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A Theban Tomb and Its Tenants

The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1989
In 1857, a tomb was discovered by A. H. Rhind on the Sheikh ‘Abd el-Qurna hill, containing rifled mummies, coffins and fourteen labels inscribed in hieratic. The latter, now in Edinburgh, together with two further examples bought on the antiquities market, but now lost, named a series of Eighteenth Dynasty princesses.
Dodson, Aidan, Janssen, Jacobus
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Private Tombs at Thebes. Vol. IV. Scenes from Some Theban Tombs

Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1967
A F Shore
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The Tomb Of A Hety-’, Theban Tomb 116

2010
Painted tombs belonging to anonymous individuals in the Theban necropolis respond well to this type of stylistic analysis. Erasures of figures, names, and titles; later occupants; and environmental damage leave fragmentary evidence of careers, family relationships, and more important, the tomb owner's identity.
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Syrians as Pictured in the Paintings of the Theban Tombs

Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 1951
The paintings upon the walls of the New Kingdom tombs at Thebes constitute the principal source for our knowledge of the appearance of the inhabitants of Palestine, Syria, and the upper Euphrates during the second half of the second millennium B. C. Well over two hundred individual figures on these paintings from twenty-one of the numbered tombs 1 are ...
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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 ...
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Entangled Temporalities in the Theban Necropolis: A Materiality and Heritage Approach to the Excavation of Theban Tomb 187

Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, 2017
AbstractThe article discusses the excavation of Theban Tomb 187 from a materiality and heritage perspective. TT 187 is located in the Neferhotep (TT 49) tomb complex in el-Khokha. The tomb provides evidence of various phases of reuse, exhibiting ancient and modern temporalities in its final deposition contexts.
Rennan Lemos, Pedro L. von Seehausen, DI GIOVANNI, MARIALAURA, Marcella Giobbe, Oliva Menozzi, Antonio Brancaglion   +5 more
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A Theban Private Tomb. Tomb No. 295

The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1983
Hans Goedicke, El Sayed Aly Hegazy, Mario Tosi   +2 more
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Theban Tomb 46 And Its Owner, Ramose

2010
This chapter discusses the date of the tomb and its owner on the basis of author's first-hand research within the tomb. Theban Tomb 46 (TT46) is situated approximately in the middle of the hill of Sheikh abd al-Qurna. Ramose, the owner of TT46, was an official in the post-Amarna Period, most probably under Tutankhamun and Ay, and served as the ...
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Tomb Families

2022
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 majority dating to the New Kingdom (c.1550-1077 BC). These tombs are scattered across the landscape at the edge of the desert between the Valley of the Kings to the west, and the row of ...
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Harvest Rites in a Theban Tomb

The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1939
N. M. Davies, N. de G. Davies
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