A case of decapitation from Giza

• Authors: Lebedev Maksim , Dobrovolskaya Maria , Mednikova Maria
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In 2010, the Russian archaeological mission at Giza excavated chamber 2B of tomb GE 19 at the eastern edge of the necropolis and discovered an intact burial there. The male found in the chamber had been decapitated, and the skull with the lower jaw was lying separately from the postcranial skeleton on a layer of clean sand facing east. The paper discusses the archaeological context of the burial, the paleopathology, and the possible reasons for this rare case of decapitation dating back to the Old Kingdom.

Keywords

EN

Giza; rock-cut tombs; decapitation; sand

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Pražské egyptologické studie (Prague Egyptological Studies)
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 21
• Pages: 106-119

Contributors

author

Lebedev Maksim

• Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

author

Dobrovolskaya Maria

• Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Mednikova Maria

• Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences