In textile layers : the wrapping of human remains, animals, and artefacts in Egypt, Sudan, and the Southern Levant / edited by Matilde Borla, Luise Ørsted Scharff Brandt, Elsa Yvanez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Borla, Matilde, editor.

Brandt, Luise Ørsted Scharff, editor.

Yvanez, Elsa, editor.

Series:

Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan ; Volume 8.

BAR international series ; 3269.

Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan Volume 8

BAR International Series 3269

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Funeral decorations--Egypt.

Funeral decorations.

Funeral decorations--Sudan.

Funeral decorations--Middle East.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Egypt.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Sudan.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Middle East.

Textile fabrics, Ancient--Egypt.

Textile fabrics, Ancient.

Textile fabrics, Ancient--Sudan.

Textile fabrics, Ancient--Middle East.

Egypt.

Middle East.

Sudan.

Physical Description:

xx, 213 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (color) ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This volume examines the role of textiles in ancient Egypt, Sudan, and the Southern Levant in funerary contexts through an interdisciplinary lens. Contributions from archaeology, philology, conservation, bioanthropology, and imaging sciences highlight how collaborative approaches reveal both the material and cultural significance of textile wrappings. Advanced technologies allow non-invasive study of human remains and textiles, while innovative conservation methods preserve fragile artefacts and ensure their accessibility for future research. Ethical issues, particularly around the treatment and display of wrapped remains, are emphasized, alongside a call for greater attention to conservation practices in fieldwork. The book also departs from the colonial legacies of early Egyptology, where unwrapping practices fragmented and desacralized mummies and funerary deposits. Through its case studies, this volume underscores textiles as key to our understanding of burial rituals, material culture, and the entangled histories of archaeological practice." -- Back of book.

Contents:

Preface / Salima Ikram

In textile layers: reconsidering wrapped remains and artefacts in the Nile Valley / Elsa Yvanez, Matilde Borla, and Luise Ørsted Scharff Brandt

Part 1: Textile wrappings in context: case studies from Egypt, Sudan, and the Levant

The Gebelein mummy in the pleated dress: a case study / Elisa Fiore Marochetti, Cinzia Oliva and Rosa Boano

Airing the dirty linen: preliminary remarks on Middle Kingdom textiles from Dayr al-Barshā / Veerle van Kersen and Georgia Long

Bifocal approach to human and animal mummies from el-Deir cemeteries / Fleur Letellier-Willemin

The reuse of clothing in burials from the necropolis of Fag el-Gamus, Egypt / Anne Kwaspen and Kristin South

Wrapping the dead in Meroitic Sudan / Elsa Yvanez

An early 4th millennium BCE funerary kit from the southern Levant / Janet Levy

Part 2: Reframing textile wrappings: multidisciplinary approaches and textile research

Starting from the back: preliminary studies and conservation treatments of Usai's mummy / Daniela Picchi and Cinzia Oliva

From the Ptolemaic to the Roman period. Conservation of wrapped human remains: two case studies from the Museo Egizio in Turin / Paola Buscaglia, Roberta Genta, Anna Piccirillo, Matilde Borla, and Valentina Turina

Recomposition of a set of late antique cloths: conservation treatments as tools for the comprehension of their formal and functional values / Chiara Tricerri, Michela Cardinali, Roberta Genta, Anna Piccirillo, Matilde Borla, Valentina Turina

The story of the camisia from the Museo Egizio in Turin: conservation treatments as enhancements of an archaeological textile / Camilla Bruscagin, Roberta Genta, Anna Piccirillo, Matilde Borla

Are Third Intermediate Period cartonnages only cheap substitutes for wooden coffins? Observations on the use of textiles around the mummy through time / Charlotte Hunkeler

A few words about the role of textiles and cloth-wrapped statuettes in funerary texts of the New Kingdom / Katarzyna Kasprzycka

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781407363844

1407363840

OCLC:

1592920244

Publisher Number:

CIPO000384273