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The Memphite Tomb of Horemheb, Commander in Chief of Tutankhamun: V: The Forecourt and the Area South of the Tomb with some Notes on the Tomb of Tia

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: PALMA, Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities ; 6Publication details: Turnhout: Brepols, 2011Description: 403 p., 28 cmISBN:
  • 9782503531106
Subject(s): Summary: This book is the first in a series dealing with the excavations in the New Kingdom cemetery of Saqqara by a team of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities and Leiden University. The tomb of the general Horemheb is the most important monument of this cemetery. It was found by art robbers at the beginning of the 19th century, and then lost again. Its rediscovery and partial excavation by the Leiden Museum of Antiquities and the Egypt Exploration Society (1975-1979) was followed by a publication in four volumes. However, since then new excavations by the present expedition have led to the discovery of a hitherto unknown First Pylon and forecourt. Further clearances around its perimeter walls shed new light on the adjacent tomb of Tia, treasurer and brother-in-law of Ramesses II, and on the later use of the area as a cemetery of the poor.
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Continuing Resources Continuing Resources Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library First Floor - 1.05 PALMA 6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PALMA 6

Gift M.J. Raven, May 2011

PALMA, Egyptology

This book is the first in a series dealing with the excavations in the New Kingdom cemetery of Saqqara by a team of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities and Leiden University. The tomb of the general Horemheb is the most important monument of this cemetery. It was found by art robbers at the beginning of the 19th century, and then lost again. Its rediscovery and partial excavation by the Leiden Museum of Antiquities and the Egypt Exploration Society (1975-1979) was followed by a publication in four volumes. However, since then new excavations by the present expedition have led to the discovery of a hitherto unknown First Pylon and forecourt. Further clearances around its perimeter walls shed new light on the adjacent tomb of Tia, treasurer and brother-in-law of Ramesses II, and on the later use of the area as a cemetery of the poor.

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