Deshasheh, Diospolis Parva, Athribis

Klappentext Published 1898-1908, and reissued here together, these three illustrated excavation reports cover important discoveries at ancient Egyptian cemetery sites. Zusammenfassung These three illustrated excavation reports! first published in 1898! 1901 and 1908 and now reissued here together! were produced by pioneering Egyptologist Flinders Petrie! with chapters by fellow experts. The discoveries at the ancient cemeteries of Deshasheh! Diospolis Parva and Athribis contributed to Petrie's influential sequence dating of grave goods. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Deshasheh: Introduction; 1. The tomb of Anta; 2. The tomb of Shedu; 3. Tombs of Nenkheftka and son; 4. Tombs with perfect bodies; 5. Tombs with dissevered bodies; 6. Measurements of skeletons; 7. Minor objects; 8. Secondary burials; 9. The inscriptions; Index; Plates; Part II. Diospolis Parva: Introduction; 1. The sequence of prehistoric remains; 2. The pottery; 3. The stone vases; 4. The slate palettes and ivories; 5. Tools of stone and metal; 6. Amulets and beads; 7. Outline of the prehistoric periods; 8. The cemeteries; 9. Tombs of the 6th to 9th dynasties; 10. Tombs of the 12th dynasty, cemeteries W and Y; 11. The pan graves; 12. Tombs of 13th-18th dynasties, cemetery Y; 13. The Ptolemaic and Roman period; Index; Plates; Part III. Athribis: Introduction; 1. The tombs of Hagarseh; 2. The temple of Auletes; 3. The sculptures of Auletes and Claudius; 4. The temple of Physkon, etc.; 5. The zodiac tomb; 6. The coenobium; 7. The inscriptions; 8. The dating of the horoscopes; Index; Plates.

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• Authors: F. Ll Griffith, F. Ll. Griffith, Arthur Cruttenden Mace, Mace Arthur Cruttenden, Sir William Matthew Flinders Griffith Petrie, William Matthew Flinders Petrie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2013
• EAN: 9781108066198
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06619-8
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology