Chronological Developments in the Old Kingdom Tombs in the Necropoleis of Giza, Saqqara and Abusir : Toward an Economic Decline during the Early Dynastic Period and the Old Kingdom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roeten, Leo.

Series:

Archaeopress Egyptology ; 15.

Archaeopress Egyptology ; 15

Language:

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology.

Local Subjects:

Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This study suggests, through investigations of the tombs in the necropolis of Giza, that economic decline attributed to the collapse of the Old Kingdom had already started in the early dynastic period.

Contents:

Part I: Various Chronological Developments of Dimensional Aspects of the Tombs in the Necropolis of Giza; Introduction; Chapter One: Preliminary Considerations ; Chapter Two: The Necropolis of Giza; Chapter Three: The Chronological Development of the Number of False Doors; Chapter Four: The Chronological Development of the Dimensions of the Tombs and Their Chapels. Part I; Chapter Five: The Chronological Developments in the Dimensions of the Tombs and Their Chapels. Part II; Chapter Six: The Chronological Development of the Number of False Doors in Relation to the Dimensions of the Tomb; Chapter Seven: Discussion, Analyses and Conclusions in Relation to the Necropolis of Giza; Part II: The Necropoleis of Abusir and Saqqara. A Verification of the Chronological Tendencies in the Necropolis of Giza; Chapter Eight: The Necropolis of Saqqara; Chapter Nine: Various Chronological Developments in the Necropolis of Saqqara; Chapter Ten: The Tombs in the Necropolis of Abusir; Part III: Additional Methods for Controlling the Proposed Dating of a Tomb; Chapter Eleven: Methods of Checking the Proposed Datings of Tombs; The Chapter Twelve: The Necropoleis of Saqqara, Giza and Abusir: Discussion and Conclusions; Part IV: Catalogues and Tables

ISBN:

9781784914615

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