Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: t h e subject is unanimous in pointing out the tomb of Petosiris as being an exceptional monument in terms of the history of art. Discovered at the end of 1919 by Gustave Lefebvre, it is, undoubtedly, the most important monument of Tuna el-Gebel, the necropolis of ancient Hermopolis in the Grae-co-Roman Period whose ruins can be found in Middle Egypt, in the area of Mallawi, about 300 km south of Cairo 1 . The building is amongst the most important monuments of the early Ptolemaic Period, having remained in an excellent state of preservation. As a monumental family tomb dating from the end of the fourth century BC, it functioned as the burial place of Petosiris
Author: José das Candeias Sales
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2606868108