Lost Ramessid and Post-Ramessid Private Tombs in the Theban Necropolis

Investigating records of early travellers and fragments of tomb paintings in museums and other collections, Lost Ramessid and Post-Ramessid Private Tombs in the Theban Necropolis is a follow-up to Lise Manniche’s Lost Tombs: A Study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Tombs in the Theban Necropolis (1986).

The descriptions and drawings of 19th-century manuscripts are used to attempt to reconstruct the decoration of tomb chapels in the Theban necropolis, whose precise locations are no longer known, and to assess their ownership and place in history.

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Lost Ramessid and Post-Ramessid Private Tombs in the Theban Necropolis

Investigating records of early travellers and fragments of tomb paintings in museums and other collections, Lost Ramessid and Post-Ramessid Private Tombs in the Theban Necropolis is a follow-up to Lise Manniche’s Lost Tombs: A Study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Tombs in the Theban Necropolis (1986).

The descriptions and drawings of 19th-century manuscripts are used to attempt to reconstruct the decoration of tomb chapels in the Theban necropolis, whose precise locations are no longer known, and to assess their ownership and place in history.

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Lost Ramessid and Post-Ramessid Private Tombs in the Theban Necropolis

Lost Ramessid and Post-Ramessid Private Tombs in the Theban Necropolis

by Lise Manniche
Lost Ramessid and Post-Ramessid Private Tombs in the Theban Necropolis

Lost Ramessid and Post-Ramessid Private Tombs in the Theban Necropolis

by Lise Manniche

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Overview

Investigating records of early travellers and fragments of tomb paintings in museums and other collections, Lost Ramessid and Post-Ramessid Private Tombs in the Theban Necropolis is a follow-up to Lise Manniche’s Lost Tombs: A Study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Tombs in the Theban Necropolis (1986).

The descriptions and drawings of 19th-century manuscripts are used to attempt to reconstruct the decoration of tomb chapels in the Theban necropolis, whose precise locations are no longer known, and to assess their ownership and place in history.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788763505345
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Publication date: 01/01/1900
Edition description: Multilingu
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author


Dr Manniche is a well-known Danish Egyptologist and author of several books including Egyptian Art (in Danish) and Erotic Life in Ancient Egypt. She has also written and illustrated children’s books including The Prince who knew his Fate, The Ancient Egyptian Activity Book and The Lion and the Mouse.
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