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- Title
Life, death and beyond in Akhenaten's Egypt: excavating the South Tombs Cemetery at Amarna.
- Authors
Kemp, Barry; Stevens, Anna; Dabbs, Gretchen R.; Zabecki, Melissa; Rose, Jerome C.
- Abstract
The authors report a summary of the results of six seasons of excavation at one of the cemeteries of Tell el-Amarna, the celebrated city of the "monotheistic" revolutionary, Akhenaten. The osteology shows a workforce enduring stress and injuries to bone and muscle. The burial rites indicate low investment and personal interpretations as to spiritual meaning. In this exploration of a slice of a whole Egyptian urban society, the contrast between the working lives of the elite and its workforce becomes striking.
- Subjects
EGYPT; AKHENATON, King of Egypt, d. 1336 B.C.; EGYPTIAN tombs; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; ARCHAEOLOGICAL human remains; ANCIENT cemeteries; TELL el-Amarna (Egypt)
- Publication
Antiquity, 2013, Vol 87, Issue 335, p64
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00048626