The rock tombs of Deir el Gebrâwi. Volume 1, Tomb of Aba and smaller tombs of the Southern group / Norman de Garis Davies.
While working as a Congregational minister in England, Norman de Garis Davies (1865-1941) developed an interest in Egyptology. In 1897 he joined Flinders Petrie's excavations at Dendera as a copyist of inscriptions and sculptures. He did further work for the Egypt Exploration Fund, producing ma...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | While working as a Congregational minister in England, Norman de Garis Davies (1865-1941) developed an interest in Egyptology. In 1897 he joined Flinders Petrie's excavations at Dendera as a copyist of inscriptions and sculptures. He did further work for the Egypt Exploration Fund, producing many volumes of archaeological surveys, which won him the Leibniz medal of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. From 1907 he worked for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, together with his wife Nina. Highly illustrated, this two-volume 1902 publication covers the tombs of the important Old Kingdom necropolis at Deir el-Gabrawi, where many of the governors of the Upper Egyptian 12th nome were buried. Volume 1 covers the southern group of tombs, including that of the nomarch Aba. Davies reproduces the tomb art and hieroglyphic inscriptions, as well as providing archaeological plans. His Rock Tombs of Sheikh Saïd (1901) is also reissued in this series. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in London by Gilbert and Bivington in 1902. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 43 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781316106044 1316106047 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9781316106044 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 22, 2019). |