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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018 The western bank of the Dry Moat continued to be the main target of investigations in the 2017 field season, uncovering another section of the Upper Necropolis in front of Chapel 13 and exploring the burial chamber of Chapel 32 situated below that of ...
Kamil O. Kuraszkiewicz +1 more
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Bulletin Archéologique des Écoles Françaises à l’Étranger, 2020 Problematique generale de la fouille : evolution du plan d’urbanisme d’une necropole royale d'Ancien Empire et Textes des Pyramides. 1. Travaux realises 1.1. Le complexe funeraire de la reine Ankhnespepy II L'essentiel du travail archeologique s'est concentre sur le ...
Philippe Collombert +4 more
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Sacred Animals at Saqqara [PDF]
Heritage, 2022 Saqqara, the necropolis of the first capital city of a unified Egypt, is best known today for the Step Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser (2667–2648 B.C.). However, the Step Pyramid is only the most visible feature of this great burial site, and the tombs of many
Paul T. Nicholson
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Bulletin Archéologique des Écoles Françaises à l’Étranger, 2022 International ...
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Palaeopathological and demographic data reveal conditions of keeping of the ancient baboons at Gabbanat el-Qurud (Thebes, Egypt). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Since predynastic times, baboons (Papio hamadryas and Papio anubis) were important in ancient Egypt for ritual and religious purposes. These species did not occur naturally in Egypt and therefore had to be imported, but little is known about their exact ...
Wim Van Neer +5 more
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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2019 The paper presents the exploration of the eastern bank of the Dry Moat by a team from the University of Warsaw, extending further south from the section unearthed in 2001.
Kamil O. Kuraszkiewicz +2 more
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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2020 Fieldwork of the Polish–Egyptian Mission to Saqqara in the 2020 season continued on the eastern bank of the Dry Moat, resulting in the discovery of a rock-cut structure directly south of Corridor 1.
Kamil O. Kuraszkiewicz +2 more
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Tabbet el-Guech (Saqqara-sud, 2020) [PDF]
Bulletin Archéologique des Écoles Françaises à l’Étranger, 2021 Les travaux de la mission se sont deroules du 4 janvier au 12 fevrier 2020, dans l’angle sud-est du plateau connu sous le nom de Tabbet el-Guech (nord-ouest) sur le site de Saqqara-sud et dans le magasin de la mission a Saqqara. La conservation-restauration de differents elements d’architecture funeraire dans la ...
Vassil Dobrev
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On the possible use of hydraulic force to assist with building the step pyramid of saqqara. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt, is considered the oldest of the seven monumental pyramids built about 4,500 years ago. From transdisciplinary analysis, it was discovered that a hydraulic lift may have been used to build the pyramid.
Xavier Landreau +9 more
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Bulletin Archéologique des Écoles Françaises à l’Étranger1. Secteur de la nécropole de Pépy Ier1.1. Nécropole des hauts fonctionnaires[P. Collombert, X. Hénaff, E. Laroze]La campagne 2024 s’est déroulée du 1er novembre au 12 décembre. La fouille du mastaba de la famille d’Ouni (M.1), mis au jour en 2022, s’est poursuivie vers l’ouest et le nord, sur une surface de 1 400 m² (fig. 1-2).
Philippe Collombert +4 more
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