Early Egyptian tomb security – middle class burials from Tell el-Farkha

• Authors: Joanna Joanna Dębowska-Ludwin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The necropolis in Tell el-Farkha gives examples of various means of burial protection taken by the ancient Egyptians in the Early Dynastic period. The discussed security techniques were of structural character as deep burial chambers and massive superstructures constructed over sub-ground grave parts of mud bricks or concerned the inside space of tombs. The most interesting was pouring liquid mud over whole burials, the most common was use of mats and brick rubble. The cemetery in Tell el-Farkha gives also examples of tomb intrusions – some of them resulted in severe burial plundering, some other occurred ineffective.

Keywords

EN

Tell el-Farkha necropolis; Protodynastic and Early Dynastic; graves; tomb security

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 15
• Pages: 29-36

Contributors

author

Joanna Joanna Dębowska-Ludwin

• Jagiellonian University

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