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(More customer reviews)Many people know about the rock tombs of the Valley of the Kings, yet little know that these tombs were the end product of a development which had been ongoing since at least the Old Kingdom. There are tombs where the dead were buried and tomb-chapels, sometimes placed far apart. This book particularly describes the relationship between Deir el-Medina (the workmen's village) and the New Kingdom rock tombs. It is a refreshing book, recommended for all interested scholars.
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The rock-cut tomb was the most ubiquitous of Egyptian funerary monuments.This book surveys many of these varieties and traces their development. The New Kingdom royal tombs at Thebes and Amarna are described and capters are devoted to the groups of private tombs that date from the Old Kingdom onwards; the distinction is drawn between the tomb-chapels, decorated with the so-called 'scenes of daily life', and the associated burial chamters, in some casese cut a considerable distance away.The changes in decorative themes are explored, as are those in architecture and location.The book concludes with a brief look at the contruction of rock tombs, particularly in the context of workmen's village of Deir el-Medina, and their uncertain future.
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