THE EGYPTIAN CULT OF DEATH AND ITS REPRESENTATIONS

V diplomskem delu z naslovom Egipčanski kult smrti in njegove reprezentacije sta predstavljena verovanje in način sprejemanja smrti starih Egipčanov, ki je temeljilo na Knjigi mrtvih, kar je podkrepljeno s konkretnimi slikovnimi uresničitvami. Diplomsko delo je razdeljeno na tri vsebinske sklope, čeprav je ta delitev zabrisana, saj se sklopi medsebojno povezujejo in dopolnjujejo. V začetku naloge so predstavljeni zgodovinska in časovna opredelitev egipčanske civilizacije glede na obdobja, način egipčanskega verovanja ter najpomembnejša božanstva na podlagi slikovnih primerov. Osrednji del je posvečen kulturi pokopavanja mrtvih na podlagi vseh pogrebnih in posmrtnih obredov, ki so temeljili na mitu o Ozirisu, ter Knjigi mrtvih kot osnovi egipčanskega posmrtnega verovanja v vseh njenih oblikah in razvojnih stopnjah skozi čas. Proti koncu diplomsko delo obravnava spremembe, odstopanja in povezovanja, ki so se zgodila v celotni kulturi pokopavanja mrtvih skozi različna obdobja Egipta, pri čemer je izpostavljena t.i. faraonska renesansa v 25. in 26. dinastiji, kratko poglavje pa se nanaša na zgodovinska dejstva in predpostavke v smislu povezanosti že prej povedanega v končno celoto. Namen diplomskega dela je predstaviti verovanje in kulturo pokopavanja mrtvih v starem Egiptu na podlagi Egipčanske knjige mrtvih in to podkrepiti s slikovnimi uresničitvami.The thesis entitled The Egyptian cult of death and its representation presents beliefs and the way of accepting death by ancient Egyptians, based on the Egyptian book of the dead, substantiated with actual pictorial realization. The thesis is divided into three content sets, although this division is blurred, since these sets are interconnected and complement each other. At the beginning we briefly present the historical and periodical definition of the Egyptian civilization, with consideration of the period and way of Egyptian beliefs, and the most important Deities, based on image examples. The main part of the thesis is devoted to the culture of burying of the dead from all the burial and funeral rites, which were based on the Myth about Osiris, and to the Egyptian book of the dead as the basis of Egyptian post-mortem beliefs in all of its forms and developmental levels through time. The end of the thesis discusses changes, deviations and collaborations that took place in the entire culture of burying of the dead through different periods of Egypt with emphasis on the Pharaonic Renaissance in the 25th and 26th dynasty. This is followed by a short chapter about historical facts and hypotheses in the sense of a summary of all of the stated. The purpose of the thesis is to present the beliefs and culture of burying of the dead in ancient Egypt based on the Egyptian book of the dead and to substantiate it with actual pictorial realization