A new funerary monument dating to the reign of Khaba:The Quesna mastaba in the context of the Early Dynastic-Old Kingdom mortuary landscape in Lower Egypt [PDF]
, 2018 King Khaba of the 3rd Dynasty is most closely associated with the site of Zawiyet el-Aryan (Dunham 1978; Lehner 1997; Dodson 2000) due to the finding of a series of stone vessels in and around mastaba Z500 inscribed with his serekh.
Rowland, Joanne, Tassie, G. J.
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Basic considerations on the construction of pyramids in the Old Kingdom [PDF]
, 2017 Given that the lower third of a pyramid contains about 70% of the stone blocks, the only efficient way of reducing building time at the minimum is a method which allows for upward transport of material from all four sides simultaneously. Ramps positioned
Müller-Römer, Frank
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Why the Donkey Did Not Go South: Disease as a Constraint on the Spread of Equus asinus into Southern Africa [PDF]
, 2017 Donkeys are the only ungulate definitely known to have been domesticated in Africa and were widely employed in the north of the continent and through the Sahara and the Sahel as pack animals, as well as spreading through much of the Old World.
Peter Mitchell
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Geophysical surveying in Egypt: periodical report for 2021–2022 [PDF]
, 2023 A magnetic survey of an Old Kingdom necropolis at Abusir near Saqqara yielded data for a reliable reconstruction of its layout. Water management in the hinterland of the Late Antique and Byzantine city at the site of Marea in northern Egypt could be ...
Herbich, Tomasz
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Damage and repair of the Old Kingdom canopic jars – the case at Abusir [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2015 Archaeological excavations in the Abusir South officials’ tombs have revealed several sets of canopic jars that bear traces of large surface damage and plaster patches filling the holes and chippings.
Lucie Jirásková
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Old hieratic inscriptions from the Old Kingdom tombs at Abusir [PDF]
, 2018 This paper presents an overview of the types of hieratic inscriptions found on the limestone masonry of Old Kingdom tombs in the Abusir necropolis. Different purposes of the inscriptions can be traced in the material. Among the recorded hieratic examples,
Vymazalová, Hana
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The mastaba of the chief physician, Nfr-Hr-PtH (AS 65) [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2017 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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The historical development of sewers worldwide [PDF]
, 2015 Open Access articleAlthough there is evidence of surface-based storm drainage systems in early Babylonian and Mesopotamian Empires in Iraq (ca. 4000-2500 BC), it is not until after ca.
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Exploration of the burial apartments in tomb complex AS 68. Preliminary report of the 2013 fall season [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2015 Exploration of the tomb complex of king’s daughter Sheretnebty, which was discovered in 2012, continued in the archaeological season of 2013. In October–November, the work concentrated on the underground parts of the tombs, including the burial ...
Hana Vymazalová
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History and Theory, Volume 63, Issue 1, Page 45-70, March 2024.ABSTRACT This article discusses the impact of genomic history, a subdiscipline that emerged in the study of the ancient Mediterranean in the 2010s. In 2014, scientists first published a method for extracting genetic material, which they christened aDNA (ancient DNA), from ancient human remains in hot climates.
Christopher Stedman Parmenter
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