Abusir: the necropolis of the sons of the sun

At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the last fifty years, of...

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1. Verfasser: Verner, Miroslav 1941- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cairo American University in Cairo Press 2017
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Zusammenfassung:At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the last fifty years, of an extensive operation to discover its past.This thoroughly updated in-depth study documents the uncovering by a dedicated team of Czech archaeologists of a hitherto neglected wealth of ancient remains dating from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period. This is Abusir, realm of Osiris, God of the dead, and its story is one of both modern archaeology and the long-buried mysteries that it seeks to uncover
Beschreibung:An earlier version of this book was published as Abusir: realm of Osiris in 2002
Beschreibung:xii, 419 Seiten [16 ungezählte Seiten] Illustrationen
ISBN:9774167902
9789774167904

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