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Record Nr.

UNINA9910746985503321

Autore

Staring Nico

Titolo

The Saqqara Necropolis through the New Kingdom : Biography of an Ancient Egyptian Cultural Landscape / / Nico Staring

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2023

©2023

ISBN

90-04-46714-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Culture and History of the Ancient Near East ; ; 131

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2023

Disciplina

932/.2

Soggetti

Tombs - Egypt - Ṣaqqārah. 

Tombs - Egypt - Memphis (Extinct city) 

Cultural landscapes - Egypt - Ṣaqqārah. 

Cultural landscapes - Egypt - Memphis (Extinct city) 

Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt - Ṣaqqārah. 

Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt - Memphis (Extinct city) 

Ṣaqqārah (Egypt) Antiquities

Memphis (Extinct city)

Egypt History New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Nico Staring -- Copyright Page / Nico Staring -- Dedication / Nico Staring -- Preface and Acknowledgements / Nico Staring -- Abbreviations / Nico Staring -- Chapter 1 A Quiet and Desolate Plateau, Once Bustling with Life / Nico Staring -- Chapter 2 Exploring Landscape: Layerdness, Temporality, Authorship / Nico Staring -- Chapter 3 The Memphite Necropolis at Saqqara in the New Kingdom / Nico Staring -- Chapter 4 The Unas South Cemetery / Nico Staring -- Chapter 5 The Teti Pyramid Cemetery and the Cliff of Ankhtawy / Nico Staring -- Chapter 6 The Dead and the Living in the Memphite Cultural Landscape / Nico Staring -- Chapter 7 Saqqara through the New Kingdom: Synthesis and Final Thoughts / Nico Staring -- Catalogue of New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara / Nico Staring --



Bibliography / Nico Staring -- Index / Nico Staring.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first comprehensive monographic treatment of the New Kingdom (1539–1078 BCE) necropolis at Saqqara, the burial ground of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, and addresses questions fundamental to understanding the site’s development through time. For example, why were certain areas of the necropolis selected for burial in certain time periods; what were the tombs’ spatial relations to contemporaneous and older monuments; and what effect did earlier structures have on the positioning of tombs and structuring of the necropolis in later times? This study adopts landscape biography as a conceptual tool to study the long-time interaction between people and landscapes.