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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"Tombs"”.
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Royal images in private tombs at Thebes in the early Ramesside period
… taking the case of depictions of kings in Theban tombs, and discussing what they may tell us about the role of the king in the lives of the people. This study will focus on three types of scene; the king as a part of everyday life, the king as a historical figure, and the king as a 'divine' being. …
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An Experiment in Piety: The Three Domed Suhrawardy Tombs at Uchch Sharif
… own right, the 14th-15th century monumental tombs of Bahā’ al-Halīm, Bibī Jiwindī, and Ustād Nuriyā at Uchch have not been the subject of any dedicated study and have generally been ignored in scholarship. To remedy this dismissal, this thesis will analyze the monumental tomb architecture to …
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Forgotten Sepulchers: The Uninscribed Tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt
The elaborately decorated tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, have captured the imagination of scholars and tourists alike for thousands of years. Yet despite the attention lavished on these tombs, they are outnumbered in the Valley of the Kings uninscribed tombs that have been …
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Forgotten Sepulchers: The Uninscribed Tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt
The elaborately decorated tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, have captured the imagination of scholars and tourists alike for thousands of years. Yet despite the attention lavished on these tombs, they are outnumbered in the Valley of the Kings uninscribed tombs that have been …
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Lemur catta in the Region of Cap Sainte-Marie, Madagascar: Introduced cacti, xerophytic Didiereaceae-Euphorbia bush, and tombs
This is the first study to document the natural history of <italic>Lemur catta</italic>, ring-tailed lemurs, outside of gallery forest environments: in xerophytic Didiereaceae-<italic>Euphorbia</italic>, bush habitat that represents over 90% of this species' potential range. Moreover, this study is …
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Multiple interment loculi tombs at Tell Dothan -- burial behaviour as cultural process in the Late Bronze/Early Iron I Levant
… The phenomenon of burials in loculi chamber tombs during the ‘transitional’ period of the end of the Late Bronze and beginning of the Early Iron Age is explored, building on the foundations established by Rivka Gonen’s work on Late Bronze burial behaviour in Canaan (Gonen 1992). The …
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The re-examination of extant human skeletal remains from excavated earlier neolithic long barrows and chambered tombs in southern Britain
A series of seven published peer-reviewed papers and reports are presented. The body of work to be considered is concerned with the reexamination of previously excavated Earlier Neolithic human remains from Southern Britain. These form the subject of a Synoptic Overview. The Synoptic Overview …
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Growing Up in Tell el-Amarna: An Examination of Growth and Non-specific Stress Indicators in New Kingdom Children.
… of the subadult skeletal remains from the South Tombs Cemetery at Tell el-Amarna were assessed by examining fluctuations in childhood growth and rates of skeletal indicators of physiological stress within a biocultural framework. The long bone standardization method outlined by Goode et al. …
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Does the archaeoastronomic record of the Cotswold-Severn region reflect evidence of a transition from lunar to solar alignment?
… structures known as Cotswold-Severn earthen tombs embedded archaeoastronomic intent within their monuments’ architecture for both navigational and calendrical purposes. This research analyses various aspects of the archaeology found within the tombs and claims the monuments show evidence of …
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Objects for the Dead, Practices of the Living: Chamber tombs, burial assemblages, and social dynamics at Ialysos on Rhodes and in the islands of the south-east Aegean
… prehistory. First, I demonstrate that chamber tombs cannot be linked to any specific burial custom, not least one of a defined point of origin. The representation of different social units through burial, the varied patterns of tomb use, as well as diverse modes of interaction with dead within …
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Leaves that Sway: Gold Xianbei Cap Ornaments from Northeast China
… in China’s northeastern Liaoning province. These tombs belonged to a tribe of steppe nomads called the Murong Xianbei who settled north of the Great Wall during the Han dynasty and established a succession of short-lived states called Yan that ruled parts of Northeast Asia during the third to …
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The Social Life of Death: Mortuary Practices in the North-Central Andes, 11th-18th centuries
… investigates the ideology related to the use of tombs, within a framework of changing social organisation. By drawing on the existing archaeological and historic reports, a unique database has been created which catalogues the tombs of the Ancash highlands in a systematic way. This includes basic …
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Mada'in Salih, a Nabataean town in north west Arabia: analysis and interpretation of the excavation 1986-1990
… balsam and bitumen. They built monumental tombs in Petra and Mada'in Salih as well as other public buildings such as temples theatres and baths. They were also famous for their skills in hydraulic engineering and the production of very thin, distinctively painted pottery. Mada'in Salih was …
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Negotiating the memory of the dead in the community of Yehud.
… postexilic communities and their ancestral tombs. An analysis of the landscape for these communities, including the relationship between settlement and necroscape, provides a better understanding of the context within which burials are referenced in the biblical text. Furthermore, by viewing …
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Heads, shoulders, knees and toes: Exploring bodies, body parts and personhood in late Neolithic Malta through funerary taphonomy
… at two collective burial sites: the Xemxija Tombs (Malta) and Xagħra Circle (Gozo). The range and sequence of funerary practices are identified through implementing taphonomic analysis to classify the condition and modification of bone and explore dominant trends in depositional practice. …
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Dwelling among ruins: landscapes in the late 8th century BC Argolic Plain, Greece
… reuse in connection with Bronze Age chamber tombs and tholoi. However, this thesis will demonstrate that these activities should not be dislocated from the wider landscape but, rather, should be considered alongside contemporaneous interconnected behaviour. In support of this position, …
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The Southwest: A Study of Regional Identity in Material Culture and Textual Sources during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 - 220 C.E.)
… reliefs discovered in stone and brick chamber tombs; decorated stone sarcophagi placed in the region’s cliff tombs; and commemorative and ancestral stelae erected for the governors of Shu and Ba commanderies. In its methodology, the dissertation employs Western theories on social and cultural …
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