Glossing the past: the Fifth Dynasty sun temples, Abu Ghurab and the satellite imagery

• Authors: Nuzzolo Massimiliano , Zanfagna Patrizia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The sites of Abusir and Abu Ghurab, with their unique mingling of funerary and religious architecture, and the incredible heritage of written papyrus documents, represent a crucial area for the understanding of the historical, architectural and religious evolution of Old Kingdom Egypt. However, many of their topographical and archaeological features remain unclear, especially as regards the identification of the four missing sun temples, which are documented in textual sources of the time but have been never located. The present article wishes to further our knowledge of the sacred landscape of the area during the Fifth Dynasty thanks to the combined analysis of archaeological data, the historical cartography of the area, and new remote sensed imagery.

Keywords

EN

Abusir; Abu Ghurab; sun temples; Lepsius XVI; Lepsius XXVIII; remote sensing; satellite imagery; historical cartography

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Pražské egyptologické studie (Prague Egyptological Studies)
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 19
• Pages: 110-123

Contributors

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Nuzzolo Massimiliano

• Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

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Zanfagna Patrizia

• Municipality of Venice, Italy, Office for Architecture, Territorial Planning and GIS-systems