New Ancient Egyptian Human Mummies from the Valley of the Kings, Luxor: Anthropological, Radiological, and Egyptological Investigations [PDF]
BioMed Research International, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 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.
Frank Rühli +3 more
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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
Martinez, Philippe +10 more
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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. By creating a cognitive predictive model and assessing its utility in locating tombs, researchers could be aided in the understanding of why these locations ...
Burns, Gwendolyn +2 more
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The Personnel of the Theban Ramesseum in the Memphite Necropolis
, 2015 The structure of the New Kingdom necropolis at Saqqara and the distribution of individual tombs therein have been the subject of a number of studies. It has been suggested that the location of some tombs depended on family relations and professional association.
Staring, Nico, Staring, N.T.B.
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Scenes of the God Osiris in the New kingdom`s private tombs at Theban Necropolis (Analytical and comparative study) [PDF]
Luxor International Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2023 Osiris is considered one of the most famous and important ancient Egyptian deities, around whom the basic beliefs revolved around the other world. He is one of the oldest gods of the dead.
Mansour Elnobi +3 more
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Clay funerary figurines from tombs MMA 1151 and MMA 1152 in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018 A significant number of clay ushebtis comes from two Middle Kingdom tombs MMA 1151 and 1152 investigated by a Polish team in Western Thebes. The funerary figurines belong to a later phase of tomb reuse in the first millennium BC.
Marta Kaczanowicz
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Geotechnics, 2022 The Thebes Limestone Formation of Lower Eocene age is one of the most extensive rock units in Egypt. It is of importance to the apogee of the ancient Egyptian civilization, particularly in Luxor (South-Central Egypt), where the rock formation hosts the ...
Rodrigo Alcaíno-Olivares +5 more
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Middle Kingdom tombs from the North Asasif cemetery: field seasons 2018/2019 and 2020 [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2020 The early Middle Kingdom mortuary complexes of Khety and Meru continued to be the main research target of the Polish Archaeological Mission to North Asasif in the two winter seasons of 2018/2019 and 2020.
Patryk Chudzik
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Analytical Study of Mural Painting and the Deterioration Problems of the Temple of Medinet Habu [PDF]
Luxor International Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2022 The ancient Medinet Habu is located south of the Theban necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile River, west of Luxor. Its includes many important monuments, and perhaps the most important of its monuments is the temple of Ramesses III, which he built to
Eweis Ataya, Nabil Abdel-Tawab
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Archaeological investigations in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in the 2020/2021 season [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2021 The paper presents the results of archaeological exploration in parts of the Hatshepsut Temple, carried out by the Polish–Egyptian team in the 2020/2021 season.
Patryk Chudzik
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