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Life and Death in Ancient Egypt: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes. (Reviews of Books).
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The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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January 1, 2002| Author:
Troy, Lana
| COPYRIGHT 2002 American Oriental Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Life and Death in Ancient Egypt: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes. By SIGRID HODEL-HOENES; translated by DAVID WARBURTON. Ithaca: CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2000. Pp. xii + 329, illus. $49.95.
The private rock tombs of ancient Thebes comprise an important corpus for the study of ancient Egyptian life as well as of the genius of New Kingdom painting. This work presents a selection of these tombs with interwoven commentaries on history, theology, and esthetic ...
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