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" Tomb robberies at the end of the New Kingdom : "
Valentina Gasperini.
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BL
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Record Number
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873939
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Main Entry
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Gasperini, Valentina
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Title & Author
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Tomb robberies at the end of the New Kingdom : : the Gurob burnt groups reinterpreted /\ Valentina Gasperini.
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Edition Statement
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First edition.
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Publication Statement
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Oxford, United Kingdom ;New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, 2018.
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Series Statement
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Oxford studies in Egyptian archaeology
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Page. NO
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xii, 325 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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ISBN
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0198818785
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: 9780198818786
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-318) and index.
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Abstract
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At the end of the 19th century W.M.F. Petrie excavated a series of assemblages at the New Kingdom Fayum site of Gurob. These deposits, known in the Egyptological literature as 'Burnt Groups', were composed by several and varied materials (mainly Egyptian and imported pottery, faience, stone and wood vessels, jewellery), all deliberately burnt and buried in the harem palace area of the settlement. Since their discovery these deposits have been considered peculiar and unparalleled. Many scholars were challenged by them and different theories were formulated to explain these enigmatic 'Burnt Groups'. The materials excavated from these assemblages are now curated at several Museum collections across England: Ashmolean Museum, British Museum, Manchester Museum, and Petrie Museum. For the first time since their discovery, this book presents these materials all together. Gasperini has studied and visually analysed all the items. This research sheds new light on the chronology of deposition of these assemblages, additionally a new interpretation of their nature, primary deposition, and function is presented in the conclusive chapter.
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Excavations (Archaeology)-- Egypt-- Gurob (Extinct city)
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Grave robbing-- Egypt-- Fayyūm.
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Tombs-- Egypt-- Fayyūm.
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Antiquities.
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Ausgrabung
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Funde
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Grave robbing.
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Keramik
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Tombs.
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Egypt, History, Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180-ca. 1551 B.C.
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Fayyūm (Egypt), Antiquities.
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Gurob (Extinct city)
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Egypt, Fayyūm.
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Egypt, Gurob (Extinct city)
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Egypt.
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Gurob
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Dewey Classification
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932/.014
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LC Classification
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DT73.G85G37 2018
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Parallel Title
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Gurob burnt groups reinterpreted
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