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Thebes [Modern Luxor]: Its Tombs and Their Tenants, Ancient & Present : Includes a record of Excavations in the Necropolis /

Rhind, Alexander Henry

Thebes [Modern Luxor]: Its Tombs and Their Tenants, Ancient & Present : Includes a record of Excavations in the Necropolis / Alexander Henry Rhind. - 1 online resource (372 p.) : 16

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Chapter I. Thebes -- Chapter II. The Necropolis -- Chapter III. On The Results Of Former Sepulchral Researches -- Chapter IV. The Unrifled Tomb Of A Theban Dignitary, And Its Contents -- Chapter V. A Burial-Place Op The Poor -- Chapter VI. Excavations Among Tombs Of Various Grades -- Chapter VII. On The Theories Explanatory Of Egyptian Sepulture -- Chapter VIII. The Sepulchral Evidence On Early Metallurgy Practice -- Chapter IX. How The Demand Foe Egyptian Relics Has Been Supplied, And Its Influence On The Condition Of The Monuments -- Chapter X. The Present Tenants Of The Tombs -- Chapter XI. The Present Tenants Of The Tombs And Their Rulers -- Gorgias Reprint Series

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Rhind's book on Thebes is unique in that unlike many other Egyptologists of his time, he gives a precise and detailed description of how he excavated the sites, in itself an immense value to the history of archaeology.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781931956444 9781463208165

10.31826/9781463208165 doi


HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt.