Tomb Families.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slinger, Katherine.

Series:

Archaeopress Egyptology

Archaeopress Egyptology ; v.40

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2022.

Summary:

Tomb Familiesinvestigates the apparently random distribution of New Kingdom private tombs in the Theban Necropolis by focusing on factors that may have influenced tomb location. This research provides a deeper understanding of the necropolis and how private tombs linked to the wider sacred landscape of Thebes.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright page

Contents Page

List of Figures

Figure 1: Location of the Theban Necropolis (Author's own using Google Earth)

Figure 2: Areas of the Theban Necropolis (Author's own using Google My Maps)

Figure 3: Theban Tombs in relation to the rest of the Theban Necropolis (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 4: Digital Elevation Model of the Theban Necropolis (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 5: The Geology of the Theban Necropolis (Wüst and McLane 2000: 165 - Courtesy of Dr Raphael Wüst)

Figure 6: Stratigraphic and lithological composition of the Thebes West area showing the three flat-lying rock formations: Tarawan, Esna and Thebes Formation (Wüst and McLane 2000: 169 - Courtesy of Dr Raphael Wüst)

Figure 7: Examples of Natural Features of the Theban Necropolis (Author's own)

Figure 8: The bay of cliffs at Deir el-Bahri (Author's own)

Figure 9: The Hathor Chapel within Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple (Author's own)

Figure 10: The goddess Hathor depicted within Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple (Author's own)

Figure 11: Natural and Built Features influencing the Theban Necropolis (Author's own using Google Earth)

Figure 12: The Division of the Theban Necropolis (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 13: The Temples of Western Thebes (Wilkinson 2000: 172

Copyright owned by Robert Partridge, Ancient Egyptian Picture Library)

Figure 14: Map showing location of Middle Kingdom temples, shown in blue (PM I: Pl. V - Courtesy of the Griffith Institute)

Figure 15: Location of the Temple of Amenhotep I and Ahmose-Nefertari: Menisut (PM II: Pl. XXXIII - Courtesy of the Griffith Institute)

Figure 16: Plan of Deir el-Bahri showing the mortuary temple and valley of Hatshepsut, shown in blue (PM I: Pl. V - Courtesy of the Griffith Institute).

Figure 17: The temple of Ramesses IV at Medinet Habu (No. V) (Bács 2011: Figure 1 - Courtesy of Dr Tamás A. Bács)

Figure 18: Thebes West at the end of the New Kingdom (Courtesy of Professor Aidan Dodson)

Figure 19: Plan of Western Thebes (PM II: Pl. XXXIII - Courtesy of the Griffith Institute)

Figure 20: Map of Western Thebes - original edited to highlight processional routes (Dodson and Ikram 2008: 330 - Courtesy of Professor Aidan Dodson)

Figure 21: Reconstruction of the New Kingdom fluvial landscape with suggested upstream and downstream locations of the New Kingdom Nile branch (Blue colours suggest the maximum open channel width) (Toonen et al. 2012: Figure 6 - Courtesy of the Theban Har

Figure 22: Satellite image of the necropolis showing processional routes in relation to the wider landscape (Author's own using Google Earth)

Figure 23: Map of the 'Estate of Amun' in the New Kingdom, showing main temples and processional routes (Kemp 1989: 203, Figure 71 - Courtesy of Professor Barry Kemp)

Figure 24: The location el-Tarif in relation to the rest of the necropolis (Author's own using Google Earth)

Figure 25: Old Kingdom/ First Intermediate Period TTs (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 26: The el-Khokha hillock from the south (marked) where these earliest tombs are located (Fábián 2011: 43 - Courtesy of Dr Zoltan Fábián. György Csáki's photos from 1989)

Figure 27: The south slope of el-Khokha from the north. From right to left TT413, TT185, and TT186 and TT405 (Fábián 2011: 44 - Courtesy of Dr Zoltan Fábián. György Csáki's photos from 1989)

Figure 28: OK/FIP TTs and their New Kingdom neighbours within a 50m radius (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 29: TTs at the end of the Middle Kingdom (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 30: Middle Kingdom TTs (Author's own using QGIS).

