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Certainly a vintage of obtainable archaeological writing, Burrows' learn of historical Crete used to be one of many major individuals to the graduation of recent knowing of the Minoans. The earliest lines of the Minoan civilization are sketched out prior to he turns to the ancient sessions whilst Minos flourished. The sack of Knossos and the tip of the Bronze Age are narrated opposed to the archaeological historical past. conscious of the cultural continuity of classical tales from the island, he introduces the subject of the minotaur and the famed labyrinth of Knossos. For a person drawn to the roots of western civilization, or of the founding of classical civilizations, this ebook continues to be crucial analyzing.
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Dieses Grab der ersten Hälfte der 18. 7 1 Älter und jünger bezieht sich nicht auf das Hauptgrab (Hofnordseite), sondern auf die Seitengräber der Höfe. 2 N. Strudwick, The Tombs of Amenhotep, Khnummose, and Amenmose at Thebes (Nos. 294, 253, and 254), (Oxford, 1996). 3 Erika Feucht, Das Grab des Nefersecheru (TT 296), THEBEN II, (Mainz, 1985) und E. Hofmann, Das Grab des Neferrenpet, gen. Kenro (TT 178), THEBEN IX, (Mainz, 1995). Das Grab des Nefermenu (TT 365) ist unpubliziert. 4 B. Porter/ R. Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings I, The Theban Necropolis, Part 1, Private Tombs, (Oxford, 1960), Karte IV.
50 Nach oben ist sie mit Osiris verbunden (Abb. 7). 49 Aus der Verknüpfung von Raum 1 und 2 erklärt sich auch die Dominanz der Osirisabbildungen in TT 296. Auch der Osirishymnus auf der rechten Laibung im Eingang von TT 296 lässt sich mit dem Hymnus im Durchgang zu Raum 2 in TT 178 vergleichen. In beiden Fällen ist er als “Erster des Westens”, als Totengott angesprochen. Im Eingang von TT 178 steht an dieser Stelle (rechte Eingangslaibung) ein Hymnus an Re. Zu Re und Osiris, oder Aufgang und Untergang, Re und Atum vgl.
177, (r. = Eingangswand, linker Hallenflügel). 31 Die Festszenen setzen sich auch auf der linken Schmalwand in der Erntefestszene fort; Strudwick, op. , S. 71, pl. XXVIII. 32 Feucht, Das Grab des Nefersecheru (TT 296), S. 69, Szene 22, S. 31, Szene 8. 33 Zahlreiche Details erinnern an die Bilder in den Privatgräbern von Amarna; Strudwick, op. , S. 60. a. zwischen TT 254 und dem kurz vor Amarna dekorierten Kleingrab TT 181, das in unmittelbarer Nähe liegt, erkennen. zwei gräberensembles in khokha–süd 29 In TT 253 hat die Ausrichtung zum Tal, anders als in einem älteren Parallelfall, TT 56, nur einen Einfluss auf die Dekoration der Halle genommen.