A new group of middle kingdom embalming deposits?: another look at pottery dumps and repositories for building materials in Middle Kingdom cemeteries

Although mummification is assumed to have been a common practice during the mid-late Middle Kingdom, there are no confirmed examples of so-called “embalming deposits” – intentional deposits of waste created during the mummification process – from cemeteries of this period. The only Middle Kingdom de...

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Main Author: Knoblauch, Christian Matthias (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Akademie [2016]
In: Ägypten und Levante
Year: 2016, Volume: 26, Pages: 329-356
Further subjects:B Mummification
B Embalming
B Bricks
B Intentional Deposits
B Funerary rituals
B Ritual
B Marl
B Textiles
B Tombs
B Archaeology
B Kingdom of Egypt
B Burial Customs
B Ritual offerings
B Cemeteries
B Pottery
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