Reports on the excavations of noblemen's tombs from a little-known period of ancient Egyptian history
This volume is the first joint publication of the members of the American-Egyptian mission South Asasif Conservation Project, working under the auspices of the State Ministry for Antiquities and Supreme Council of Antiquities, and directed by the editor. The Project is dedicated to the clearing, restoration, and reconstruction of the tombs of Karabasken (TT 391) and Karakhamun (TT 223) of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, and the tomb of Irtieru (TT 390) of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, on the West Bank of Luxor.
Essays by the experts involved in the excavations and analysis cover the history of the Kushite ruling dynasties in Egypt and the hierarchy of Kushite society, the history of the South Asasif Necropolis and its discovery, the architecture and textual and decorative programs of the tombs, and the finds of burial equipment, pottery, and animal bones.
Kushite Tombs of The South Asasif Necropolis
Edited by Elena Pischikova
Robert Morkot, University of Exeter, UK
Kushites in Thebes
Christopher Naunton, Egypt Exploration Society
Titles of Karakhamun and Hierarchy of Kushite Society
Elena Pischikova, AUC
History of the South Asasif Necropolis and its Discovery
Dieter Eigner, University of Vienna, Austria
Karakhamun Revisited
Some Remarks on the Architecture of TT 223
Miguel Molinero Polo, University of La Laguna, Spain
Textual Program of the Tomb of Karakhamun
Kenneth Griffin, Swansea University, UK
Book of the Dead in the Second Pillared Hall of the Tomb of Karakhamun
Elena Pischikova, AUC
Decorative Program of the Tombs of Karabasken and Karakhamun and Styles of Relief Carving
Jack Josephson, NYU
Royal Sculpture at the Onset of the 25th Dynasty
Miguel Molinero Polo, University of La Laguna, Spain
Astronomical Ceiling in the Burial Chamber of Karakhamun
John Taylor, The British Museum
Burial Equipment in the Tomb of Karakhamun
Julia Budka, University of Vienna, Austria
Pottery from the Tomb of Karakhamun
Salima Ikram, AUC
Animal Bones in the Tomb of Karakhamun
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