{"pk":3995,"title":"Shrine","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Shrines, defined here as the architectural element immediately surrounding a sacred image, usually of a god, are attested throughout Pharaonic history, but with regional and chronological variations very evident. The architectural form of Egyptian shrines was developed from that of archaic “tent-shrines” made of timber and matting, but later examples represent a distillation of formal temple architecture. Eventually, classic shrine-forms were deployed in non-temple contexts.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"shrine"},{"word":"naos"},{"word":"temple"},{"word":"Religion"},{"word":"monolithic"},{"word":"architecture"},{"word":"bark shrine"},{"word":"Art History, Criticism and Conservation"},{"word":"Near Eastern Languages and Societies"}],"section":"Material Culture, Art and Architecture","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5t48n007","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Neal","middle_name":"","last_name":"Spencer","name_suffix":"","institution":"The British Museum, London, UK","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2008-08-20T07:00:00Z","date_accepted":"2008-08-20T07:00:00Z","date_published":"2010-09-25T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/nelc_uee/article/3995/galley/2571/download/"}]}