El-Deir Nécropoles I: La Nécropole Sud [French]

By Sophie Brones and Francoise Dunand

English summary: The archaeological exploration of El-Deir (Kharga Oasis, Western Egyptian desert) was undertaken by a French team, starting in 1998. During the course of the ten years of work on the site, five necropolises were discovered. A first ensemble is presented in this volume, which will be followed by five more. The study of the human remains, skeletal and mummified, is combined with analysis of the material constituting the funerary furnishings wood, basketry, ceramics, textiles. These studies contain a wealth of information on a local population whose funerary customs, which can be observed from the Persian period to the 5th century AD, completely belong to the Egyptian tradition. The tombs, mirrors of everyday life, clearly show the differences of lifestyle within this population, which on the whole led modest lives of agriculture and handcraft. French text. French description: L'exploration arch ologique du site dEl-Deir (oasis de Kharga, d sert occidental d' gypte) a t entreprise par une quipe fran aise en 1998. Au cours de dix ann es de travail sur le site, cinq n cropoles ont t d couvertes. Un premier ensemble est pr sent dans ce volume, qui sera suivi de cinq autres. L tude des restes humains, momies et squelettes, est associ e celle du mat riel constituant le mobilier des tombes, bois, vannerie, c ramique, textiles. Ces tudes apportent une quantit dinformations sur une population locale dont les usages fun raires, observables sur une longue dur e (de l poque perse aux IVe - Ve si cle de notre re) sinscrivent tout fait dans la tradition gyptienne. Les tombes, miroir de la vie quotidienne, mettent en vidence les diff rences de niveau de vie au sein de cette population, dans lensemble modeste, dont les activit s taient principalement agricoles et artisanales.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 2915840164
• ISBN13: 9782915840162
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Librairie Cybele
• Length: 248 Pages