Hidden mysteries in ancient Egyptian paintings from the Theban Necropolis observed by in-situ XRF mapping. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 The material study of ancient Egyptian paintings began with the advent of Egyptology during the 19th century. By the 1930s, a lot had already been sampled and described. The limited palette for example has been analysed from actual painted surfaces but also from pigments and painting tools retrieved on site. However, most of these studies took place in
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THE TOMB OF IPI: 3D DOCUMENTATION IN A MIDDLE KINGDOM THEBAN NECROPOLIS (EGYPT, 2000 BCE) [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019 Due to the multiplicity of tombs in the area and the work of early archaeologists in Deir el-Bahari, the necropolis resembles a Swiss cheese. In addition, most of these monuments and their remains (coffin fragments, human remains, subsidiary structures ...
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New Ancient Egyptian Human Mummies from the Valley of the Kings, Luxor: Anthropological, Radiological, and Egyptological Investigations. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2015 The Valley of the Kings (arab. Wadi al Muluk; KV) situated on the West Bank near Luxor (Egypt) was the site for royal and elite burials during the New Kingdom (ca. 1500–1100 BC), with many tombs being reused in subsequent periods. In 2009, the scientific project “The University of Basel Kings’ Valley Project” was launched.
Rühli F, Ikram S, Bickel S.
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Tuberculosis in Dr Granville's mummy: a molecular re-examination of the earliest known Egyptian mummy to be scientifically examined and given a medical diagnosis. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2010 ‘Dr Granville's mummy’ was described to the Royal Society of London in 1825 and was the first ancient Egyptian mummy to be subjected to a scientific autopsy.
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An architect's sketch from the Theban necropolis [PDF]
, 1997 Presentation d'une esquisse architecturale reconnue comme le plan de l'une des tombes de la necropole thebaine (K93.11), visiblement construite a la fin de la Seconde Periode Intermediaire ou au tout debut du Nouvel Empire, puis remployee pour le celebre Grand Pretre d'Amon, Ramses-nakht, atteste de la premiere annee de regne de Ramses IV a la seconde ...
Polz, Daniel
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Video Games as a Tool for Heritage Mediation, Application on the Monument of Sennefer in the Theban Necropolis, Egypt [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesNumerous heritage sites remain inaccessible due to factors such as their state of preservation, physical inaccessibility, or the geopolitical context of their location.
A. Thise, D. Laboury, P. Hallot
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Predictive modeling of cultural resources in the Theban necropolis, Luxor, Egypt [PDF]
, 2008 The Egyptian Government created the Egyptian Antiquities Information System (EAIS) and a Comprehensive Development Plan to help protect cultural resources in the Theban Necropolis, Luxor, Egypt.
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Tomb Families: Private Tomb Distribution in the New Kingdom Theban Necropolis
, 2022 Tomb Families investigates the apparently random distribution of New Kingdom private tombs in the Theban Necropolis by focusing on factors which may have influenced tomb location. The Theban Necropolis contains hundreds of tombs belonging to elite individuals, dating from the end of the Old Kingdom through to the Ptolemaic Period, with the vast ...
Katherine Slinger
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Magical Leftovers from a Demolished House of the Theban Necropolis
The Arabist: Budapest Studies in Arabic, 2022 Dorottya Zsom
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The Theban Necropolis in the Middle Kingdom [PDF]
The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, 1915 H. E. Winlock
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