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In the Shadow of Djoser’s Pyramid

The book presents the discoveries made by the Polish archaeological mission in Saqqara, the central part of the largest ancient Egyptian royal necropolis. The area adjacent to the Pyramid of King Djoser on the monument’s west side, so far neglected by archaeologists, turned out to be an important bu...

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Main Author: Mysliwiec, Karol Jan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2022
Subjects:
Archaeologists
Art Conservation
Djoser’s
Egypt
Iconography
Mastaba
Mysliwiec
Old Kingdom
Polish
Political theology
Polychromy
Pyramid
Saqqara
Shadow
Usurpation
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKX Archaeological science, methodology and techniques
Online Access:ONIX_20220726_9783631820599_2
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Summary:The book presents the discoveries made by the Polish archaeological mission in Saqqara, the central part of the largest ancient Egyptian royal necropolis. The area adjacent to the Pyramid of King Djoser on the monument’s west side, so far neglected by archaeologists, turned out to be an important burial place of the Egyptian nobility from two periods of Pharaonic history: the Old Kingdom (the late third millennium BC) and the Ptolemaic Period (the late first millennium BC). The earlier, lower cemetery yielded rock-hewn tombs with splendid wall decoration in relief and painting. The book also describes methods of conservation applied to the discovered artefacts and episodes from the mission’s life.

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