The Decoration on the Cult Chapel Walls of the Old Kingdom Tombs at Giza A New Approach to Their Interaction

In The Decoration on the Cult Chapel Walls of the Old Kingdom Tombs at Giza Leo Roeten demonstrates that the 5th dynasty was a period of drastic changes in the mode of food supply for the deceased, the type of decoration on the walls, and the secondary cultic functions.

About the author

Leo Roeten, Ph.D. (2011), University of Leiden (The Netherlands), has published articles on the decoration of Old Kingdom tomb chapels, on two- and three-dimensional Egyptian art, and pyramid development.

Product details

• Authors: L. H. Roeten, L H Roeten
• Publisher: Brill
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 09.01.2014
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity
• EAN: 9789004265455
• ISBN: 978-90-04-26545-5
• Pages: 436
• Dimensions (packing): 16.1 x 24.1 x 3.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 894 g
• Series: Culture and History of the Anc > 70
• Subjects: Altes Ägypten; Ur- und Frühgeschichte; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt; Archaeology / Anthropology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology