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Book Five Theban Tombs

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  • Author : Norman de Garis Davies
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1977
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 154 pages

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Book Five Theban Tombs

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  • Author : Norman de Garis Davies
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1913
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 49 pages

Download or read book Five Theban Tombs written by Norman de Garis Davies and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Aegeans in the Theban Tombs

Download or read book Aegeans in the Theban Tombs written by Shelley Wachsmann and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1987 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wall paintings of several Theban tombs represent foreigners who present gifts that are sometimes typically Cretan or Aegean. Other foreigners, although labeled Princes of Keftiu (Crete), are represented as Asiatics. The aim of the present volume is to analyze these wall paintings in order to distinguish the Aegeans and their gifts. The author manages to establish their characteristics in nine Theban tombs, divides chronologically in two groups, and shows that the related figures reflect actual Aegeo-Egyptian relations in the time of the XVIIIth dynasty, down to c. 1470/1450 BC. This result is obtained by a careful comparison of represented gifts with undoubtedly Minoan objects and documents from the Aegean, especially Crete.

Book The Theban Tombs Series

Download or read book The Theban Tombs Series written by Egypt Exploration Society and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Coffin of Heqata

Download or read book The Coffin of Heqata written by Harco Willems and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The coffin published in this book represents a type that had some popularity in southern Upper Egypt in the early Middle Kingdom, but which, despite its extraordinary decoration had not attracted attention so far. The most striking feature of the decoration is that the object friezes - the pictorial rendering of ritual implements usually found on coffin interiors of the period - also include complete ritual scenes, some of which are attested only here. Apart from this, the decoration includes an extensive selection of the religious texts know as the Coffin Texts. The author first studies the archaeological context and dating of the coffin and attempts a reconstruction of the construction procedures from his technical description of the monument. The detailed account of the decoration in the rest of the book interprets the ritual iconography and offers fresh translations and interpretations of the Coffin Texts. A methodological innovation is that he regards the scenes and texts not as individual decoration elements, but as components of an integral composition. The background of this composition is argued to be a view of life in the hereafter in which the deceased is involved in an unending cycle of ritual action which reflects the funerary rituals that were actually performed on earth. On the one hand, these netherworldly rituals aim at bringing the deceased to new life by mummification, on the other the newly regenerated deceased partakes in embalming rituals for gods representing his dead father (Osiris or Atum). These gods, in their turn, effectuate the deceased's regeneration. The entire process results in a cycle of resuscitation in which the afterlife of the deceased and of the 'father gods' are interdependent. The sociological bias of this interpretation, with its emphasis on kinship relations, differs significantly from earlier attempts to explain Egyptian funerary religion.

Book Five Theban Tombs

Download or read book Five Theban Tombs written by Nina de Garis Davies and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Valley of The Kings

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  • Author : Theban Mapping Project
  • Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9789774248207
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Valley of The Kings written by Theban Mapping Project and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the tomb of Tutankamon to the recently discovered tomb of the sons of Ramesses II, this provides the first detailed maps and plans of one of the world's most famous archeological sites and will be a standard reference for years to come. 72 maps and plans.

Book The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings written by Richard H. Wilkinson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The royal necropolis of New Kingdom Egypt, known as the Valley of the Kings (KV), is one of the most important--and celebrated--archaeological sites in the world. Located on the west bank of the Nile river, about three miles west of modern Luxor, the valley is home to more than sixty tombs, all dating to the second millennium BCE. The most famous of these is the tomb of Tutankhamun, first discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Other famous pharaoh's interred here include Hatshepsut, the only queen found in the valley, and Ramesses II, ancient Egypt's greatest ruler. Much has transpired in the study and exploration of the Valley of the Kings over the last few years. Several major discoveries have been made, notably the many-chambered KV5 (tomb of the sons of Ramesses II) and KV 63, a previously unknown tomb found in the heart of the valley. Many areas of the royal valley have been explored for the first time using new technologies, revealing ancient huts, shrines, and stelae. New studies of the DNA, filiation, cranio-facial reconstructions, and other aspects of the royal mummies have produced important and sometimes controversial results. The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings provides an up-to-date and thorough reference designed to fill a very real gap in the literature of Egyptology. It will be an invaluable resource for scholars, teachers, and researchers with an interest in this key area of Egyptian archaeology. First, introductory chapters locate the Valley of the Kings in space and time. Subsequent chapters offer focused examinations of individual tombs: their construction, content, development, and significance. Finally, the book discusses the current status of ongoing issues of preservation and archaeology, such as conservation, tourism, and site management. In addition to recent work mentioned above, aerial imaging, remote sensing, studies of the tombs' architectural and decorative symbolism, problems of conservation management, and studies of KV-related temples are just some of the aspects not covered in any other work on the Valley of the Kings. This volume promises to become the primary scholarly reference work on this important World Heritage Site.

