Khnumhotep I was the first governer of the Oryx nome during Egypt’s formative Twelfth Dynasty. The report includes a description of the tomb’s architecture, its various scenes on daily life, desert-hunting and militaristic activities, as well as a new copy and translation of Khnumhotep I’s biography.
Baqet III was the ‘great overlord’ of the Oryx province, located in the most fertile region of Egypt. The well-preserved wall scenes in his chapel record activities undertaken in the desert, on land and river, in workshops as well as those of wars and entertainments.
ACE Report 41, The Cemetery of Meir Vol. IV: Tombs of Senbi I and Wekhhotep I, by N. Kanawati and L. Evans, is now available. The volume is devoted to the Middle Kingdom tombs of B1 and B2, which belonged to local ruler Senbi I and his son and successor Wekhhotep I.
The second volume of the Beni Hassan series is devoted to the recording and study of the only decorated Old Kingdom tombs at the site, the tombs of Ipi and Bebi. The examination comprises coloured plates, line drawings as well as a study of scenes and inscriptions in the tombs.
by Naguib Kanawati, Linda Evans, Miral Lashien, Anna-Latifa Mourad and Ashraf Senussi
Price: $150.00
ISBN: 9780856688560
Publisher: Australian Centre for Egyptology
Pub Date: 2016-04-08
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Australian Centre for Egyptology
68 Pages
The book contains the excavation and recording of Tomb A4 and its decorated burial chamber belonging to Niankhpepy the Black, whose son Pepyankh the Black built two communicating tombs A1 and A2 for his father and himself, then linking the chapel of Tomb A1 to the burial chamber of Tomb A4 via a sloping passage.
by Naguib Kanawati, Linda Evans and Anna-Latifa Mourad
Price: $120.00
ISBN: 9780856688669
Publisher: Australian Centre for Egyptology
Pub Date: 2016-04-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Australian Centre for Egyptology
60 Pages
A fresh record of one of the best preserved Middle Kingdom tombs. The volume includes new line drawings, coloured photographs and a commentary on the architectural features, scenes and inscriptions of the Twelfth Dynasty tomb of Amenemhat.
The publication presents detailed recordings of the Old Kingdom tomb of Ptahhotep I, a tomb noted to be 'the most beautiful in Saqqara' by one of its early excavators.
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