Bøger af Sofie Schiødt

What happens when we close our eyes for the very last time? The ancient Egyptians provide a fascinating answer to human life’s most enigmatic question. Over three millennia the rich river civilisation along the banks of the Nile develops funerary customs which enable the Egyptians to find their way to eternal life, where everyone who lives and dies is reborn. It all begins in the embalming workshop, where the dead are transformed into mummies. Chapter by chapter, the reader is initiated into how ancient Egyptians achieved immortality. A lost culture’s conception of death and its incredible burial customs are unfolded and explained, revealing a fantastic and compelling universe of myths and rituals. At first glance, it all appears alarmingly alien, but gradually it begins to make sense and speak to us across the many millennia. Published in conjunction with Moesgaard Museum’s special exhibition Ancient Egypt – Obsessed with life, this book can also be read as an independent introduction to the Egyptians’ conceptions of the afterlife.With contributions by Tine Bagh, Paul John Frandsen, Ole Herslund, Rune Nyord, Rune Olsen, Maxime Rageot, Sofie Schiødt, Philipp Stockhammer and Jørgen Podemann Sørensen.

Hvad sker der, når vi lukker øjnene for sidste gang? Degamle egyptere giver et fascinerende svar på menneskelivets mest gådefuldespørgsmål.Over 3000 år udvikler den rige flodcivilisation ved Nilensbredder begravelsesskikke, gennem hvilke egypterne finder vejen til et evigtliv, hvor alt levende bliver genfødt efter døden. Vejen begynder ibalsameringsværkstedet, hvor de afdøde bliver forvandlet til mumier.Kapitel for kapitel indvier bogen læseren i, hvordan degamle egyptere fandt vejen til evigt liv. Den præsenterer en svunden kultursforestillinger om døden og dens utrolige begravelsesskikke. Et vildt og dragendeunivers af myter og ritualer, der ved første øjekast virker næsten urovækkendefremmed, men som langsomt begynder at tale til os på tværs af mange tusind år. Bogen er udgivet i forbindelse med Moesgaard Museums særudstillingEgypten – Besat af livet, men kan læses som en selvstændig introduktiontil egypternes efterlivsforestillinger. Med bidrag af Tine Bagh, Paul JohnFrandsen, Ole Herslund, Rune Nyord, Rune Olsen, Maxime Rageot, Sofie Schiødt,Philipp Stockhammer og Jørgen Podemann Sørensen.

Comparative insights on astronomy, divination, and medicine from ancient textsScientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East presents a collection of articles by leading scholars on scientific practices in the ancient world, with emphasis on the fields of medicine, astronomy, astrology, and other forms of divination. The essays engage with a wide variety of textual sources in many different languages and scripts from Egypt and the Near East spanning more than a millennium, including some texts that are edited and discussed here for the first time. The contributors to this volume were tasked with approaching their texts not only as specialists, but also from a cross-cultural perspective, and the resulting body of work reveals new and exciting evidence for the transfer of scientific knowledge across cultural borders in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East.This book will be of interest primarily to specialists in the history of medicine, science, divination, and magic, as well as to papyrologists, Egyptologists, and Assyriologists.