Book The Sacred Landscape of Dra Abu El Naga During the New Kingdom

Download or read book The Sacred Landscape of Dra Abu El Naga During the New Kingdom written by Ángeles Jiménez-Higueras and published by Culture and History of the Anc. This book was released on 2020 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part 1. How the tomb owners respond to the landscape -- Part 2. How the landscape affects the tombs.

Book Five Theban Tombs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Norman de Garis Davies
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1979
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 49 pages

Download or read book Five Theban Tombs written by Norman de Garis Davies and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book the tomb  builders of the pharaohs

Download or read book the tomb builders of the pharaohs written by M. L. Bierbrier and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating study brings to life the people who lived and died at Deir el-Medina over three thousand years ago--the workers who built the tombs of the pharaohs in the nearby Valley of the Kings. Dr. Bierbrier draws on the thousands of documents, letters, literary texts, and drawings found at the site to give an intimate glimpse of life in the village.

Book The Tekenu and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Ritual

Download or read book The Tekenu and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Ritual written by Glennise West and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attested from the Fifth Dynasty until, and including, the Saite Period, the Tekenu is a puzzling icon depicted within funerary scenes in the tombs of some ancient Egyptian nobles. In this work four distinct types of Tekenu are identified and classified and then a Corpus Catalogue is formed.

Book The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials

Download or read book The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials written by Ľubica Hudáková and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials Lubica Hudáková offers an in-depth analysis of female iconography in the decorative programme of Middle Kingdom non-royal tombs, highlighting changes and innovations in comparison to the Old Kingdom. Previously considered too uniform, the study represents the first systematic investigation of two-dimensional images of women and reveals their variability in space and time. Hudáková examines the roles appointed to women by analyzing how they are depicted in a variety of contexts. Taking into account their postures, gestures, garments, hairstyles, size of the body, age as well as attributes and tools used by them, along with the scene orientation, she traces diachronic and diatopic developments and regional traditions in the Middle Kingdom tomb decoration"--

Book Foreigners in Ancient Egypt

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  • Author : Flora Brooke Anthony
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2016-12-01
  • ISBN : 1474241603
  • Pages : 193 pages

Download or read book Foreigners in Ancient Egypt written by Flora Brooke Anthony and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient Egypt, one of the primary roles of the king was to maintain order and destroy chaos. Since the beginning of Egyptian history, images of foreigners were used as symbols of chaos and thus shown as captives being bound and trampled under the king's feet. The early 18th dynasty (1550-1372 BCE) was the height of international trade, diplomacy and Egyptian imperial expansion. During this time new images of foreigners bearing tribute became popular in the tombs of the necropolis at Thebes, the burial place of the Egyptian elite. This volume analyses the new presentation of foreigners in these tombs. Far from being chaotic, they are shown in an orderly fashion, carrying tribute that underscores the wealth and prestige of the tomb owner. This orderliness reflects the ability of the Egyptian state to impose order on foreign lands, but also crucially symbolises the tomb owner's ability to overcome the chaos of death and achieve a successful afterlife. Illustrated with colour plates and black-and-white images, this new volume is an important and original study of the significance of these images for the tomb owner and the functioning of the funerary cult.

Book Old and Middle Kingdom Theban Tombs

Download or read book Old and Middle Kingdom Theban Tombs written by Rasha Soliman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This excellent book provides descriptions of all the known Old and Middle Kingdom tombs at Thebes, somewhat neglected in comparison to their New Kingdom counterparts. The features of the tombs are explained and illustrated with plans and photographs, and the social status of the occupants analysed. Linking sections provide historical context, and trace the development of tomb architecture and burial practice.

Book The Tomb of Nakht at Thebes

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  • Author : Norman de Garis Davies
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2003-03-11
  • ISBN : 9781619811003
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Tomb of Nakht at Thebes written by Norman de Garis Davies and published by . This book was released on 2003-03-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Five Years  Explorations at Thebes

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  • Author : George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert
  • Publisher : Franklin Classics
  • Release : 2018-10-16
  • ISBN : 9780343416621
  • Pages : 294 pages

Download or read book Five Years Explorations at Thebes written by George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.