Title Life and death in ancient Egypt : scenes from private tombs in new kingdom Thebes / Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes ; translated from the German by David Warburton.

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Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2000.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	932.01 H687L	Check Shelf

Description	xii, 329 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and index.
Contents	Map of Egypt -- Theban Tombs of the New Kingdom -- Nakht -- Ramose -- Userhat -- Menna -- Sennefer -- Rekhmire -- Neferhotep -- Kheruef -- Samut -- Deir el-Medineh -- Sennedjem -- Inher-kha.
Summary	"This volume is devoted not to remains of royalty but to the tombs of private people." "Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes leads us on an expedition to the cemetery used by the officials of New Kingdom Egypt on the eastern flanks of the Western Mountain across from Thebes, between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. She examines the contents of eleven tombs belonging to civil servants, the private people of this ancient city." "The book provides details of the location, layout, structure, and decoration of the tombs. Hodel-Hoenes addresses subjects such as the two-dimensional art of the Kingdom of New Thebes, the contents of the tombs, the pigments used in the artists' paints, and the symbolism of the colors and the scenes depicted in the tomb paintings and reliefs."--Jacket.
Subject	Tombs -- Egypt -- Thebes (Extinct city)
	Egypt -- Social life and customs -- To 332 B.C.
	Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
	Social Conditions -- history. (DNLM)D012924Q000266
	Archaeology. (DNLM)D001106
	Art -- history. (DNLM)D001154Q000266
	Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
	Egypt -- Social life and customs -- To 332 B.C.
	20.53 Egyptian art. (NL-LeOCL)077594886
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	Tombs. (OCoLC)fst01152439
	Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755
	Egypt -- Thebes (Extinct city) (OCoLC)fst01897333
	Grab (DE-588)4021716-4
	Theben Ägypten (DE-588)4078236-0
	Graftomben.
	Muurschilderingen.
	Reliëfs.
	Grab.
	Theben <Ägypten>
Chronological Term	To 332 B.C.
Added Title	Leben und Tod im alten Ägypten. English
ISBN	0801435064 (cloth)
	9780801435065 (cloth)
	080148507X (paper)
	9780801485077 (paper)

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