'The perfection that endures...' : studies on Old Kingdom art and archaeology / Kamil O. Kuraszkiewicz, Edyta Kopp and Dániel Takács (editors).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kuraszkiewicz, Kamil O. (Kamil Omar), editor.

Kopp, Edyta, editor.

Takács, Dániel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C.

Egypt.

History.

Egypt--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Art, Ancient--Egypt.

Art, Ancient.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

cix, 396, ciii pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Warsaw : Department of Egyptology, Faculty of Oriental Studies University of Warsaw, 2018.

Contents:

Broken for the afterlife. Depositional and post-depositional processes in the shaft of Princess Sheretnebty's husband p. 1 / Katarína Arias Kytnarová

Society and iconography. On the sociological analysis of iconographic programs of Old Kingdom elite tombs p. 15 / Johannes Auenüller

Grain storage in the Old Kingdom. Relation between an object and its image p. 43 / Martina Bardonová

Created for eternity. Statues and serdabs in the late Fifth Dynasty tombs at Abusir South p. 61 / Miroslav Bárta and Hana Vymazalová

The art and artifice of the hieroglyphs of Akhmim in the Old Kingdom p. 77 / Vivienne Gae Callender

Vanquishing the beast. Hippopotami hunting scenes in Old Kingdom tombs p. 85 / Sherine ElSebaie

The Giza Necropolis: early influences. Meidum, Dahshur, and Saqqara p. 97 / Laurel Flentye

The names of Menkaure p. 113 / Florence Dunn Friedman

The names of the kings of the Fifth Dynasty according to Manetho's Aegyptiaca p. 133 / Roman Gundacker

Old Kingdom wooden statues and beyond p. 175 / Julia Harvey

The god Weneg and the wng-plant in the Old Kingdom p. 177 / Marie Peterková Hlouchová

The Egyptian annexation of Dakhleh Oasis. New evidence from Mut al-Kharab p. 191 / Colin A. Hope and Amy J. Pettman and Ashten R. Warfe

Old Kingdom royal funerary domains: a question of usurpation? p. 209 / Mohamed Ismail Khaled

The governors of Elephantine and their funerary complexes in Qubbet el-Hawa at the end of Sixth Dynasty p. 215 / Alejandro Jiménez-Serrano

A unique burial of a father and a son. Niankhpepy the Black and Pepyankh the Black, at Meir p. 225 / Naguib Kanawati

3D reconstruction and interpretation of the 'Cave' of the Great Pyramid: an inductive approach p. 231 / Yukinori Kawae and Yoshihiro Yasumuro and Ichiroh Kanaya and Fumito Chiba

Archaeological exploration of the mastaba of count Kakaibaef in Abusir (Tomb AC 29) p. 239 / Jaromír Krejci

The pyramids at Dahshur. The necessary innovations before pyramids' construction at Giza p. 247 / Agnese Kukela and Valdis Seglins

The art in the tomb of Pepyankh the Middle. Innovation or copying? p. 253 / Miral Lashien

A new Old Kingdom painting from the Eastern Necropolis at Giza p. 267 / Maksim A. Lebedev

Décrets de la nécropole royale de Pépy Ier p. 279 / Rémi Legros

On planning the apartments of the pyramids p. 305 / Riccardo Manzini

New ankh-giving scenes from the pyramid complex of Djedkare p. 317 / Mohamed Megahed

The 'Dry Moat': a new project p. 327 / Karol Mysliwiec

Old Kingdom stone sarcophagi as indicators of social change p. 333 / Vera Nováková

Eyes, false doors and Pyramid Text 534 § 1266-1267 p. 347 / Christoffer Theis

Residing in the provinces. The art and architecture of the Old Kingdom cemetery at Tehna in Middle Egypt p. 355 / Elizabeth Thompson

Sahure: rethinking the pyramid complex p. 363 / Miroslav Verner

The Early Dynastic royal cemetery at Saqqara p. 367 / Joris van Wetering.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9788394761202

8394761208

OCLC:

1107507223

Publisher Number:

99982765733