Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom - The Archaeology of Female Burials

Informationen zum Autor Wolfram Grajetzki Klappentext Wolfram Grajetzki is Honorary Research Associate at the Institute of Archaeology of University College London and author of several books, most recently Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. Zusammenfassung With detailed illustrations and archival images! Egyptologist Wolfram Grajetzki describes and compares the opulent tombs of eminent and royal women from the late Middle Kingdom! shedding new light on how the gendered and social identities of these women were viewed in the court and preserved in the grave. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Court Type Burials Chapter 2. Other Burials of Women Chapter 3. Types of Jewelry in Late Middle Kingdom Burials Chapter 4. The Development of Egyptian Burial Customs Chapter 5. The King and the Women Buried Around Him Appendix. The Royal Women of the Twelfth Dynasty Chronology Notes Egyptian Tombs and Excavation Reports Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Wolfram Grajetzki
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9780812245677
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4567-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity