The Saqqara Necropolis Through the New Kingdom : Biography of an Ancient Egyptian Cultural Landscape

The Saqqara Necropolis Through the New Kingdom Biography of an Ancient Egyptian Cultural Landscape

This book is the first comprehensive monographic treatment of the New Kingdom (1539–1078 BCE) necropolis at Saqqara, the burial ground of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, and addresses questions fundamental to understanding the site’s development through time. For example, why were certain area...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Staring, Nico, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill [2023]
Edición:First edition
Colección:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; Volume 131.
Materias:
Tombs > Egypt > Ṣaqqārah.
Tombs > Egypt > Memphis (Extinct city)
Cultural landscapes > Egypt > Ṣaqqārah.
Cultural landscapes > Egypt > Memphis (Extinct city)
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Ṣaqqārah.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Memphis (Extinct city)
Ṣaqqārah (Egypt) > Antiquities.
Egypt > History > New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of figures, plates and tables
  • Abbreviations
  • A quiet and desolate plateau, once bustling with life
  • Exploring landscape: layerdness, temporality, authorship
  • The Memphite Necropolis at Saqqara in the New Kingdom
  • The Unas South cemetery
  • The Teti Pyramid cemetery and the cliff of Ankhtawy
  • The dead and the living in the Memphite cultural landscape
  • Saqqara through the New Kingdom: synthesis and final thoughts
  • Catalogue of New Kingdom tombs at Saqqara
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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