Download or read book The Architecture of Mastaba Tombs in the Unas Cemetery written by Ashley Cooke and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of multi-roomed mastabas in the Unas Cemetery at Saqqara form the basis for a study of tomb architecture in the late Old Kingdom that takes a close look at masonry, doorways and the arrangement of rooms.
Download or read book The Architecture of Mastaba Tombs in the Unas Cemetery written by Ashley Cooke and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until comparatively recently, there has been little attempt to produce a detailed study of the architectural make-up of multi-roomed mastaba tombs and the implications of these observations for understanding the ways in which this type of tomb was really used. No thorough and comprehensive investigation has ever been dedicated to the building techniques, materials and design of mastabas or, indeed, who built them. 00'The Architecture of Mastaba Tombs' considers the architectural components of tomb design that made an ideal burial and explores different aspects of the design and construction of mastabas in the late Old Kingdom (c. 2375 - 2181 BC). It focuses on a group of multi-roomed mastabas in the Unas Cemetery at Saqqara that can be characterised by their complex design and large size. This includes an appraisal of tombs within this cemetery and examines the layout and development of the cemetery from the reign of King Unas, at the end of the 5th Dynasty. Specific attention is paid to the techniques that were used to build tombs via the recording of masonry and examination of specific architectural elements within different monuments. 0Features such as doorways and the security of the tomb and other aspects, for example the provision of storage space for the maintenance of the mortuary cult, are all considered. The study utilises published sources and survey work carried out by the author. Finally, this study addresses the imbalance of data collection within the recording of Old Kingdom mastabas.
Download or read book The Construction and Architecture of Mastaba Tombs in the Unas Cemetery written by Ashley Elsdon Cooke and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mastabas of Cemetery G 6000 written by Kent R. Weeks and published by Museum of Fine Arts Boston. This book was released on 1994 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The G 6000 section of the Old Kingdom Cemetery at Giza contains over sixty tombs, many of which were excavated by George Reisner in the 1920s and were subsequently re-investigated in the 1970s by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. This publication collates the early investigations at the site with more recent study and presents an authoritative discussion of the architecture, relief decoration and treasures found within the tombs. The book focuses in particular on the tombs of Neferbauptah, Iymery, Ity and Shepseskafankh and the wonderful wall paintings and inscribed texts from them. Three chapters study the evidence for names, titles, careers and relationships and a further chapter looks at mortuary ceremonies. A superb book at a superb price!
Download or read book Abusir XI written by Jaromir Krejci and published by Czech Institute of Egyptology Charles University. This book was released on 2006 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The results of the long-lasting archaeological exploration of the mastaba of Ptahshepses, one of the largest nonroyal Old Kingdom tombs, will be published in this volume. The book will deal primarily with the survey of the complex architecture of this funerary monument, paying attention to all important features of this in many respects unique building. The aspects of its architectural development will be described and analysed in the context of the development of both royal and nonroyal mortuary architecture of the second half of the Egyptian Old Kingdom. The functions and related religious aspects of the architectural elements of this tomb will be discussed. The vast tomb of Vizier Ptahshepses represents the first attestation of the long tradition of constructions of the nonroyal "mortuary temples" which lasted down to the Late period.
Download or read book The Decorated Elite Mastaba and Rock cut Tomb in the Eastern and GIS Cemeteries at Giza and Their Relationship to the Development of Art During the Fourth Dynasty written by Laurel Ann Flentye and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Saqqara Necropolis through the New Kingdom written by Nico Staring and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive monographic treatment of the New Kingdom (1539–1078 BCE) necropolis at Saqqara, the burial ground of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, and addresses questions fundamental to understanding the site’s development through time. For example, why were certain areas of the necropolis selected for burial in certain time periods; what were the tombs’ spatial relations to contemporaneous and older monuments; and what effect did earlier structures have on the positioning of tombs and structuring of the necropolis in later times? This study adopts landscape biography as a conceptual tool to study the long-time interaction between people and landscapes.
Download or read book Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht written by Dieter Arnold and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume documents twenty-six monumental tombs of the ancient Egyptian Twelfth Dynasty that were excavated by the Metropolitan Museum Egyptian Expedition from 1906 to 1934 and 1984 to 1991. Focusing on the study and reconstruction of the architecture of the tombs, the book also publishes remains of reliefs and inscriptions that decorated the walls. The author demonstrates the astonishing variety of Middle Kingdom funeral architecture. Whereas some of the Lisht structures relate closely to Old Kingdom mastabas, there is also a new group of freestanding chapels that are derived from contemporary deity temples and foreshadow the temple-tombs of later periods in Egyptian history. Also included is an appendix by James P. Allen on the biographical inscription in one of the tombs
Download or read book In the House of Heqanakht written by M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the House of Heqanakht: Text and Context in Ancient Egypt gathers Egyptological articles in honor of James P. Allen, Charles Edwin Wilbour Professor of Egyptology at Brown University.
