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Tomb robberies at the end of the New Kingdom : the Gurob burnt groups reinterpreted /

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At the end of the 19th century W.M.F. Petrie excavated a series of assemblages at the New Kingdom Fayum site of Gurob. These deposits, known in the Egyptological literature as 'Burnt Groups', were composed by several and varied materials (mainly Egyptian and imported pottery, faience, ston...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gasperini, Valentina (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in Egyptian archaeology.
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Gurob (Extinct city)
Grave robbing > Egypt > Fayyūm.
Material culture > Egypt > Gurob (Extinct city) > History > To 1500.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient > Egypt > Gurob (Extinct city)
Tombs > Egypt > Gurob (Extinct city)
Tombs > Egypt > Fayyūm.
Gurob (Extinct city)
Fayyūm (Egypt) > Antiquities.
Egypt > History > Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180-ca. 1551 B.C.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Égypte > Gurob (Ville ancienne)
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500 > Égypte > Gurob (Ville ancienne)
Gurob (Ville ancienne)
Tombeaux > Égypte > Gurob (Ville ancienne)
HISTORY > Africa > General.
HISTORY > Ancient > Egypt.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient
Material culture
Tombs
Egypt > Gurob (Extinct city)
To 1500
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The burnt group of Amenhotep III
  • The burnt group of Tutankhamon
  • The first burnt group of Rmesses II
  • The second burnt group of Ramesses II
  • The burnt group of Sety II
  • Burnt group 3
  • Burnt group 7
  • Burnt group X
  • Conclusions.