This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians’ belief in the afterlife.
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Investigates the roles of tombs in the development of funerary practices
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Draws on a range of data, including architecture, artifacts and texts
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Discusses tombs within the context of everyday life in Ancient Egypt
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Stresses the importance of the tomb as an eternal expression of the self
List of Figures ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction 1
1 Nameless Lives at Tarkhan and Saqqara 7
Early Tombs and the Ka
2 Pits, Palaces and Pyramids 24
Royal Cemeteries of the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom
3 Non-Royal Cemeteries of Dynasty 4 35
4 Unas, Teti and Their Courts 51
The Late Old Kingdom at Saqqara
5 The Tombs of Qar and Idu 68
Families and Funerals in the Late Old Kingdom
6 A Growing Independence 86
Court and Regional Cemeteries in the Late Old Kingdom
7 Ankhtify 105
A Time of Change
8 Osiris, Lord of Abydos 117
9 ‘Lords of Life’ 136
Coffins
10 Strangers and Brothers 148
The Middle Kingdom in Middle Egypt
11 North and South 166
Middle Kingdom Tombs at the Royal Residence
12 Ineni, Senenmut and User-Amun 176
New Tombs for Old
13 Rekhmire and the Tl³¨
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