The Saqqara Necropolis Through the New Kingdom : : Biography of an Ancient Egyptian Cultural Landscape /

The Saqqara Necropolis Through the New Kingdom : : Biography of an Ancient Egyptian Cultural Landscape / / Nico Staring.

This book is the first comprehensive monographic treatment of the New Kingdom (1539–1078 BCE) necropolis at Saqqara, the burial ground of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, and addresses questions fundamental to understanding the site’s development through time. For example, why were certain area...

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Superior document:Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series ; Volume 131
VerfasserIn:
Staring, Nico,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; Volume 131.
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of figures, plates and tables
  • Abbreviations
  • A quiet and desolate plateau, once bustling with life
  • Exploring landscape: layerdness, temporality, authorship
  • The Memphite Necropolis at Saqqara in the New Kingdom
  • The Unas South cemetery
  • The Teti Pyramid cemetery and the cliff of Ankhtawy
  • The dead and the living in the Memphite cultural landscape
  • Saqqara through the New Kingdom: synthesis and final thoughts
  • Catalogue of New Kingdom tombs at Saqqara
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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