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The Tomb of Siphtah and The Tomb of Queen Tîyi

Door Theodore M. Davis

Categorie
Het oude Egypte
Boeknummer
#360771-KM39
Titel
The Tomb of Siphtah and The Tomb of Queen Tîyi
Auteur
Davis, Theodore M.
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Duckworth
Jaar van uitgave
2001
ISBN10
0715630733
ISBN13
9780715630730
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, b/w illustrations, 4to. Duckworth Egyptology Series.
Samenvatting
On January 6, 1907 a mysterious tomb was uncovered in the Valley of the Kings by English archaeologist Edward R. Ayrton, digging on behalf of Theodore M. Davis. Initially identified as the burial of Amenophis III's queen, Tiye (Tîyi), on the basis of a spectacular gilded shrine which formed part of the burial equipment, the body itself was later recognized as that of a man buried in a coffin adapted for the use of an Amarna-period pharaoh. Was this the mummy of Akhenaten himself, as some at the time believed? Or the body of Akhenaten's mysterious co-regent, Smenkhkare?
Almost a century later, Tomb 55 (as it is now generally known) continues to baffle archaeologist and Egyptologist alike. The Tomb of Queen Tîyi, which first appeared in 1910, was Davis's official account of the ... (Lees verder)enigmatic Tomb 55 discovery, and remains a crucial source both for the Amarna period and for Valley of the Kings studies generally. It is here republished with Davis's equally fundamental The Tomb of Siphtah, which details the excavator's discoveries of 1905-7 - amongst them the extraordinary 'animal tombs' and the 'Gold Tomb', one of the greatest caches of 19th Dynasty jewellry ever found.
Pagina's
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Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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