Rock Tombs of Deir El Gebrawi

A highly illustrated two-volume 1902 survey of the most important Old Kingdom necropolis of the Upper Egyptian 12th nome.

List of contents

List of the plates; 1. The tomb of Zau; 2. The tombs of the northern group; 3. Fact and conjecture; Appendix 1 W. E. Crum; Appendix 2 G. A. Boulenger; Index; List of Coptic proper names; Plates.

Summary

After developing an interest in Egyptology while a Congregational minister in England, Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941) became an important archaeological surveyor and copyist of inscriptions and sculptures. This 1902 two-volume illustrated work covers the tombs of the most important Old Kingdom necropolis of the Upper Egyptian 12th nome.

Product details

• Authors: Norman De Garis Davies
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781108080248
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08024-8
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology; The Rock Tombs of Deir el Gebrâwi
• 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