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THE TOMB OF IPI: 3D DOCUMENTATION IN A MIDDLE KINGDOM THEBAN NECROPOLIS (EGYPT, 2000 BCE) [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, 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 ...
E. Echeverría   +3 more
exaly   +3 more sources

The role of geoarchaeology in the preservation and management of the Theban Necropolis, West Bank, Egypt [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 2016
A World Heritage Site since 1979, the Theban Necropolis was built by the Pharaohs of the 18th to 20th Dynasties ( c. 1539 – 1075 BCE). A variety of pharaonic (and lesser nobles') tombs, funerary temples and sanctuaries were located/excavated in the lower part of the c. 400 m high pyramidal El
Marie-Pierre Aubry   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

The Tombs of Pahemneter TT284 and Iny TT285: A Unique Architectural Type in the Theban Necropolis [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة کلية الآثار - جامعة القاهرة, 2023
The two tombs TT284 and TT285 in the area of ​​Dra' Abu al-Naga have unique architectural type comparing to the rest of the cemetery tombs. Yet, some previous studies classified these two tombs as the T-shape,  assuming  that the rest of the tomb’s ...
Abubakr Saad, Mohamed Beabesh
doaj   +2 more sources

Un édifice au nom du roi Héqataoui (Ahmosé Ier) dans la nécropole thébaine [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2021
While there is massive evidence of the mortuary cult of Ahmose I’s family at Abydos, in the form of pyramids, cult buildings and texts, the Theban necropolis is virtually devoid of archaeological testimony on the building activities of the founder of the
Frédéric Colin
doaj   +1 more source

Of gods and (wo)men: Two wooden figurines from Sheikh Abd el-Qurna [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2023
This article discusses two wooden figurines discovered by an expedition of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, in tomb MMA 1152 in the area of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Theban necropolis.
Marta Kaczanowicz
doaj   +1 more source

Dorothy Mackay: A Forgotten Female Pioneer in Archaeology [PDF]

open access: yesMuzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo, 2023
In 2022, the author of this paper came across four letters regarding epigraphic documentation of some elite tombs in the Theban necropolis, Egypt, written by Dorothy Mackay and addressed to Alan H.
Kaczanowicz, Marta
doaj   +1 more source

Architectural Landscape. A New Interpretation of the Sloping Ceiling of Rekhmire’s Tomb Chapel (TT 100)

open access: yesEspacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie VII, Historia del Arte, 2023
The tomb TT 100, belonging to the vizier Rekhmire, in the Theban necropolis (Luxor, Egypt), one of the best examples of funerary architecture of the Egyptian New Kingdom, has been widely studied since the beginning of the 20th century from the ...
Antonio Muñoz Herrera
doaj   +1 more source

Tombs of Coptic anchorites at the site of the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2021
Early Coptic tombs, two at least, were discovered on the Upper Terrace of the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. The orientation of the tombs is north–south, which is the typical orientation of early Christian tombs.
Zbigniew E. Szafrański
doaj   +1 more source

THE POZO MORO RELIEFS (CHINCHILLA, SPAIN): A MEDITERRANEAN HERO BETWEEN EAST AND WEST

open access: yesOxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 250-267, August 2021., 2021
Summary At Pozo Moro, archaeologists discovered the oldest series of architectural and sculptural remains currently known in Iberian culture. It is traditionally assumed that they were part of a single ten‐meters‐high tower that was built – and immediately collapsed – in the late sixth century BC, some fifty years before an Iberian necropolis ...
Jorge García Cardiel   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dancing for the Dead: muu Dancers in Egyptian New Kingdom Scenes

open access: yesEikón Imago, 2022
Muu dancers are one of the most common elements in the funerary processions represented in the private Theban tombs of the New Kingdom, especially in the 18th dynasty.
Miriam Bueno Guardia
doaj   +1 more source

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