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Living amongst the Dead: Life at the Ancient Memphite Necropolis of Saqqara during the Late Period/Early Ptolemaic Era

open access: yesHeritage, 2022
The Memphite Necropolis of Saqqara is situated approximately 20 km south of modern Cairo on a plateau at the edge of the western desert and was in use as a funerary site for a period of nearly three and a half millennia.
Scott Williams
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Evidence, hints and assumptions for late pregnancy in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, Volume 112, Issue 7, Page 1371-1377, July 2023., 2023
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
wiley   +1 more source

THE DISCOVERY OF THE SARCOPHAGUS OF DJOSER AND THE RESTORATION OF THE STEP PYRAMID [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2021
[Ar] اكتشاف تابوت الملك زوسر وترميم الهرم المدرج يعد هرم الملك نتري خت المدرج والمعروف أيضًا باسم زوسر، أقدم بناء حجري ضخم في مصر.
Zahi Hawass
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THE PROPERTIES OF DIGITAL HISTORY

open access: yesHistory and Theory, Volume 61, Issue 4, Page 86-106, December 2022., 2022
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
wiley   +1 more source

The hydro‐geomorphological setting of the Old Kingdom town of al‐Ashmūnayn in the Egyptian Nile Valley

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 267-283, March/April 2022., 2022
Abstract The ancient Egyptian city of al‐Ashmūnayn (Minyā Governorate, Egypt) has been an important regional centre since at least the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2160 BC). It is assumed to have been founded on the banks of the Nile, although no scientific evidence was hitherto available to support this claim. In this multidisciplinary study, the results of a
Willem H. J. Toonen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Once were warriors: Challenging occupation preconceptions in Lebanese weapon‐associated burials (Middle Bronze Age, Sidon)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 31, Issue 6, Page 1155-1168, November/December 2021., 2021
Abstract Objectives Found throughout the ancient Near East during the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), many modern scholars emphasize that weapon‐associated burials are ideological and symbolic associations, not reflections of occupation. However, the term “warrior burial” still carries interpretive value that misinforms popular perception.
Arwa Kharobi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A unique fragmented Royal Stela of king Horemheb from Saqqara

open access: yesمجلة کلیة الآثار . جامعة القاهرة, 2023
A significant limestone stela discovered at the eastern side of Tabet El-Geesh, a fresh excavation site located in south Saqqara between the Cairo University excavations and the late sixth dynasty cemetery of Pepi I, Pepi II and Merenre.
Ahmed M. Osman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

No “painting by numbers”. Khuwy’s polychrome wall decoration at Djedkare’s royal cemetery [PDF]

open access: yesPražské Egyptologické Studie, 2021
The mastaba of Khuwy at the Djedkare’s royal cemetery at South Saqqara is one of the earliest attested decorated burial chambers. The very well preserved wall paintings on low relief in the antechamber of the substructure bear testimony to the high ...
Gabriele Pieke
doaj  

Multianalytical Characterization of Unique Copper Model Tools from Dark Age of Ancient Egyptian History

open access: yesGe-conservación, 2021
The article focused on the multi analytical characterization of unique copper model tools date back to the dynasty Xth, 1st intermediate period (c.2134-2050).
Manal Maher, Yussri Salem
doaj   +1 more source

Archaeological Investigation and Hazard Assessment Using Magnetic, Ground-Penetrating Radar, and GPS Tools at Dahshour Area, Giza, Egypt

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2021
An archeological study using magnetic and ground-penetrating radar methods has been performed at the Dahshour region (Giza, Egypt), where various covered structures have not been found because of the long coercion of the zone under the military ...
A. E. El Emam   +3 more
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