The modern neighbors of Tutankhamun : history, life, and work in the villages of the Theban West Bank /

"A historical-anthropological study of the people who lived in the antiquities precinct of Luxor's West Bank. Until their recent demolition, the colorful mud-brick hamlets of al-Qurna village, situated among the Noble Tombs of the Theban Necropolis on the Luxor West Bank, were home to a vi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van der Spek, Kees (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2011.
Colección:Cairo Scholarship Online.
Temas:
Geschichte.
Community life > Egypt > Qurna.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
HISTORY > Ancient > Egypt.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Community life
Economic history
Manners and customs
Social conditions
Ethnologie
Landbevölkerung
Tourismus
Ausgrabung
Koexistenz
Qurna (Egypt) > History.
Qurna (Egypt) > Social life and customs.
Qurna (Egypt) > Social conditions.
Qurna (Egypt) > Economic conditions.
Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
Qurna (Égypte) > Histoire.
Qurna (Égypte) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Qurna (Égypte) > Conditions sociales.
Qurna (Égypte) > Conditions économiques.
Thèbes (Égypte : Ville ancienne)
Egypt > Qurna
Egypt > Thebes (Extinct city)
Luxor
el Qurnâ
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ancient remains as life's stage : differing perspectives on life in the Theban Necropolis
  • The natural and social setting of the Theban West Bank communities
  • Early European travelers and the emergence of the Theban communities in the consciousness of the West
  • "In justice to the inhabitants of Gournei" : European presence and its literary record
  • Protected space as domestic place : human presence and the emergence of the built environment in the Theban Necropolis
  • Qurnawi foothills architecture : footprint, form, and function
  • Agriculture, conflict, and the maintenance of stable social relations
  • All in a season's work : Egyptology-induced labor relations at al-Hurubat
  • Faked antikas and 'modern antiques' : artistic expression in the villages of the Theban West Bank
  • Contemporary spirituality and traditional beliefs in the Theban Necropolis
  • The ethnography of eviction
  • Appendix 1. Ethnography in sensitive surroundings : notes on life and work among the tombs
  • Appendix 2. Theban Mapping Project aerial photographs
  • Appendix 3. English translation of Carla Burri's Italian The anonymous Venetian text
  • Appendix 4. Extract from Howard Carter's autobiographical Sketch V
  • Appendix 5. A petition from the people of Qurna to the Egyptian government
  • Appendix 6. Art and craft production at al-Qurna.

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