The book presents the discoveries made by the Polish archaeological mission in Saqqara, the central part of the largest ancient Egyptian royal necropolis. The area adjacent to the Pyramid of King Djoser on the monument's west side, so far neglected by archaeologists, turned out to be an important burial place of the Egyptian nobility from two periods of Pharaonic history: the Old Kingdom (the late third millennium BC) and the Ptolemaic Period (the late first millennium BC). The earlier, lower cemetery yielded rock-hewn tombs with splendid wall decoration in relief and painting. The book also describes methods of conservation applied to the discovered artefacts and episodes from the mission's life.

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Information

Publisher

Peter Lang Group

Year

2020

ISBN

9783631820599

Edition

Topic

Art

Subtopic

Art General

Cover
Copyright information
Contents
Introduction
Bibliography
Chronological table
Chapter 1. History and archaeology: Saqqara in Egyptian history
Chapter 2. From Edfu to Saqqara: Polish archaeology in the Nile Valley
Chapter 3. First steps
Chapter 4. The vizier’s revenge
Chapter 5. A testimony to stormy times
Chapter 6. In the realm of Osiris
Chapter 7. Cult of the dead
Chapter 8. The vizier’s posthumous neighbour
Chapter 9. Behind the scenes of family bliss
Chapter 10. Renaissance of the necropolis after two thousand years
Chapter 11. Primum non nocere, or the medicine of artefacts
Chapter 12. The rest is silence
Extroduction
Glossary of deities
Glossary of archaeological terms
Glossary of foreign expressions and words
List of figures
Figures
Deities