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Abusir XVII: The Shaft Tomb of Iufaa: Volume 1 - Archaeology
Contributor(s): Smoláriková, Květa (Author), Bares, Ladislav (Author)
ISBN: 8073082381     ISBN-13: 9788073082383
Publisher: Czech Institute of Egyptology Charles Univers
OUR PRICE:   $144.54  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: December 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
- History | Ancient - Egypt
Dewey: 731.540
Physical Information: 401 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - North Africa
- Cultural Region - Middle East
 
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Publisher Description:
The first volume includes the description of the archaeological situation and finds from the main burial chamber and the place of funerary cult in front of the eastern enclosure wall of the tomb (L. Bare), including the subsidiary burial chambers (K. Smol rikov ). Separate chapters deal, among others, with the pottery (K. Smol rikov ), amulets (V. Gae Callender), analysis of anthropological finds (E. Strouhal), architectural reconstruction and restoration works (M. Bal k, M. Dvor( k) and the Book of the Dead from the subsidiary burial chamber of Neferibreseneb Nekau (J. Jan k a R. Landgr fov ). The second volume is currently in preparation and will be dedicated to the texts and decoration on the walls of the burial chamber and sarcophagi of Iufaa.