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Page 1. 177 Location of the Old Kingdom Pyramids in Egypt Location of the Old Kingdom Pyramids in Egypt The principal factors influencing the location of the Old Kingdom pyramids in Egypt are reconsidered. The decisive ...
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This essay examines the archaeological contexts of late Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom hand-shaped clappers and argues three main points. First, the sites with the greatest concentration of clappers were those located near mortuary temples. Given that clappers were frequently found with female figurines and mirrors, they may have been utilized in mortuary temples by Hathoric performers who danced for the dead king as Re. Second, clappers were an integral part of birth magic and are frequently found in the company of two and three dimensional male and female lion-headed daemons and other...
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The study is dedicated to a particular type of tomb that came into being during the Third - early Fourth Dynasty in Abusir - Saqqara necropolis and which represents a specific symbolic architectural form of the period.
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This paper presents an assemblage of hand-modelled female figurines excavated recently at Amara West by the British Museum, alongside examples recovered during the earlier Egypt Exploration Society excavations at the site. Most are in the form of flat plaque-shaped figures, hand-modelled in mud, with a small number that have been shaped in the round. The figures are generally naked, often with the pubic triangle, breasts or navel marked; those modelled in the round have very prominent buttocks. There are examples of both shapes with tattoos or scarification. This paper contents that the...
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A discussion of the ancient Egyptian conception of Libya and the role of the king in war.
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