Download or read book Art as Ritual Engagement in the Funerary Programme of Watetkhethor at Saqqara c 2345 BC written by Barbara O’Neill and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art as Ritual Engagement is examined through a case study of feminised funerary representation in the repertoire of Watetkhethor, an elite woman interred in the mastaba tomb of her spouse, Mereruka, at Saqqara, c.2345-2181 BCE.
Download or read book Ancient Egyptian Prisoner Statues written by Tara Prakash and published by Lockwood Press. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Old Kingdom, the ancient Egyptians constructed elaborately decorated mortuary monuments for their pharaohs. By the late Old Kingdom (ca. 2435-2153 BCE), these pyramid complexes began to contain a new and unique type of statue, the so-called prisoner statues. Despite being known to Egyptologists for decades, these statues of kneeling, bound foreign captives have been only partially documented, and questions surrounding their use, treatment, and exact meaning have remained unanswered. Ancient Egyptian Prisoner Statues-the first comprehensive analysis of the prisoner statues-addresses this gap, demonstrating that the Egyptians conceived of and used the prisoner statues differently over time as a response to contemporary social, cultural, and historical changes. In the process, the author contributes new data and interpretations on topics as diverse as the purpose and function of the pyramid complex, the ways in which the Egyptians understood and depicted ethnicity, and the agency of artists in ancient Egypt. Ultimately, this volume provides a fuller understanding of not only the prisoner statues but also the Egyptian late Old Kingdom as a whole.
Download or read book Saqq ra Tombs The mastaba of Neferseshemptah written by Alan B. Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The mastaba of Neferseshemptah is a well-known monument of the Saqqara necropolis, lying in the 'Street of Tombs' within the Teti Pyramid Cemetery. In this new publication the full extent of the tomb and its decoration is revealed for the first time. The partly-finished chambers in the western part of the mastaba, ignored in older works, have been cleared and fully recorded by photography and in epigraphic copies. The inscriptional material is discussed in detail and loose blocks from various sources, found in the excavation of the western chambers, are included. Consideration is also given to the architecture of the tomb."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Ancient Egyptian Tombs written by Steven Snape and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-13 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians' belief in the afterlife. Investigates the roles of tombs in the development of funerary practices Draws on a range of data, including architecture, artifacts and texts Discusses tombs within the context of everyday life in Ancient Egypt Stresses the importance of the tomb as an eternal expression of the self
Download or read book Ancient Egyptian Tombs written by Steven Snape and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians’ belief in the afterlife. Investigates the roles of tombs in the development of funerary practices Draws on a range of data, including architecture, artifacts and texts Discusses tombs within the context of everyday life in Ancient Egypt Stresses the importance of the tomb as an eternal expression of the self
Download or read book Egyptian Pyramids and Mastaba Tombs written by Philip J. Watson and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the evolution of tombs from the First and Second Dynasties, through to the step pyramids and the Great pyramids at Giza. Includes discussion on materials and methods.
Download or read book Three Hundred Years of Death written by Maria Cannata and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Three Hundred Years of Death: The Egyptian Funerary Industry in the Ptolemaic Period, Maria Cannata discusses how necropolises and funerary priests, as well as the mummification, funeral, burial, and the deceased’s mortuary cult, were organised in Ptolemaic Egypt.
Download or read book Mastabas of Nucleus Cemetery G2100 Major mastabas G2100 2220 written by Peter Der Manuelian and published by Museum of Fine Arts Boston. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book interprets the complete archaeological record of the mastabas of Cemetery G 2100, one of the six nucleus cemeteries at Giza. As a key to understanding Old Kingdom mortuary development at Giza, it explores the distinguishing features of such a grouping of tombs and tomb owners: relative chronology and individual artistic styles; common administrative tides; possible familial connections to the king; and the relationship of the earlier, major mastabas to the subsequent, minor burials surrounding them." "The book contains historical and interpretive remarks, followed by individual chapters on the major mastabas. Several detailed 3D computer illustrations reconstruct unique views of the tombs from above and below ground. Part 2 of Giza Mastabas 8 will describe the later, subsidiary structures in Cemetery G 2100. Both volumes enhance the much larger corpus ofinformation available, in undigested form, on the Museum of Fine Arts's Giza Archives Project Web site (www.gizapyramids.org). The work should prove useful to those investigating Old Kingdom history and chronology, mortuary architecture, ceramic and faunal remains, inscriptional material, and art-historical style." --Book Jacket.
