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Nymphaea: a visual survey on ancient egyptian yellow coffins

Yellow coffins form one of the largest and more intriguing corpus of Egyptian body containers. In terms of pictorial decoration, they excel in quality and levels of complexity, forming a unique art historical phenomenon. This book proposes an innovative approach to the examination of the visual culture displayed in these objects with a view not only to carry out an ‘iconographic mapping’ of the repertoire used ...

O ataúde egípcio do Museu Arqueológico do Carmo: estudo material e técnico

O estudo material e técnico do ataúde antropomórfico (Nº Inv. MAC/MUM.1) pertencente ao Museu Arqueológico do Carmo, em Lisboa, Portugal, realizado por uma equipa interdisciplinar procurou completar o estudo textual e iconográfico existente sobre o mesmo ataúde, bem como retificar e completar os dados de um outro estudo técnico parcial. De acordo com estudos anteriores o ataúde terá sido produzido entre a Época...

The Tomb of the Priests of Amun and the ‘restoration’ of the Theban Necropolis

Herodotus’ Memphite sources

In this paper, we examine the accounts in Book 2 so as to access Herodotus effective knowledge of Egyptian temples. Although presenting an accurate portrait of the land and the people, Herodotus’ texts betray an insufficient understanding of the local priestly traditions which probably resulted from an unwelcoming reception by the Egyptian priests. Memphis, stands out as an exception in this panorama, providing...

The anthropoid wooden coffin of Didyme from Greco-Roman Egypt

The fragment of an Egyptian anthropoid coffin from a Portuguese private collect...

This paper focuses on the examination of the fragment of an Egyptian sculpture kept in the Collection Rui Moreira. Using a comparative approach with objects featuring a similar design, we propose a reconstruction of the object regarding its original archaeological context and dating. This approach allows us to identify this object as an important piece of evidence of the cultural renewal carried out in Thebes u...

CAMPBELL, Price; FORSHAW, Roger; CHAMBERLAIN, Andrew, NICHOLSON, Paul (eds.) – ...

Tabasety, the Temple Singer in Aarhus

An Egyptian burial assemblage in the collection of the Museum of Ancient Art and Archaeology of the University of Aarhus, Denmark, comprises an anthropoid coffin, a mummy-cover and a mummy. Several analyses have been carried out on the human remains since their arrival to the Museum in 1950 but these results have never been published nor critically accessed from an Egyptological perspective. Notwithstanding the...

The genealogy of images: innovation and complexity in coffin decoration during ...

This paper focuses on the defining aspects of the ‘yellow’ anthropoid coffins produced at Thebes, in an attempt to detect the processes that were used by coffin decorators to enhance iconographic variability and complexity. The analysis concentrates on the central panel and examines the variations introduced in the normative scheme of this composition from the Ramesside Period to the beginning of Dynasty 22. Th...

The Tomb of the Priests of Amun at Thebes: the history of the find