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Modern scholarly attitudes to the phenomenon of restricted knowledge in ancient Egypt have been affected by political and ideological issues of the present more strongly than have some other domains of the subject. It should be asked what its significance and position in ancient society and ideology was. From the Old Kingdom onward clear cases can be found of elite display of access to restricted knowledge coupled with concealment of its content. Such knowledge includes inititation into and p...
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- Journal:
- Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt Journal website
- Volume:
- 27
- Pages:
- 1-23
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- ora:933
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- English
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- Copyright holder:
- John Baines and American Research Center in Egypt
- Copyright date:
- 1990
- Notes:
- Baines, J. (1990) Restricted knowledge, hierarchy, and decorum: modern perceptions and ancient institutions, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 27, 1-23. It was originally published by the American Research Center in Egypt (http://www.arce.org/) and the copyright is held by John Baines.
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Restricted knowledge, hierarchy, and decorum: modern perceptions and ancient institutions
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