Abusir Xvi - Sahure - the Pyramid Causeway. History and Decoration Program in the Old Kingdom (Hardcover)

The sixteenth volume in the Abusir series contains the publication of the blocks with relief decoration found by the Supreme Council of Antiquities along the causeway of the pyramid complex of Fifth Dynasty ruler Sahure in Abusir. The first part of the volume provides an introduction and overview of the development of the Old Kingdom royal mortuary complexes, with specific attention to the royal relief programme and the causeways of these complexes. The second part of the book consists of a detailed study of the newly discovered reliefs, which include, for instance, some scenes of Sahure's royal fleet, the rewarding of members of the expedition to Punt, military exercises and training of nautical crews, processions with funerary furniture and the pyramidion and members of the family of Sahure.

General

Imprint:	Czech Institute Of Egyptology
Country of origin:	Czech Republic
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	December 2009
Authors:	Tarek El-Awady
Dimensions:	312 x 218 x 51mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-80-7308-255-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Middle & Near Eastern archaeology > Egyptian archaeology
LSN:	80-7308-255-1
Barcode:	9788073082550

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