In 2015, in collaboration with the Czech Institute of Egyptology, we, a Japanese consortium, initiated the Abusir 3D Survey (A-3DS) for the 3D documentation of the site’s pyramids, which have not been updated since the time of the architectural investigations of Vito Maragioglio and Celeste Rinaldi in the 1960s to the 1970s.
Yukinori Kawae +4 more
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Tomb of Kairsu discovered in Abusir (AC 33) [PDF]
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. Basalt blocks had been used for the pavement in front of the façade and in the chapel.
Miroslav Bárta +6 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]
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]
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),
Petra Brukner Havelková +4 more
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Ancient Egyptian scribes and specific skeletal occupational risk markers (Abusir, Old Kingdom). [PDF]
Men 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 ...
Brukner Havelková P +5 more
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Menihy and his family: New evidence for the tjenenet sanctuary [PDF]
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]
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]
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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Embalming deposit of Wahibremeryneit from Abusir – a preliminary report of the 2022 spring season [PDF]
In the 2021 archaeological season at Abusir, the shaft of the tomb of Wahibremeryneit, containing the largest intact embalming deposit ever found in Egypt was excavated.
Květa Smoláriková
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Sixth Dynasty shaft deposit from tomb AS 84b [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to discuss a single context from a small mud brick tomb, AS 84b, built immediately south of large wooden boat (AS 80) at Abusir South.
Katarína Arias
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