A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK AT THE TOMB OF QUEEN MERET-NEITH OF THE 1" DYNASTY AT ABYDOS, UMM EL-QAAB
(2023) In Agypten und Levante 33. p.75-144- Abstract
Following its original discovery by Flinders Petrie in 1899/1900, the tomb of the 1st Dynasty queen, Meret-Neith at Abydos is currently the focus of a new interdisciplinary project. The project aims to establish Meret-Neith’s chronological position and role within the 1st Dynasty and to better understand, visualise, and archive her monumental tomb complex and associated artefacts. The complex comprises a main central part as well as exterior rows of subsidiary tombs, all built of mudbrick. Archaeological excavation of the central part as well as 27 (out of 41) subsidiary chambers of the complex was completed during the spring 2023 season, yielding a wide range of new results that will contribute to a better understandmg of the... (More)
Following its original discovery by Flinders Petrie in 1899/1900, the tomb of the 1st Dynasty queen, Meret-Neith at Abydos is currently the focus of a new interdisciplinary project. The project aims to establish Meret-Neith’s chronological position and role within the 1st Dynasty and to better understand, visualise, and archive her monumental tomb complex and associated artefacts. The complex comprises a main central part as well as exterior rows of subsidiary tombs, all built of mudbrick. Archaeological excavation of the central part as well as 27 (out of 41) subsidiary chambers of the complex was completed during the spring 2023 season, yielding a wide range of new results that will contribute to a better understandmg of the historical significance of Ms queen.
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- Kohler, E. Christiana ; Ferschin, Peter ; Hood, Amber LU ; Junge, Friederike ; Kovács, Bálint Istvan and Minotti, Mathilde
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- 2023
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- Abydos, First Dynasty, photogrammetry archaeologicalscience, queen Meret-Neith, Royal tombs
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- Agypten und Levante
- volume
- 33
- pages
- 70 pages
- publisher
- Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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- scopus:85187988485
- ISSN
- 1015-5104
- DOI
- 10.1553/AEundL33s21
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- English
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- yes
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- 8c5860ac-f259-42a8-8e5b-923c440d4edc
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abstract = {{<p>Following its original discovery by Flinders Petrie in 1899/1900, the tomb of the 1st Dynasty queen, Meret-Neith at Abydos is currently the focus of a new interdisciplinary project. The project aims to establish Meret-Neith’s chronological position and role within the 1st Dynasty and to better understand, visualise, and archive her monumental tomb complex and associated artefacts. The complex comprises a main central part as well as exterior rows of subsidiary tombs, all built of mudbrick. Archaeological excavation of the central part as well as 27 (out of 41) subsidiary chambers of the complex was completed during the spring 2023 season, yielding a wide range of new results that will contribute to a better understandmg of the historical significance of Ms queen.</p>}},
author = {{Kohler, E. Christiana and Ferschin, Peter and Hood, Amber and Junge, Friederike and Kovács, Bálint Istvan and Minotti, Mathilde}},
issn = {{1015-5104}},
keywords = {{Abydos; First Dynasty; photogrammetry archaeologicalscience; queen Meret-Neith; Royal tombs}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{75--144}},
publisher = {{Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften}},
series = {{Agypten und Levante}},
title = {{A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK AT THE TOMB OF QUEEN MERET-NEITH OF THE 1" DYNASTY AT ABYDOS, UMM EL-QAAB}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1553/AEundL33s21}},
doi = {{10.1553/AEundL33s21}},
volume = {{33}},
year = {{2023}},
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