The High King S Tomb

Author : Kristen Britain
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575099906

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The High King's Tomb by Kristen Britain Pdf

With the ghostly help of the First Rider, Karigan G'ladheon had transported the corrupt spirit of Mornhavon the Black into the future, buying valuable time for her king and country. But how far in the future is Mornhavon now? A hundred years? Ten years? Only one year? There's no way to tell. So though the immediate threat has passed, Mornhavon's shadow still lies heavily on the land, and on their minds ... although there are threats closer to home as well. The D'Yer Wall, protecting Sacoridia from the dark, corrupted Blackveil forest, remains breached despite Karigan and her fellow Riders best efforts. They've scoured the land searching for lost documents and magical clues to help mend the breach, fend off any incursions from Blackveil Forest and, more pressingly, protect them from Mornhavon's return. Nor is the breach in the wall the only danger. Mornhavon may have gone, but the descendants of his people remain and they're ready to claim the land that their forefathers failed to conquer. These vengeful enemies, hidden within the peaceful borders of Sacoridia, have spent generations honing their dark magic ready to strike - and ensuring that their blow, when it comes, will be one that Karigan and the Sacordians have no defence against ...

Author : Toby Wilkinson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393531718

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Tutankhamun's Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's Tomb by Toby Wilkinson Pdf

Marking the one hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s magnificent tomb, its incredible treasures are revealed as never before. In 1922, after fifteen years of searching, archaeologists finally discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. There, buried alongside the king’s mummy, they found more than 5,000 unique objects, from the mundane to the extravagant, from the precious to the everyday. Tutankhamun’s spectacular gold mask is justifiably famous, but the rest of the treasures remain largely unknown, their stories untold. In this rich and beautifully illustrated work of history, renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson allows one hundred artifacts from the boy king’s tomb to speak again—not only for themselves, but as witnesses of the civilization that created them. A gold-decorated chariot reveals the impressive scale of Egyptian technology. Loaves of bread, baskets of fruit, and jars of wine hint at the fertility of the Nile Valley and the abundant feasts enjoyed by its people. Ebony and ivory from Nubia and a jewel of Libyan desert glass show the range of Egypt’s trading and diplomatic networks. Shaving equipment and board games provide a window into the everyday lives of the people. And perhaps most poignant of all the objects in the tomb is one that conjures up a lost world of human experience: Tutankhamun’s silver trumpet. Through these treasures, Wilkinson bring us face-to-face with the culture of the pharaohs, its extraordinary development, its remarkable flourishing, and its lasting impact. Filled with surprising insights and vivid details, Tutankhamun’s Trumpet offers an indelible portrait of the history, people, and legacy of ancient Egypt.

Author : Josef Wegner,Kevin Cahail
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781949057096

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King Seneb-Kay's Tomb and the Necropolis of a Lost Dynasty at Abydos by Josef Wegner,Kevin Cahail Pdf

This volume is the publication and analysis of the tomb of pharaoh Seneb-Kay (ca. 1650-1600 BCE), and a cemetery of associated tombs at Abydos, all attributable to a group of kings of Egypt's Second Intermediate Period. The tomb of Seneb-Kay has provided the first known king's tomb of pharaonic Egypt that included decorated imagery in the burial chamber. That evidence, presented in full-color and discussed in detail in the volume, allows us to identify this previously unknown ruler along with a group of seven similar tombs that can be attributed to an Upper Egyptian Dynasty that survived for approximately half a century during a period of pronounced territorial fragmentation in the Nile Valley. The book examines the architecture and artifacts associated with these tombs as well as presents an osteological analysis of the bodies of Seneb-Kay and the other anonymous individuals buried at South Abydos. Seneb-Kay's skeletonized mummy was recovered inside his tomb and provides a rare opportunity to examine the body of a king of this era. He is the earliest substantially preserved body of an Egyptian king to survive in the archaeological record, and the first known Egyptian pharaoh whose skeletal remains show that he died in battle. The analysis of his death in a military encounter, along with insights from the other skeletal remains indicates a line of kings whose rise to power was associated with their social background as members of the military elite. The book examines the wider implications of these bodies in terms of the pronounced militarization of society in the Second Intermediate Period. Seneb-Kay's tomb has also provided extensive evidence, through its use of reused blocks bearing decoration, of earlier elite and royal monuments at Abydos. The combination of evidence provides a new archaeological and historical window into the political situation that defined Egypt's Second Intermediate Period.

Author : William Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:HWRTXZ

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Dictionary of the Bible by William Smith Pdf

Author : Wolfram Grajetzki
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812245677

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Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom by Wolfram Grajetzki Pdf

With detailed illustrations and archival images, Egyptologist Wolfram Grajetzki describes and compares the opulent tombs of eminent and royal women from the late Middle Kingdom, shedding new light on how the gendered and social identities of these women were viewed in the court and preserved in the grave.

