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Goddess Nekhbet Scenes on Royal Monuments during the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties [PDF]
International Journal of Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality, 2019 Nekhbet was an early Predynastic local divinity in the Egyptian mythology. Her ancient Egyptianname meant She of Nekheb, she was the patron deity of the city of Nekheb. Ultimately, shebecame the tutelary deity of Upper Egypt and one of the two patron deities for all of AncientEgypt when it was unified.
Saraa El-Shamy +3 more
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Louis XI of Valois (1461–1483)
Encyclopedia, 2022 Louis XI (1461–1483) was the sixth king of the Valois branch of the Capetian dynasty in France; he ruled from 1463 until his death in 1483. Louis was the son of Charles VII (1403–1461) and Marie of Anjou (1404–1463).
Julia Faiers
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The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections [PDF]
, 2015 The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology first opened its doors in 1915, and since then has attracted visitors from all over the world as well as providing valuable teaching resources. Named after its founder, the pioneering archaeologist Flinders Petrie,
Stevenson, AE
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Rethinking 'cattle cults' in early Egypt: Towards a prehistoric perspective on the Narmer Palette [PDF]
, 2008 The Narmer Palette occupies a key position in our understanding of the transition from Predynastic to Dynastic culture in Egypt. Previous interpretations have focused largely upon correspondences between its decorative content and later conventions of ...
Wengrow, D
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The tombs of Kaisebi (AS 76) and Ptahwer (AS 76b) at Abusir South [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2017 The excavations at Abusir South have already uncovered many tombs that have added valuable information to the general knowledge of the development of the Old Kingdom society, its burial and funeral habits, and last but not least social relations and ...
Veronika Dulíková +4 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]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2022 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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A Female Scribe in the Twenty Sixth Dynasty (Iretrau) [PDF]
International Journal of Advanced Studies in World Archaeology, 2018 This research studies Iretrau’s title ‘sS-sHm.t’ which was mentioned several times in her tomb. This is a clear reference of literacy. It is notable that Iretrau and her position as a scribe is one of the most complicated issues, due to the lack of texts written by her as a male scribe, as well as the absence of writing tools in her tomb.
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The Pyramid of Queen Setibhor at South Saqqara
Études et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences), 2022 This paper aims to present the preliminary results of the 2021 season of the Djedkare Project mission (DJP), which is dedicated to the exploration and documentation of Djedkare’s royal cemetery at south Saqqara.
Mohamed Megahed, Hana Vymazalová
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Yang Liangyao's Mission of 785 to the Caliph of Baġdād: evidence of an early Sino-Arabic power alliance? [PDF]
, 2015 The primary focus of this article is the information provided in a tomb stele (shendao zhi bei 神道之碑) of a Chinese eunuch, a certain Yang Liangyao 楊良瑤 (736–806), that will be comparatively analysed against the background of the political landscape under ...
Schottenhammer, Angela
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
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