Delphine Horvilleu Living With Our Dead: On Loss And Consolation

Living with the Dead presents a detailed analysis of ancestor worship in Egypt, using a diverse range of material, both archaeological and anthropological, to examine the relationship between the living and the dead. Iconography and terminology associated with the deceased reveal indistinct differences between the blessedness and malevolence and that the potent spirit of the dead required constant propitiation in the form of worship and offerings.

In the same format as his best-selling books A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation–the acclaimed art historian now gives us a magnificent new book that explores the relationship between faith and society.