycult Death cult, another name...
given the title of king's wife in later documents pertaining to her mortuarycult, although they note that this absence is inconclusive. They propose...
overwhelming number of places where mortuarycults for Khufu were practiced, even outside Giza. These mortuarycults were still practiced even in Saitic...
which was used for the ritual slaughter of animals as offerings for the mortuarycult. The Abusir Papyri preserve an event where 130 bulls were slaughtered...
town to its south. Sahure's mortuary temple became the object of a cult of Sekhmet around the Eighteenth Dynasty. The cult was active through to the Ptolemaic...
main pyramid, its substructure, and the mortuary temple can be definitively identified. Trace elements of a cult pyramid and a causeway exist, however,...
of a larger mortuary complex comprising a mortuary temple, an offering chapel and a cult pyramid as well as separate pyramid and mortuary temple for Userkaf's...
king's cult after death. Some refer to these temples as a cenotaph. These temples were also used to make sacrifices of food and animals. A mortuary temple...
main pyramid, a mortuary temple, a valley temple on Abusir Lake, a causeway originally intended for Neferirkare's monument, and a cult pyramid. The main...
regent for her son Djoser. She is known to have enjoyed a long-lasting mortuarycult. Nimaathap's name appears on clay seal impressions discovered mostly...
The serdab could also feature inscriptions, such as the testament and mortuarycult of the owner. More elaborate mastabas would feature open courtyards...
the cult of Userkaf during the reigns of Sahure and Neferirkare Kakai, then vizier for the latter; Persen, a mortuary priest in the funerary cult of Sahure's...
official cult taking place in the king's mortuary complex and which was provided for by agricultural domains established during Nyuserre's reign. This cult was...
of the estates of Khufu (e.g. the estate "Khufu is beautiful"). The mortuarycult of Khufu which operated in these temples for hundreds of years indicates...
nearby mortuary chapel at regular intervals. Over time, families inevitably neglected offerings to long-dead relatives, so most mortuarycults only lasted...
Old Kingdom mortuary complexes consist of five essential components: (1) a valley temple; (2) a causeway; (3) a mortuary temple; (4) a cult pyramid; and...
that it may be a monumental symbol of the crown, especially the royal mortuarycult, since seven small step pyramids (that were not tombs) were built in...
curator of the endowment estate of king Huni and supervisor of the mortuarycult for queen Nimaathapi. Contemporary office partners included Netjeraperef...
contemporary with Khufu, it was either part of the traditional statue cult or mortuarycult. If the figurine is from a later period, it probably served (as...
Year of the 33rd Count appears for Pepi II in a royal decree for the mortuarycult of Queen Udjebten was withdrawn by Goedicke himself in 1988 in favour...
many forms in her individual cult centers, and each cult center emphasized different aspects of her character. Local Isis cults focused on the distinctive...
sidelock can be seen with short hat-like hairstyles in, for example, mortuarycults. Later it was usually attached to an almost shoulder-length wig, which...
queen regnant depicted on a double statue, probably originating from a mortuarycult temple in Meroë. Adikhalamani's direct successor on the Kushite throne...
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