{"id":1122,"date":"2022-02-17T14:28:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T14:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2022-02-17T14:28:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T14:28:07","slug":"new-lecture-uploaded-visions-of-immortality-and-paradise-in-ancient-china-and-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/?p=1122","title":{"rendered":"New Lecture Uploaded &#8220;Visions of Immortality and Paradise in Ancient China and Egypt&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This lecture was given at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in 2018. \u00a0It previews what would become the final chapter of my book\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/barbierilow.faculty.history.ucsb.edu\/?mbt_book=ancient-egypt-and-early-china-state-society-and-culture\" target=\"_blank\">Ancient Egypt and Early China: State, Society, and Culture<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>The talk introduces the concept of the multi-component soul in each civilization and the representations of a paradisiacal realm where part of that soul could reside. 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