Warning Cookies are used on this site to provide the best user experience. If you continue, we assume that you agree to receive cookies from this site. OK

Die Privatgräber von Amarna - Zum Wandel des Grabgedankens in Zeiten eines religiösen Umbruchs

£46.00
Author:
Marion Hesse
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
German with English summary
ISBN:
9781407311937
Paperback:
151pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
ISBN 10:
140731193X
BAR number:
S2572
+

Description

BOOK DESCRIPTION
The necropolis of Amarna was used for only a very short period of time and therefore presents a unique opportunity for a 'snapshot' of private tomb architecture. In this study the archaeological material of the Amarna private tombs is processed, categorized and compared to the simultaneous and topical tombs at Thebes. The comparison (supported by the examination of the wall decoration) shows similarities as well as differences, making it possible to work out characteristics and development in the privatetomb architecture at Amarna. The analysis shows clearly that in spite of the small time-frame tomb architecture did not remain entirely consistent, but was rich in variation and development and lived up to the new ideas of religion.