TY  - BOOK
AU  - Karol Jan Myśliwiec
PY  - 2020
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2196-9779
SN  - 9783631820599
TI  - In the Shadow of Djoser’s Pyramid
T2  - Research of Polish Archaeologists in Saqqara
DO  - 10.3726/b16883
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1117795
N2  - 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.
KW  - Mastaba, Old Kingdom, Art Conservation, Iconography, Usurpation, Political theology, Polychromy
LA  - English
ER  -