Understanding the news: Domestic shrine for ancestor worship, New Kingdom
Most people know about the grand temples of Egypt but the temples were just one aspect of religious life in ancient Egypt. These discoveries at Tell Edfu, made in December 2018 will hopefully inform our understanding of the less grand but none the less important worship that took place in households throughout Egypt.
The team lead by Prof. Nadine Moeller and Dr. Gregory Marouad discovered a "well-preserved domestic sanctuary dedicated to the cult of the family ancestors. Numerous elements attesting to the cult activity have been found near a small fire place and offering table, including a very rare example of an ancestor bust and a statuette of a seated scribe" while excavating a large villa.
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