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Document Details : Title: The Effect of Methodological Choices on the Understanding of Hypocephali Author(s): GEE, John Journal: Bibliotheca Orientalis Volume: 79 Issue: 1-2 Date: 2022 Pages: 5-12 DOI: 10.2143/BIOR.79.1.3291005 Abstract : Just as the evidence left from the past often leaves itself open to multiple interpretations, so also multiple methodologies may be used to examine and analyze that evidence. The researcher must make choices about which legitimate methods to use. Different methods sometimes yield different results. Since the ancient Egyptians had no explicit theology, all theological reconstructions are modern. Different methods produce different theologies. The article looks at how different methodologies applied to interpreting hypocephali can result in different interpretations. Thus, recent laudable work on hypocephali might not be definitive. How much modern theological reconstructions might have coincided with the understanding of ancient Egyptians is an open question. |
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