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Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom : The Archaeology of Female Burials.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (264 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812209198
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle KingdomLOC classification:
  • DT62.T6 -- G73 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Court Type Burials -- CHAPTER 2 Other Burials of Women -- CHAPTER 3 Types of Jewelry in Late Middle Kingdom Burials -- CHAPTER 4 The Development of Egyptian Burial Customs -- CHAPTER 5 The King and the Women Buried Around Him -- APPENDIX: The Royal Women of the Twelfth Dynasty -- Chronology -- Notes -- Egyptian Tombs and Excavation Report -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: With detailed illustrations and archival images, Egyptologist Wolfram Grajetzki describes and compares the opulent tombs of eminent and royal women from the late Middle Kingdom, shedding new light on how the gendered and social identities of these women were viewed in the court and preserved in the grave.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Court Type Burials -- CHAPTER 2 Other Burials of Women -- CHAPTER 3 Types of Jewelry in Late Middle Kingdom Burials -- CHAPTER 4 The Development of Egyptian Burial Customs -- CHAPTER 5 The King and the Women Buried Around Him -- APPENDIX: The Royal Women of the Twelfth Dynasty -- Chronology -- Notes -- Egyptian Tombs and Excavation Report -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

With detailed illustrations and archival images, Egyptologist Wolfram Grajetzki describes and compares the opulent tombs of eminent and royal women from the late Middle Kingdom, shedding new light on how the gendered and social identities of these women were viewed in the court and preserved in the grave.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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