1. The Middle Kingdom Theban Project. Preliminary report on the University of Alcalà Expedition to Deir el-Bahari:fifth and sixth seasons and study season 2020/2021
- Author
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Morales, Antonio, Yvanez, Elsa, Abd el-Hady, Rawda, Alarcon, Sergio, Alba, José, Andrews, Ella, Arranz, Marta, Bader, Bettina, Camacho, Marina, Carrillo, Manuel, Celis, Flavio, Diaz, Carmen, Dorado, Enrique, Echeverria, Ernesto, Gonzales, Alberto, Garcia, Carlos, Griffin, Lily, Hudson, Reed, Kumar, Nisha, Laguna, David, Lopez, Immaculada, Martin, Andres, Martinez, Oscar, Mora, Patricia, Noria, Beatriz, Osman, Mohamed, Pedersen, Sika, Ramirez, Mario, Sanchez, Raul, Shared, Hazem, Souto, Iria, Spinelli, Daniel, Vilaro, Jaume, Morales, Antonio, Yvanez, Elsa, Abd el-Hady, Rawda, Alarcon, Sergio, Alba, José, Andrews, Ella, Arranz, Marta, Bader, Bettina, Camacho, Marina, Carrillo, Manuel, Celis, Flavio, Diaz, Carmen, Dorado, Enrique, Echeverria, Ernesto, Gonzales, Alberto, Garcia, Carlos, Griffin, Lily, Hudson, Reed, Kumar, Nisha, Laguna, David, Lopez, Immaculada, Martin, Andres, Martinez, Oscar, Mora, Patricia, Noria, Beatriz, Osman, Mohamed, Pedersen, Sika, Ramirez, Mario, Sanchez, Raul, Shared, Hazem, Souto, Iria, Spinelli, Daniel, and Vilaro, Jaume
- Abstract
The present report presents the archaeological, epigraphic, conservation, and landscape works carried out by the Middle Kingdom Theban Project – a project under the auspices of the University of Alcalá (UAH, Madrid) Expedition to Deir el-Bahari and Asasif – in three campaigns (Fifth Season 2020, Study Season 2021, Sixth Season 2021). After the abrupt interruption of the Fifth Season due to the outbreak of the SARS-COVID 19 pandemic, the team organized a (summer) Study Season (Summer 2021), mainly to complete the analysis and documentation of required materials, and the Sixth Season (Fall 2021), where the focus stood on: i) the excavation of the courtyards of Henenu (TT 313) and Ipi (TT 315); ii) the excavation of the inner sections of TT 313 and E1; iii) the epigraphic analysis of hundreds of relief blocks retrieved from TT 313; iv) the implementation of new conservation protocols for the findings as well as the analysis of the conservation conditions and problems in Dagi’s tomb (TT 103); and v) the detailed analysis of textiles, ceramics, and human remains from TT 315.
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- 2022