The Archaeology of Egyptian Non-Royal Burial Customs in New Kingdom Egypt and Its Empire

The Archaeology of Egyptian Non-Royal Burial Customs in New Kingdom Egypt and Its Empire
Author: Wolfram Grajetzki
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2022-02-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 100908190X

This Element provides a new evaluation of burial customs in New Kingdom Egypt, from about 1550 to 1077 BC, with an emphasis on burials of the wider population. It also covers the regions then under Egyptian control: the Southern Levant and the area of Nubia as far as the Fourth Cataract. The inclusion of foreign countries provides insights not only into the interaction between the centre of the empire and its conquered regions, but also concerning what is typically Egyptian and to what extent the conquered regions were culturally influenced. It can be shown that burials in Lower Nubia closely follow those in Egypt. In the southern Levant, by contrast, cemeteries of the period often yield numerous Egyptian objects, but burial customs in general do not follow those in Egypt.

Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt

Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt
Author: Wolfram Grajetzki
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2003-08-21
Genre: History
ISBN:

The pyramids of Gizeh and the tomb of Tutankhamun are two examples of the legendary energy that the Ancient Egyptians devoted to their tombs. But it was not only the rich who had pyramids as this work shows, giving a broad picture of burial as practiced throughout society over the millennia.

Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom

Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom
Author: Wolfram Grajetzki
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2014-01-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0812245679

With detailed illustrations and archival images, Egyptologist Wolfram Grajetzki describes and compares the opulent tombs of eminent and royal women from the late Middle Kingdom, shedding new light on how the gendered and social identities of these women were viewed in the court and preserved in the grave.