Glossing the past: the Fifth Dynasty sun temples, Abu Ghurab and the satellite imagery [PDF]
The sites of Abusir and Abu Ghurab, with their unique mingling of funerary and religious architecture, and the incredible heritage of written papyrus documents, represent a crucial area for the understanding of the historical, architectural and ...
Massimiliano Nuzzolo, Patrizia Zanfagna
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A preliminary report on the excavations of tomb AS 91 at Abusir South (autumn season 2016) [PDF]
This article summarises the excavations of tomb AS 91, uncovered during the autumn season of 2016 at Abusir South. The mastaba was highly damaged and its superstructure had almost completely disappeared. Three shafts were detected in the mastaba core.
Marie Peterková Hlouchová +3 more
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The mastaba of the chief physician, Nfr-Hr-PtH (AS 65) [PDF]
During the fall season in 2016, the Czech Institute of Egyptology continued its field work at Abusir South. The western part of mastaba AS 65 belonging to the chief physician, Neferherptah (end of Fifth/beginning of Sixth Dynasty), was cleared and ...
Peter Jánosi
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Tomb of the chief physician Shepseskafankh [PDF]
Mastaba AS 39 was discovered during the course of the 2013 season in Abusir South. It is located in the northeastern part of the cemetery of officials dated to the Fifth Dynasty, spanning the reigns of Nyuserre through Djedkare (2402–2322 BC ...
Miroslav Bárta
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The miraculous rise of the Fifth Dynasty – the story of Papyrus Westcar and historical evidence [PDF]
The decline of the powerful Fourth Dynasty and the rise of a new royal line, the Fifth Dynasty, have for a long time been shrouded in mystery and have become the stuff of legends. These events are referred to in the tale of the miraculous rise of the
Miroslav Verner
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Archaeometric evidence for the earliest exploitation of lignite from the bronze age Eastern Mediterranean. [PDF]
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A burial with a stamp seal depicting a Bes-like figure from Abusir [PDF]
In the autumn of 2010, a humble intact burial in a reed coffin was found during the excavation of the Old Kingdom stone mastaba of the chief physician Neferherptah (AS 65) at Abusir South.
Veronika Dulíková +3 more
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Tomb at Abusir South from a time of change belonging to Ankhires, inspector of hairdressers of the Great House (AS 98) [PDF]
A new tomb (AS 98) of Ankhires, inspector of hairdressers of the Great House, was excavated at Abusir South in the autumn seasons of 2016 and 2017.
Veronika Dulíková +4 more
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A new tomb of transitional type from Abusir South: mastaba of Nyankhseshat (AS 104) [PDF]
Mastaba AS 104 is located above the Wadi Abusiri, to the south-east of the tomb of Kaaper (AS 1). It was preserved almost to the height of the former roofing, hence almost completely.
Martin Odler +6 more
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Archaeological excavation of the mastaba of Queen Khentkaus III (tomb AC 30) in Abusir [PDF]
During the autumn of 2014, the Czech Institute of Egyptology continued its archaeological research of the southern part of the Abusir royal pyramid necropolis.
Jaromír Krejčí +2 more
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