Title Tomb robberies at the end of the New Kingdom : the Gurob burnt groups reinterpreted / Valentina Gasperini

Edition First edition Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 325 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Oxford studies in Egyptian archaeology Oxford studies in Egyptian archaeology. Contents Introduction -- The burnt group of Amenhotep III -- The burnt group of Tutankhamon -- The first burnt group of Rmesses II -- The second burnt group of Ramesses II -- The burnt group of Sety II -- Burnt group 3 -- Burnt group 7 -- Burnt group X -- Conclusions Summary At the end of the 19th century W.M.F. Petrie excavated a series of assemblages at the New Kingdom Fayum site of Gurob. These deposits, known in the Egyptological literature as 'Burnt Groups', were composed by several and varied materials (mainly Egyptian and imported pottery, faience, stone and wood vessels, jewellery), all deliberately burnt and buried in the harem palace area of the settlement. Since their discovery these deposits have been considered peculiar and unparalleled. Many scholars were challenged by them and different theories were formulated to explain these enigmatic 'Burnt Groups'. The materials excavated from these assemblages are now curated at several Museum collections across England: Ashmolean Museum, British Museum, Manchester Museum, and Petrie Museum. For the first time since their discovery, this book presents these materials all together. Gasperini has studied and visually analysed all the items. This research sheds new light on the chronology of deposition of these assemblages, additionally a new interpretation of their nature, primary deposition, and function is presented in the conclusive chapter Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Specialized Notes Description based on print version record Subject Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Gurob (Extinct city) Grave robbing -- Egypt -- Fayyūm Material culture -- Egypt -- Gurob (Extinct city) -- History -- To 1500 Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Egypt -- Gurob (Extinct city) Tombs -- Egypt -- Gurob (Extinct city) Tombs -- Egypt -- Fayyūm HISTORY -- Africa -- General. HISTORY -- Ancient -- Egypt. Excavations (Archaeology) Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Material culture Tombs SUBJECT Gurob (Extinct city) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057974 Fayyūm (Egypt) -- Antiquities Egypt -- History -- Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180-ca. 1551 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010012743 Subject Egypt -- Gurob (Extinct city) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191917271 0191917273 9780192550804 0192550802

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