Life Histories of Theban Tombs: Transdisciplinary Investigations of a Cluster of Rock-Cut Tombs at Sheikh 'Abd Al-Qurna - Hardcover

by Andrea Loprieno-Gnirs (Author)

1. Reflects 3.5 years of transdisciplinary archeological research in the Theban Necropolis applying sophisticated scientific, digital, and technical approaches and methods often conducted on a micro level.
2. Fieldwork draws from a hermeneutic perspective that pays attention to the life span of an archeological object and its interrelatedness, including post-depositional events.
3. Includes a chapter on the history of the archeological site and its early modern exploration.
4. Shows many color plates of finds and tomb decoration, ortho-images, tomb plans derived from point clouds acquired through terrestrial laser scanning, as well as views of 3D landscape and tomb models.

Author Biography

Andrea Loprieno-Gnirs resides in Basel, Switzerland.