
Abusir XIX
Czech Institute of Egyptology (Publisher)
Published on 18. December 2010
Book
Hardback
387 pages
978-80-7308-325-0 (ISBN)
Description
The tombs published in this volume of the Abusir series have been excavated during several seasons at Abusir South. The eight tombs are located in the easternmost sector of Abusir South, on the slopes (tombs AS 20 and AS 33) and at the bottom (tombs AS 34-35, 50-53) of a large but low hill, to the north of the so-called Wadi Abusiri. They do not form a single cemetery; rather, they represent different groups of sacral structures that illustrate very well the diachronic development of the Abusir South necropolis during the Old Kingdom (for earlier monographs covering previous excavations see Abusir V and XIII ) and the Late Period-Ptolemaic era. Most if not all of the structures document in a new way important archaeological and historical themes, such as the origin and development of the false door tradition; early administration (tomb AS 20); unique building development of early Old Kingdom tombs (AS 20 and 33); the late Old Kingdom sociology of family cemeteries (tombs AS 34-35 and 50-53) and the appearance of new Late Period animal cemeteries (tombs AS 33, 34-35 and 50-53).
Miroslav Barta is professor of Egyptology and director of the Czech mission to Abusir. Filip Coppens and Hana Vymazalova are researchers in the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. All the authors are members of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, excavating for many years in Egypt.
Miroslav Barta is professor of Egyptology and director of the Czech mission to Abusir. Filip Coppens and Hana Vymazalova are researchers in the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. All the authors are members of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, excavating for many years in Egypt.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Praha
Czech Republic
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-80-7308-325-0 (9788073083250)
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