The modern neighbors of Tutankhamun : history, life, and work in the villages of the Theban West Bank /
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Cairo ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
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Call Number: DT73 .Q75 V36
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| 100 | 1 | |a Van der Spek, Kees, |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The modern neighbors of Tutankhamun : |b history, life, and work in the villages of the Theban West Bank / |c Kees van der Spek. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cairo ; |a New York : |b American University in Cairo Press, |c 2011. | |
| 300 | |a xxxi, 500 pages : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Community life |z Egypt |z Qurna. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Qurna (Egypt) |x History. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Qurna (Egypt) |x Social life and customs. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Qurna (Egypt) |x Social conditions. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Qurna (Egypt) |x Economic conditions. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
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