Geoenvironmental investigation of Sahure’s pyramid, Abusir archeological site, Giza, Egypt [PDF]
Heritage Science, 2022 Abusir is the name of an elaborate burial area in Egypt, dotted with 19 pyramids and other temples, stretching on the western side of the Nile from the south of the Giza Plateau to the northern rim of Saqqara. It seems to have been created as the resting
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Ancient Egyptian scribes and specific skeletal occupational risk markers (Abusir, Old Kingdom) [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMen with writing proficiency enjoyed a privileged position in ancient Egyptian society in the third millennium BC. Research focusing on these officials of elevated social status (“scribes”) usually concentrates on their titles, scribal statues ...
Petra Brukner Havelková +5 more
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Anemias in ancient Egyptian child mummies: Computed tomography investigations in European museums
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 532-545, May/June 2023., 2023 Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of anemias in ancient Egyptian child mummies. Whole‐body computed tomography (CT) examinations of 21 ancient Egyptian child mummies from European museums were evaluated for estimation of sex and age at death.
Stephanie Panzer +5 more
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Preliminary report on archaeological activities on the Late Period shaft tomb necropolis in Abusir, mainly the tomb of Wahibremeryneith (AW 6) [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2022 In a group of large shaft tombs situated in the western part of the ancient Egyptian necropolis at Abusir and dating to late Twenty sixth Dynasty or early Twenty seventh Dynasty, a unique embalming cache has been unearthed.
Ladislav Bareš +3 more
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Anthropological evaluation of Old Kingdom human burials from the pyramid field of Abusir [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2022 Anthropological research has been going on at the archaeological concession of the Czech Institute of Egyptology in Abusir for nearly 60 years. The first burials dated to the Old Kingdom, more specifically to the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties (2510–2365 BC),
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Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 127-147, January 2020., 2020 Abstract Aim Domestic animals first appeared in the archaeological record in northern Africa c. 9000 years before present and subsequently spread southwards throughout the continent. This geographic expansion is well studied and can broadly be explained in terms of the movement of pastoralist populations due to climate change.
Leanne N. Phelps +10 more
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Menihy and his family: New evidence for the tjenenet sanctuary [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2021 The depiction of the family of Menihy on a lintel found at Abusir South attracts attention due to a component present in the compound personal names of his children.
Veronika Dulíková
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In the shadow of Kaaper. Preliminary report on the anonymous Fifth Dynasty tomb AS 88 [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2021 This paper presents an archaeological report on the anonymous Fifth Dynasty mastaba AS 88 from the Abusir South necropolis, south west of the tomb of the official Kaaper (AS 1).
Martin Odler +4 more
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Šedesát let českých (československých) archeologických výzkumů v Abúsíru [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2020 At Abusir, Czechoslovak/Czech archaeological excavations started in 1960. Until 1974, the work concentrated on the mastaba of Ptahshepses, the largest private tomb from the Third Millennium BC currently known from Egypt, which had been partly unearthed
Ladislav Bareš
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Tomb of Kairsu discovered in Abusir (AC 33) [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2020 The tomb of Kairsu is located north of the pyramid of Neferirkare and is part of a so far unexplored cemetery dating to the reign of Neferirkare – Nyuserre. The mastaba features several highly unusual characteristics.
Miroslav Bárta +6 more
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