Nomes of Lower Egypt in the early Fifth Dynasty [PDF]
E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 2021 Abstract. Having control over the landscape played an important role in the geography and economy of Egypt from the predynastic period onwards. Especially from the beginning of the Old Kingdom, we have evidence that kings created new places (funerary domains) called (centers) and (Ezbah) for the equipment of the building projects of the royal tomb ...
M. I. Khaled
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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). The tomb was reduced to the ground in antiquity and only fundaments of its architectural disposition remain: the chapel and serdab located in the southernmost third of the ...
Martin Odler +4 more
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II. Meroë as a Problem of Twenty-Fifth Dynasty History
, 2014 The special association between the site of Meroe and the problem of origins predates the academic discipline of archaeology, and its subsequent trajectory in the face of an accumulating material record has been one of mutation rather than extinction.
Jeremy Pope
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The miraculous rise of the Fifth Dynasty – the story of Papyrus Westcar and historical evidence [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2015 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 first three kings of the Fifth Dynasty, recorded on the Papyrus Westcar.
Miroslav Verner
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Square Grids in the Tomb of Akhethotep – Questions and Doubts
Études et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences), 2021 The proportions of the human figure in Egyptian art were determined on the basis of simple and rarely changing rules. The oldest preserved guidelines used for this purpose come from the times of the Fifth Dynasty, and the square grids from the mid ...
Krzysztof Radtke
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Glossing the past: the Fifth Dynasty sun temples, Abu Ghurab and the satellite imagery [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2017 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 religious evolution of Old Kingdom Egypt.
NUZZOLO M, ZANFAGNA P
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Montu priestly families at Deir el-Bahari in the Third Intermediate Period [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018 The mostly intact Twenty-fifth Dynasty qrsw-coffin sets of Heresenes and the Montu priests Padiamunet (iii) and Nespaqashuty (vi) were discovered on the Upper Terrace at Deir el-Bahari by Émile Baraize in 1932–1933, but were never fully studied or ...
Cynthia May Sheikholeslami
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A medley of mummies from Deir el-Bahari [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018 The results of radiographic and visual examinations of four mummies originating from Deir el-Bahari, now kept in different museums throughout Egypt, are presented here.
Salima Ikram +3 more
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Representation of ‘SAw’ and ‘Pr-nw’ Shrines in the Funeral Procession in Some Non-Royal Mastabas During the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties [PDF]
مجلة کلية الآثار - جامعة القاهرة, 2023 This study sheds light on the symbolic depiction of both Sais and Buto shrines, whether they were depicted by the kings or later by the individuals, such as viziers and high officials.
Ahmed Eissa, +2 more
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Third Intermediate Period funerary assemblages from the Chapel of HatshepsutPart 1. Coffins and cartonnages from the Twenty-second to Twenty-fifth Dynasties [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018 The text catalogues the best preserved pieces of coffins and cartonnages excavated from the burials made on the Third Terrace of the Temple of Hatsheput in the Third Intermediate Period when the ruins were used as a burial ground for noblemen, in ...
Frédéric Payraudeau
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