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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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Sacred Animals at Saqqara [PDF]
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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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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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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Saqqara 2012: the pottery [PDF]
The pottery analyzed this season was associated with the Lower Necropolis (areasof Chapel 14 of Ikhi/Mery and Chapel 13) from the late Old Kingdom as well as the UpperNecropolis from the Late through Roman periods, extant in this region.
Teodozja I. Rzeuska
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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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Philippe Collombert +4 more
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Evidence, hints and assumptions for late pregnancy in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East
Abstract Ancient women, who survived childhood mortality, received good and adequate nutrition, did not work hard and escaped death during childbirth could live fairly long lives. Girls started procreation after marriage, usually at 15 years, had on average seven children, childbearing lasted 14–21 or more years and could happen at the age of 35 or ...
Ariadne Malamitsi‐Puchner +1 more
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Emotions in ancient Egypt—An overview
Abstract The aim of the article is to present essential aspects of five emotions (joy, fear, love, sadness, anger) on the basis of written sources from ancient Egypt. Through selective analyses of the Egyptian emotion vocabulary, including metaphors and descriptions of physical states and reactions, some elementary concepts will be explained.
Sven Eicke
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THE PROPERTIES OF DIGITAL HISTORY
ABSTRACT This article offers a definition of digital history that focuses on the core affordances of the personal computer and the process by which those properties come to be exploited. I begin by outlining the two properties of computers that I argue define digital history: they process data and (as Janet H.
STEPHEN ROBERTSON
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