Author : G. Elliot Smith
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781528798549

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Finding Tutankhamen and His Tomb - The Great Discovery by Howard Carter & George Herbert by G. Elliot Smith Pdf

A collection of articles from the Daily Telegraph’s 1922 reporting on Howard Carter’s discovery and excavation of the ancient Egyptian tomb of Tutankhamen. Howard Carter (1874–1939) was an English Egyptologist who discovered and led the excavation of Pharaoh Tutankhamen’s tomb in November 1922. This series of articles was written by G. Elliot Smith for the Daily Telegraph, and they offer commentary on the wider meaning of the incredible discovery. Hidden by rubble and debris, the tomb remained largely intact for over 30 centuries, making it the best-preserved royal burial from ancient Egypt. Delve into the excitement of this renowned expedition and immerse yourself in Howard Carter’s archaeological breakthrough. The chapters featured in this volume include: - Exploration of the Theban Tombs of the Kings - Tutankhamen - The Significance of the Discovery - The Valley of the Tombs - The Story of the Flood - Getting to Heaven - The Ethics of Desecration

Author : Avi Bachenheimer
Publisher : ISAISC (Institute for the Study of Ancient Iranian Society and Culture)
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Unfinished Tomb of Darius III: Structure, Reliefs and Environs by Avi Bachenheimer Pdf

The author has provided a collection of reports, primarily concerned with geographical, stylistic and architectural aspects of the Unfinished Tomb. The reports contain detailed studies of the reliefs, dimensions of the tomb and fascinating aspects pf the structure that are being explored for the first time.

Author : Aidan Dodson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136158148

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The Canopic Equipment Of The Kings of Egypt by Aidan Dodson Pdf

First published in 1994. The term 'Canopic', as applied to the containers employed by the Egyptians to contain the embalmed internal organs of the deceased, derives from a case of mistaken identity. The aims of this monograph are primarily archaeological and historical, to document all canopic equipment attributable to the kings of Egypt, and to discuss each element in its spatial and temporal context. Translations of all available texts are provided, but no attempt is made to discuss them from a detailed religious or philological standpoint.

Author : Maria Golia
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789146301

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A Short History of Tomb-Raiding by Maria Golia Pdf

A spine-tingling exploration of a venture as ancient as the pyramids themselves. To secure a comfortable afterlife, ancient Egyptians built fortress-like tombs and filled them with precious goods, a practice that generated staggering quantities of artifacts over the course of many millennia—and also one that has drawn thieves and tomb-raiders to Egypt since antiquity. Drawing on modern scholarship, reportage, and period sources, this book tracks the history of treasure-seekers in Egypt and the social contexts in which they operated, revealing striking continuities throughout time. Readers will recognize the foibles of today’s politicians and con artists, the perils of materialism, and the cycles of public compliance and dissent in the face of injustice. In describing an age-old pursuit and its timeless motivations, A Short History of Tomb-Raiding shows how much we have in common with our Bronze Age ancestors.

Author : David Christian Clausen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476624433

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The Upper Room and Tomb of David by David Christian Clausen Pdf

It has been a church, a mosque and a synagogue. Jesus is said to have dined there. James, his brother, is believed to have been interred there. King David may be buried beneath its floor. The subject of intense speculation by both scholars and the faithful, the Cenacle on Mount Zion—also known as the Upper Room of the New Testament gospels and as the Tomb of David—has remained a mystery for centuries. Claimed by Jews, Christians and Muslims, the sacred structure continues to evoke passionate controversy. Does it date back to the time of Christ? Was the Last Supper celebrated there? Is this the place where the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles on the first Pentecost following Easter Sunday? Did King David’s remains ever lie there? These and many other questions are explored in this first-ever study, offering a readable, fully researched narrative account of the Cenacle’s history, archaeology and imagery. Artistic, architectural and photographic illustrations document the Cenacle and its surroundings over the past 1,500 years.

Author : Bob Brier
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780197635056

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Tutankhamun and the Tomb That Changed the World by Bob Brier Pdf

Brier illustrated the wide-ranging impact that the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb has had since its opening in 1922. It has influenced Egyptian politics; raised great sums of monies for museums around the world; and started endless debates on Tutankhamun's life as a warrior, the cause of his death, and more. -- adapted from jacket

Author : Dieter Arnold
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture, Ancient
ISBN : 9780300123449

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Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht by Dieter Arnold Pdf

This volume documents twenty-six monumental tombs of the ancient Egyptian Twelfth Dynasty that were excavated by the Metropolitan Museum Egyptian Expedition from 1906 to 1934 and 1984 to 1991. Focusing on the study and reconstruction of the architecture of the tombs, the book also publishes remains of reliefs and inscriptions that decorated the walls. The author demonstrates the astonishing variety of Middle Kingdom funeral architecture. Whereas some of the Lisht structures relate closely to Old Kingdom mastabas, there is also a new group of freestanding chapels that are derived from contemporary deity temples and foreshadow the temple-tombs of later periods in Egyptian history. Also included is an appendix by James P. Allen on the biographical inscription in one of the tombs

Author : Katherine Slinger
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781803270371

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Tomb Families: Private Tomb Distribution in the New Kingdom Theban Necropolis by Katherine Slinger Pdf

Tomb Families investigates the apparently random distribution of New Kingdom private tombs in the Theban Necropolis by focusing on factors that may have influenced tomb location. This research provides a deeper understanding of the necropolis and how private tombs linked to the wider sacred landscape of Thebes.

Author : Johann Jakob Herzog,Philip Schaff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Theology
ISBN : YALE:39002089549969

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A Religious Encyclopaedia Or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology by Johann Jakob Herzog,Philip Schaff Pdf

Author : Joel Thomas Rosenthal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Kings and rulers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038198763

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Kings and Kingship by Joel Thomas Rosenthal Pdf