| Abusir V: The Cemeteries of Abusir South I Contributor(s): Barta, Miroslav (Author), Barta, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 8086277186 ISBN-13: 9788086277189 Publisher: Czech Institute of Egyptology Charles Univers OUR PRICE: $99.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Philanthropy & Charity - History | Middle East - Egypt (see Also Ancient - Egypt) - History | Ancient - Egypt |
| Series: Abusir |
| Physical Information: 211 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - North Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This handsome report (in English) describes work carried out between 1991 and 1993 on a number of Old Kingdom tombs, mostly of lesser officials. Each tomb is given a full treatment with archaeology, architecture, decoration, epigraphic descriptions and a catalogue of significant finds ... but not pottery which will be published separately. The volume is illustrated with line drawings. Contents: The tomb of Ity; the Lake of Abusir tombs; the tomb of Fetekty and adjacent tomb complexes; the tomb of Kaaper; some taphonomic, demographic and pathologic aspects of the skeletons from mastaba tombs at Abusir South; Palaegraphic table; Indexes: Royal names, non-royal names, titles and epithets, gods, tombs. |