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Book: High Culture and Experience in Ancient Egypt

Chapter: Contexts and representations of high culture

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.21389

Blurb:

This chapter introduces the aim of the study, as well as the main topics of each chapter.
High culture is presented as a domain that structures aspects of elite life and is indispensable in imparting full meaning to it, as well as intensifying its self-contained character.
The book considers the physical environment and the landscape vital, and the themes as having implications for the urban–rural balance.

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