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THE DOGS IN THREE THEBAN PRIVATE TOMBS [PDF]

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2017
(En) In ancient Egypt, it was known that dogs were considered as ones of several Canidae. Since predynastic period, dogs were the earliest animals to be known and pictured.
Magda Abdalla
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Keftiu in context: Theban tomb-paintings as a historical source [PDF]

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 2001
It is generally asserted that the representations of Aegeans in Theban private tombs cannot be regarded as a reliable historical source, since the gift‐bearers of this independent region were depicted by Egyptian artists as tributaries. The present paper is an attempt to test the validity of this orthodoxy from the Egyptological perspective.
Panagiotopoulos, Diamantis
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Royal Ideology and Elite Integration in Theban Tombs as Precursors to the Amarna Period

Arts
This paper will examine how tomb chapel imagery changed to depict a state of being that marked a theological and cultural shift during the reigns of Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III. The iconography of the royal kiosk scene reflects the growing influence of
Melinda K. Hartwig
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The incense distribution scene from TT 39 – redistribution of economic goods to Deir el-Bahari and other locations in Western Thebes [PDF]

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2021
Incense was an essential part of temple rituals during the New Kingdom. A relief scene of redistribution of this economic good, carved in the hall of the Theban tomb of Puimra (TT 39), a Second Priest of Amun in the early Eighteenth Dynasty, helps to ...
Jesus Trello Espada
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Dorothy Mackay: A Forgotten Female Pioneer in Archaeology [PDF]

Muzeológia 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
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The myth of the War of the Seven and Pausanias’ educational topography [PDF]

Hypothekai, 2020
The article examines the monuments of Thebes mentioned by Pausanias and related to the story of Seven against Thebes. It is claimed that these monuments were a part of the local educational practice, which reflected the Theban mythical history and ...
Andrej Mozhajsky
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Dancing for the Dead: muu Dancers in Egyptian New Kingdom Scenes

Eikón 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
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What an artist saw. Tracing the local iconographic tradition for the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari [PDF]

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2021
An unusual iconographic motif—a fringed piece of linen—depicted in the Chapel of Hatshepsut, part of the queen’s temple at Deir el-Bahari, is examined in this paper as an illustration of the interest, well attested in Hatshepsut’s reign, in past artistic
Anastasiia Stupko-Lubczynska
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Scenes of Some Sports Activities and their Double Significance in New Kingdome Private Theban Tombs

Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research MJTHR, 2022
Private tombs show sports activities performed in some ceremonial and leisure contexts. The inclusion of any scene in the funeral framework has symbolic meanings and was chosen for specific purposes by the owner of the tomb and the designer of its ...
Mohamed Zein
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Inscribed Funerary Cones from the Theban Tombs

Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan, 1987
J. Kondo
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