Abusir : Realm of OsirisAt the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis there lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the last forty years, of an extensive operation to discover its past. This exciting new book-richly endowed with black-and-white historical photographs, color plates of contemporary work, and informative illustrations-at last documents the uncovering by a dedicated team of Czech archaeologists of a hitherto neglected wealth of ancient remains dating from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period. This is Abusir, realm of Osiris, God of the dead, and its story is one of both modern archaeology and the long-buried mysteries that it seeks to uncover. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
In the Shadow of Memphis | 5 |
Abusirthe Rise of a Royal Necropolis | 41 |
Under the Sign of the Sun | 67 |
The Royal Mother | 89 |
The Secret of the Unfinished Pyramid | 111 |
The Testimony of the Papyrus Archives | 135 |
The Dazzling Career of the Royal Hairdresser | 153 |
The Traitors Tomb? | 177 |
Iufaaan Intact Tomb | 193 |
at the Crossroads of History | 207 |
In Search of Lost Time | 225 |
Chronological List of Rulers and Dynasties | 239 |
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Abusir: Realm of Osiris Director of the Czech Archaeological Excavations in Abusir Miroslav Verner No preview available - 2014 |
Common terms and phrases
Abu Ghurab Abusir cemetery Abusir papyri Abusir pyramids alabaster Ancient Egyptian archaeological archaeologists Borchardt building built burial chamber causeway columns construction Czech team Dahshur desert discovered discovery Djedkare Early Dynastic eastern Egyptian Museum Egyptologists enclosure wall excavations expedition false door Fifth Dynasty Fourth Dynasty fragments funerary Giza inscriptions Iufaa's Kaaper's Kamil Voděra Khentkaus Khentkaus II Khentkaus's king's layer Lepsius limestone limestone blocks low relief mastaba mastaba of Ptahshepses Memphis Memphite necropolis meters Milan Zemina Mit Rahina monument mortuary cult mortuary temple mud brick Museum in Cairo necropolis Neferefre Neferefre's mortuary temple Neferirkare's pyramid Nile Valley Niuserre North Saqqara obelisk Old Kingdom original pharaoh Ptahshepses pyra pyramid complex pyramid temple queen red granite reign relief decoration ruler Sahure Sahure's pyramid sand Saqqara sarcophagus shaft tomb Shepseskaf Shepseskare Sneferu South Abusir statues Step Pyramid stone sun temple temple archive tomb complex underground Unfinished Pyramid valley temple