Enlgish summary: This second volume of the final publication of the results of the archaeological mission of the Louvre at Saqqara deals with the subterranean tombs of the Late Period. Illustrated by almost 1000 color photographs, drawings, and plans, it presents research on a group of tombs discovered in 2003-2007. These are situated north of the causeway of Unas, where excavations have unearthed more than 3000 years of human occupation from the times of the pyramids to the Arab Conquest. These two volumes contain the ...
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Enlgish summary: This second volume of the final publication of the results of the archaeological mission of the Louvre at Saqqara deals with the subterranean tombs of the Late Period. Illustrated by almost 1000 color photographs, drawings, and plans, it presents research on a group of tombs discovered in 2003-2007. These are situated north of the causeway of Unas, where excavations have unearthed more than 3000 years of human occupation from the times of the pyramids to the Arab Conquest. These two volumes contain the architectural and archaeological descriptions of the tombs and a detailed catalogue of all the finds encountered within. They also provide a number of scientific studies. French description: Ce second volume de la publication finale des resultats de la mission archeologique du Louvre ... Saqqara concerne les tombes hypogees de Basse Epoque. Illustre de pres de 1000 photographies en couleur, dessins et plans, il presente l'etude des tombes F7, F17, H, j1, Q et n1 decouvertes en 2003-2007. Celles-ci sont situees au Nord de la chaussee d'Ounas, o- les fouilles dirigees par Christiane Ziegler de 1991 ... 2007 ont mis au jour plus de 3000 ans d'occupation humaine, de l'epoque des pyramides jusqu'... la conquete arabe.Ces tombes hypogees sont exceptionnelles ... plus d'un titre. La plupart etaient inviolees et leur contenu a ete retrouve dans sa disposition originelle. Elles se distinguent par la qualite des objets et leur rare etat de conservation. Enfin, une inscription demotique date precisement l'une d'entre elles de l'an II du pharaon Nectanebo II, 1er mois de l'inondation (21 novembre-20 decembre 360 av. J.-C.). L'ouvrage, en deux tomes, comprend la description architecturale et archeologique des differentes tombes ainsi que le catalogue detaille des objets qui y ont ete retrouves. En fin d'ouvrage, on trouvera une serie d'etudes scientifiques concernant les momies et le materiel d'embaumeur, les inscriptions (demotique, chypro-grec et copte) ainsi que les materiaux et les techniques (recherches sur les pigments, les vegetaux, les textiles et les cartonnages).
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