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An animal embalming complex at Saqqara
- Author(s):
- Tatjana P. Beuthe (see profile)
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- Ancient Near East, Archaeology, Egyptology, Near Eastern Archaeology
- Subject(s):
- Archaeology, Egyptology, Egypt, History, Ancient, Middle East, Burial
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Saqqara, Step Pyramid, Embalming, Animal mummies, Apis Bull, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near East, Burials
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/j454-yc41
- Abstract:
- This paper is a new examination of the original find context of the Saqqara lion tables (CG 1321–2) in ‘Gallery C’, an underground structure in the Step Pyramid complex. The substructure may date to the 1st millennium BCE, and this structure was likely part of an embalming complex for the Apis or other sacred animals. The adjacent Western Galleries were probably re-used during this period as an animal necropolis.
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- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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