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Zusatztext the essays offer a complex and comprehensive insight into the history, exploration and critical study of the Valley of the Kings Informationen zum Autor Richard H. Wilkinson is Regents' Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Arizona, author or editor of ten books, including Tausret (OUP 2012).Kent Weeks is Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, and author or editor of twelve books on ancient Egypt. Klappentext This handbook offers an invaluable and up-to-date resource on this criticial and fascinating World Hertiage site Zusammenfassung This handbook offers an invaluable and up-to-date resource on this criticial and fascinating World Hertiage site Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors Abbreviations Preface Part I: Introduction Richard H. Wilkinson and Kent R. Weeks Part II: The Natural Setting 1. Geology of the Valley of the Kings Judith M. Bunbury 2. Toponyms of the Valley of the Kings and its Approaches Kent R. Weeks 3. The Hydrology of the Valley of the Kings: Weather, Rainfall, Drainage Patterns and Flood Protection in Antiquity Andreas Dorn Part III: The Development of the Royal Necropolis 4. The Egyptian Concept of a Royal Necropolis John H. Taylor 5. Earlier Royal Tombs, the Royal Cemeteries of Thebes and the Beginnings of the Valley of the Kings Aidan Dodson Part IV: Tomb Construction and Development 6. The Royal Necropolis Workmen of Deir el-Medina Robert J. Demarée 7. Choosing the Location for a Royal Tomb; The Workmen's Techniques and Tools; Units of Measurement; KV Huts and Work Places Andreas Dorn 8. The Component Parts of KV Royal Tombs Kent R. Weeks 9. Collisions, Abandonments, Alterations, Tomb Commencements/Pits and Other Features in the Valley of the Kings Lyla Pinch-Brock Part V: Royal Tomb Decoration 10. The Technology of Royal Tomb Decoration Stephen Rickerby and Lori Wong 11. Iconography; Palaeography; Decorative Elements; Distribution and Development of Scenes Heather L. McCarthy Part VI: Individual KV Tombs 12. Royal Tombs of Dynasty Eighteen Catharine H. Roehrig 13. Royal Tombs of the Nineteenth Dynasty Hartwig Altenmueller 14. Royal Tombs in Dynasty Twenty Aidan Dodson 15. Other Tombs: Queens and Commoners in KV Susanne Bickel Part VII: Contents of Royal KV Tombs 16. Sarcophagi Aidan Dodson 17. Canopics Aidan Dodson 18. Other Tomb Goods Campbell Price Part VIII: Getting to the Afterlife 19. Mortuary Ritual in the Valley of the Kings Alexandra von Lieven 20. Symbolic Aspects of Royal Tombs Richard H. Wilkinson 21. The Royal Funerary Books: The Subject Matter of Scenes and Texts Joshua Roberson Part IX: Destruction, Desecration and Reuse 22. Damnatio Memoriae in the Valley of the Kings Richard H. Wilkinson 23. Usurpation and Reuse of Royal Tombs Richard H. Wilkinson 24. Intrusive Burials and Caches John H. Taylor Part X: Human Remains from the KV and their Study 25. Early Study and the Unwrapping of Mummies Rosalie David 26. Modern Biomedical Studies Rosalie David and Ryan Metcalfe 27. Recent Identity and Relationship Studies, Including X-Rays and DNA Ryan Metcalfe Part XI: The Administration of the KV in Dynastic Times 28. The Temples of Millions of Years at Western Thebes Martina Ullmann 29. Policing and Site Protection; Guard Posts; Enclosure Walls Carola Vogel 30. Tomb Robberies in the Valley of the Kings Ogden Goelet Part XII: The KV from the End of the New Kingdom to the Late 20th Century 31. Late Dynastic, Graeco-Roman and Christian Times; Post-New Kingdom Graffiti Filip Coppens 32. The History of KV Exploration Prior to the Late 20th Century Joyce Tyldesley Part XIII: The KV i...
