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The tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou : with the funeral papyrus of Iouiya / Theodore M. Davis.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Theodore M., 1837-1915.
- Series:
- Duckworth Egyptology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city).
- Tombs--Egypt.
- Tombs.
- Egypt.
- Valley of the Kings (Egypt).
- Book of the dead.
- Egypt--Thebes (Extinct city).
- Egypt--Valley of the Kings.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 30 cm.
- Other Title:
- Funeral papyrus of Iouiya
- Place of Publication:
- London : Duckworth, 2000.
- Summary:
- Before the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, the greatest find ever made in the Valley of the Kings was the 3,000-year-old tomb of Yuya (Iouiya) and Tjuyu (Touiyou), parents-in-law of King Amenophis III of the 18th Dynasty. The tomb contained their wonderfully preserved mummies, lying within magnificent coffins and surrounded by a gorgeous array of palace furniture and funerary equipment. This book containing the excavator??'s official reports on this important find was originally published in 1907-1908.
- Contents:
- The finding of the tomb / by Theodore M. Davis
- Notes on Iouiya and Touiyou / by Gaston Maspero
- Description of the objects found in the tomb / by Percy E. Newberry
- Illustrations of the objects / by Howard Carter.
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- Originally published: London : A. Constable, 1907-1908.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Davis, Theodore M., -1915. Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou.
- ISBN:
- 0715629638
- 9780715629635
- OCLC:
- 45876434
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