In the Shadow of Djoser's Pyramid

Research of Polish Archaeologists in Saqqara

Karol Jan Mysliwiec, Mikolaj Szymanski, Miloslawa Stepien, Jan Burzynski, Mikolaj Szymanski, Miloslawa Stepien, Jan Burzynski

• Publisher: Peter Lang Group
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9783631818121
• eBook ISBN: 9783631820599
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art General

The book presents the discoveries made by the Polish archaeological mission in Saqqara, the central part of the largest ancient Egyptian royal necropolis. The area adjacent to the Pyramid of King Djoser on the monument's west side, so far neglected by archaeologists, turned out to be an important burial place of the Egyptian nobility from two periods of Pharaonic history: the Old Kingdom (the late third millennium BC) and the Ptolemaic Period (the late first millennium BC). The earlier, lower cemetery yielded rock-hewn tombs with splendid wall decoration in relief and painting. The book also describes methods of conservation applied to the discovered artefacts and episodes from the mission's life.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright information
• Contents
• Introduction
• Bibliography
• Chronological table
• Chapter 1. History and archaeology: Saqqara in Egyptian history
• Chapter 2. From Edfu to Saqqara: Polish archaeology in the Nile Valley
• Chapter 3. First steps
• Chapter 4. The vizier’s revenge
• Chapter 5. A testimony to stormy times
• Chapter 6. In the realm of Osiris
• Chapter 7. Cult of the dead
• Chapter 8. The vizier’s posthumous neighbour
• Chapter 9. Behind the scenes of family bliss
• Chapter 10. Renaissance of the necropolis after two thousand years
• Chapter 11. Primum non nocere, or the medicine of artefacts
• Chapter 12. The rest is silence
• Extroduction
• Glossary of deities
• Glossary of archaeological terms
• Glossary of foreign expressions and words
• List of figures
• Figures
• Deities