Gizeh and Rifeh

Flinders Petrie's 1907 account of excavations at Gizeh and Dier Rifeh in Upper Egypt, including a cemetery lying on a ridge south of the Great Pyramid, and several cemeteries in the plain of mostly XIth–XVIIth Dynasty date. Excavations at Gizeh produced around 150 'soul houses' and later burials at the cemeteries close to Gizeh revealed three Demotic inscriptions and several cartonnages of papyri.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 166 pages
Publication date: 15 May 2024
Publisher: Oxbow Books

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Facsimile reissue of Flinders Petrie's 1907 account of excavations at Gizeh and at Dier Rifeh in Upper Egypt, situated just south of Asyut. At Gizeh, excavations primarily centered on a cemetery situated on a ridge approximately 1 km south of the Great Pyramid. Meanwhile, work at Rifeh extended from a well-known Coptic village for about 5 km southward, reaching beyond the village of Zowyeh, and primarily involved the exploration of numerous cemeteries in the plain, predominantly dating to the XIth-XVIIth Dynasties. The region encompassed numerous Coptic settlements, and the ruins of Coptic monasteries at Balyzeh and Ganadleh were excavated, resulting in the discovery of numerous fragments of Coptic manuscripts. A chronologically ordered account of the tombs excavated commences with those at Gizeh, followed by Zaraby and Zowheh, and subsequently Rifeh. Those at Rifeh yielded around 150 previously rarely encountered "soul houses," which were clay models of contemporary dwellings used as offering trays. These soul houses are discussed in detail. A classification of pottery is also provided. Later burials were also unearthed at the cemeteries close to Gizeh, where three Demotic inscriptions and several cartonnages of papyri were recovered. The Demotic inscriptions and Coptic manuscripts are described with translations.

Dimension: 298 x 210 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9798888570814