The Architecture of Mastaba Tombs in the Unas Cemetery

ISBN-13: 9789088908941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 188 str.

Ashley Cooke

Opis

A group of multi-roomed mastabas in the Unas Cemetery at Saqqara form the basis for a study of tomb architecture in the late Old Kingdom that takes a close look at masonry, doorways and the arrangement of rooms.

O autorze

Dr. Ashley Cooke is Senior Curator of Antiquities at National Museums Liverpool, one of the largest Egyptology collections in the UK. Tomb architecture is one of his research interests, which also include ancient Egyptian material culture and the history of collecting. He has worked on fieldwork projects in Egypt since 1997 and has excavated at Saqqara, Tell Abqa'in, the Valley of the Kings and Zawiyet Umm el-Rackham.