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From Umm al Qab to Biban al Muluk: The orientation of Royal Tombs in Ancient Egypt
Belmonte, Juan Antonio
González-García, A. César
Shaltout, Mosalam
Fekri, Magdi
Miranda, Noemi
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España)
Archaeoastronomy
Umm al Qab
Pyramids
Valley of the Kings
Orientations
Incipit
Institute of Heritage Sciences
Instiuto de Ciencias del Patrimonio
The volumen title is ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY IN FOLK TRADITIONS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE Edited by Jonas Vaigkunas. Archaeologia Baltica volume 10 was prepared by Klaipėda University Institute of Baltic Sea Region History and Archaeology and Museum of Molėtai district. Published with a grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of The Republic of Lithuania.
[EN]This paper presents a preliminary approach to the problem of royal tomb orientation in ancient Egypt from the early dynastic mausoleums at the necropolis of Umm al Qab to the impressive subterranean chambers of the tombs at the Valley of the Kings (Biban al Muluk). This clearly shows that the correct orientation of the monuments, from the earlier mastabas to the later hypogea, was mandatory and that the sky plays a key role in understanding ancient Egyptian funerary monuments.
This work is partially financed under the framework of the projects P310793 "Arqueoastronomía" of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, and AYA2004-01010 "Orientatio ad S idera" of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
Peer reviewed
2013-08-22T11:28:43Z
2013-08-22T11:28:43Z
2008
artículo
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
En Archaeologia Baltica, 10: 266-233 (2008)
1392-5520
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/80893
en
open
Klaipeda University Press