Figure 31: Sketch Map of the Middle Kingdom Theban Necropolis (Winlock 1915: Figure 1 - Out of Copyright)

Figure 32: Middle Kingdom tombs along the northern edge of the causeway at Deir el-Bahri (Allen 1996a: 4 - Courtesy of Professor James Allen)

Figure 33: Middle Kingdom tombs at Deir el-Bahri (Author's own)

Figure 34: TTs prior to the New Kingdom (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 35: Middle Kingdom TTs (excluding TT270) and their New Kingdom neighbours (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 36: Aerial view of TT320 (Author's own)

Figure 37: Qurna Middle Kingdom TTs and New Kingdom TTs within a 50m radius (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 38: TT270 and its New Kingdom TT neighbours within a 50m radius (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 39: TTs dated to the late Seventeenth or early Eighteenth Dynasty (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 40: TTs in the early Eighteenth Dynasty (prior to the reign of Hatshepsut) (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 41: TTs dated to the reign of Hatshepsut (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 42: TTs dated to the reign of Tuthmosis III (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 43: TTs datable only to the reign of Hatshepsut or Tuthmosis III (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 44: TTs at the end of the reign of Tuthmosis III (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 45: TTs dated to the reign of Amenhotep II (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 46: TTs dated to the reign of Tuthmosis IV (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 47: TTs datable only to the reign of Amenhotep II or Tuthmosis IV (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 48: TTs at the end of the reign of Tuthmosis IV (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 49: TTs dated to the reign of Amenhotep III (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 50: TTs datable only to the reign of Amenhotep III or Akhenaten (Author's own using QGIS).

Figure 51: TTs dated to the Eighteenth Dynasty- after Amarna (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 52: TTs in the Theban Necropolis at the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 53: TTs dated to the early Nineteenth Dynasty prior to the reign of Ramesses II (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 54: TTs dated to the reign of Ramesses II (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 55: TTs in the Theban Necropolis at the end of the reign of Ramesses II (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 56: Nineteenth Dynasty TTs dated after the reign of Ramesses II (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 57: Nineteenth Dynasty TTs (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 58: TTs in the Theban Necropolis at the end of the Nineteenth Dynasty (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 59: Non-reign-specific Ramesside TTs (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 60: Twentieth Dynasty TTs (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 61: Aerial view of Medinet Habu showing flat plain to the west (Author's own)

Figure 62: Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasty TTs (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 63: TTs in the Theban Necropolis at the end of the New Kingdom (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 64: Part of the New Kingdom necropolis at Saqqara (Author's own)

Figure 65: Reused TTs in Theban Necropolis at the end of the New Kingdom (shown by date of first reuse) (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 66: Distributional patterning of Twentieth Dynasty tombs, with numbers indicating the number of tombs attributed to the Twentieth Dynasty in each area (Bács 2011: Figure 5 - Courtesy of Dr Tamás A. Bács)

Figure 67: Location of Dra Abu el-Naga within the Theban Necropolis (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 68: Landscape of Dra Abu el-Naga (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 69: Dra Abu el-Naga TTs (indicating location of K93.11 and K93.12) (Author's own using QGIS).

Figure 70: TTs in Dra Abu el-Naga prior to the reign of Hatshepsut (indicating location of K93.11 and K93.12) (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 71: TTs in Dra Abu el-Naga at the end of the reign of Tuthmosis III (indicating location of K93.11 and K93.12) (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 72: TTs in Dra Abu el-Naga at the end of the Amarna Period (indicating location of K93.11 and K93.12) (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 73: TTs in Dra Abu el-Naga at the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty (indicating location of K93.11 and K93.12) (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 74: TTs in Dra Abu el-Naga at the end of reign of Ramesses II (indicating location of K93.11 and K93.12) (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 75: TTs in Dra Abu el-Naga at the end of the Nineteenth Dynasty (indicating location of K93.11 and K93.12) (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 76: Western cluster of TTs at Dra Abu el-Naga at the end of the Nineteenth Dynasty (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 77: TTs in Dra Abu el-Naga at the end of the New Kingdom (indicating location of K93.11 and K93.12) (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 78: Western cluster of TTs in Dra Abu el-Naga at the end of the New Kingdom (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 79: Location of Dra Abu el-Naga East (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 80: Landscape of Dra Abu el-Naga East (indicating location of K93.11 and K93.12) (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 81: TTs of Dra Abu el-Naga East (indicating location of K93.11 and K93.12) (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 82: TTs of Priests in Dra Abu el-Naga East (Author's own using QGIS)

Figure 83: Courtyard of TT148 (Author's own)

Figure 84: View of Dra Abu el-Naga East showing TT13, TT14, TT148 and TT255 (Author's own)

Figure 85: TTs of the Temple Administration in Dra Abu el-Naga East (Author's own using QGIS).

Figure 86: TTs of the Royal Administration in Dra Abu el-Naga East (Author's own using QGIS).

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Slinger, Katherine Tomb Families: Private Tomb Distribution in the New Kingdom Theban Necropolis

ISBN:

9781803270371

OCLC:

1303081650