Alexander Henry Rhind

Thebes, Its Tombs and Their Tenants Ancient and Present

Including a Record of Excavations in the Necropolis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An 1862 account of both archaeological discoveries and the reuse of the Theban necropolis as homes for modern Egyptians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9781108076081
• ISBN-10: 1108076084
• Artikelnr.: 41531057

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Thebes
2. The necropolis
3. On the results of former sepulchral researches
4. The unrifled tomb of a Theban dignitary and its contents
5. A burial-place of the poor
6. Excavations among tombs of various grades
7. On the theories explanatory of Egyptian sepulture
8. The sepulchral evidence on early metallurgic practice
9. How the demand for Egyptian relics has been supplied, and its influence on the condition of the monuments
10. The present tenants of the tombs
11. The present tenants of the tombs and their rulers.