Essays about: "tombs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word tombs.

  1. 1. Being a royal or a noble at death : Funerary expressions of social status in Macedonia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Georgia Bei; [2022]
    Keywords : royalty; nobility; social status; tomb; deceased; material expression; funerary landscape; Macedonia; Vergina; Hagios Athanasios; Derveni; funerary archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the funerary expression of social status in Macedonia during the 4th century BCE. Specifically, this thesis aims to examine the royal and the noble status and the way this is expressed in death, by making a distinction between royals and nobles. READ MORE

  3. 2. Mortuary Practices in LC Cyprus. A Comparative Study Between Tombs at Hala Sultan Tekke and Other LC Bronze Age Sites in Cyprus

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Marcus Svensson; [2020]
    Keywords : Hala Sultan Tekke; Late Cypriote Bronze Age; pit well tombs; chamber tombs; shaft graves; Mycenae.; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates differences and similarities in the funerary material of Late Bronze Age Cyprus in order to answer questions about a possible uniqueness of the pit/well tombs at the Late Bronze Age harbour city of Hala Sultan Tekke. The thesis also tries to explain why these features stand out as singular, compared to the more common chamber tomb, and the reason for their existence. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Life and Times of Butehamun : Tomb Raider for the High Priest of Amun

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : George Wood; [2020]
    Keywords : Butehamun; Deir el-Medina; Thebes; Egypt; Egyptology; mummies; reburial; caches; Valley of the Kings; biography; Butehamon; Deir el-Medinah; Thebe; Egypten; Egyptologi; mumier; Kungarnas dal; biografi;

    Abstract : This is a biography of the scribe Butehamun. A member of a well-known family who had long lived in the village of Deir el-Medina working on the tombs in the Valley of Kings, Butehamun’s coming of age saw invasion and civil war in Thebes, and the end to the making of new tombs in the Valley, as the New Kingdom came to an end. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gravmonument i svenska parkmiljöer : idéer, ideal och formspråk

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Hanna Åberg; [2018]
    Keywords : gravar; tro; gravromantik; heliga lundar; Eden; Arkadien; Millesgården; Jacobsberg; Rosersberg; mortalitet;

    Abstract : Den här uppsatsen syftar till att besvara vilka idéer och ideal som kännetecknar gravmonument i svenska parkmiljö samt hur de har utformats genom historien. En litteraturstudie har utförts baserad på tvärvetenskaplig västerländsk litteratur med avsikt att förstå de influenser som format svenska gravmonument i parkmiljö. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Shrines of Gebel el-Silsila : and their function

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Alexandra Boender; [2018]
    Keywords : Gebel el-Silsila; shrines; cenotaphs; Qasr Ibrim; function; religion; helgedom; kenotaf; funktion; Gebel el-Silsila; Qasr Ibrim; religiös; funktion;

    Abstract : In 1963 came Ricardo Caminos to the conclusion that the shrines of Gebel el-Silsila functioned as cenotaphs. However, his views have never been reassessed by contemporary Egyptologists, which has led to the shrines still being interpreted as cenotaphs today. READ MORE