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Tomb families : private tomb distribution in the new kingdom Theban necropolis / Katherine Slinger.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection DT73.T3 S56 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slinger, Katherine, author.
- Series:
- Archaeopress Egyptology ; 40.
- Archaeopress Egyptology ; 40
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct city).
- Tombs.
- Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city).
- Egypt--Thebes (Extinct city).
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 385 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress Archaeology, [2022]
- Summary:
- 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 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 royal mortuary temples along the edge of the cultivation to the east. GPS surveying has enabled the spatial analysis of these tombs, demonstrating that specific areas of the necropolis were popular at different times and among particular groups of people. Clusters and patterns can be identified between tombs built during the same reign(s), as well as between tomb owners with similar titles and familial connections. The orientation of specific tombs towards Karnak temple, royal mortuary temples and festival processional routes reveals their significance to certain individuals. This research provides a deeper understanding of the necropolis, and how private tombs linked to the wider sacred landscape of Thebes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-385).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1803270365
- 9781803270364
- OCLC:
- 1301899932
- Publisher Number:
- 99992367789
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