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Thebes : its tombs and their tenants, ancient and present, including a record of excavations in the Necropolis / Alexander Henry Rhind.

His independent means as the son of a wealthy banker enabled Alexander Henry Rhind (1833-63) to devote his short life to antiquarianism. While reading for the Scottish bar, he studied and investigated Pictish remains, and pressed for the inclusion of archaeological sites in Ordnance Survey maps. On...

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Main Author: Rhind, A. Henry (Alexander Henry), 1833-1863 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Series:Cambridge library collection.
Subjects:
Rhind, A. Henry > (Alexander Henry), > 1833-1863 > Travel > Egypt.
Rhind, A. Henry > (Alexander Henry), > 1833-1863.
Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) > Antiquities.
Tombs > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Tombs.
Travel.
Egypt.
Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
Table of Contents:
  • Thebes
  • The Necropolis
  • On the results of former sepulchral researches
  • The unrifled tomb of a Theban dignitary and its contents
  • A burial place of the poor
  • Excavations among tombs of various grades
  • On the theories explanatory of Egyptian sepulture
  • The sepulchral evidence on early metallurgic practice
  • How the demand for Egyptian relics has been supplied, and its influence on the condition of the monuments
  • The present tenants of the tombs
  • The present tenants of the tombs and their rulers.

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