Portable chests for the falcon cults of Akhmim: new evidence from Cairo museum collections

This article deals with a set of wooden chests uncovered in the necropolis of Akhmim at the end of the 19th century and now kept in the Egyptian Museum and the Agricultural Museum in Cairo. They were interpreted as coffins belonging to mummified falcons. The study of these objects and their decorati...

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Published in:Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo
Main Author: Tillier, Anaïs (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Harrassowitz [2017]
In: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo
Year: 2016, Volume: 72, Pages: 239-251
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egypt (Antiquity) / Culture / Chests / Falkenmumie / Hieroglyphic writing
RelBib Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HH Archaeology

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