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Excavations (Archaeology) --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology

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Until comparatively recently, there has been little attempt to produce a detailed study of the architectural make-up of multi-roomed mastaba tombs and the implications of these observations for understanding the ways in which this type of tomb was really used. No thorough and comprehensive investigation has ever been dedicated to the building techniques, materials and design of mastabas or, indeed, who built them. "The Architecture of Mastaba Tombs" considers the architectural components of tomb design that made an ideal burial and explores different aspects of the design and construction of mastabas in the late Old Kingdom (c. 2375 - 2181 BC). It focuses on a group of multi-roomed mastabas in the Unas Cemetery at Saqqara that can be characterised by their complex design and large size. This includes an appraisal of tombs within this cemetery and examines the layout and development of the cemetery from the reign of King Unas, at the end of the 5th Dynasty. Specific attention is paid to the techniques that were used to build tombs via the recording of masonry and examination of specific architectural elements within different monuments. Features such as doorways and the security of the tomb and other aspects, for example the provision of storage space for the maintenance of the mortuary cult, are all considered. The study utilises published sources and survey work carried out by the author. Finally, this study addresses the imbalance of data collection within the recording of Old Kingdom mastabas.

Oenas --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology

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Il n'existe pas plus d'hommes sans mémoire que de sociétés sans ruines. Cette Histoire universelle des ruines vise à élucider le rapport indissoluble que chaque civilisation entretient avec elles. L'Egypte ancienne confie la mémoire de ses souverains à des monuments gigantesques et à des inscriptions imposantes. D'autres sociétés préfèrent pactiser avec le temps, comme les Mésopotamiens, conscients de la vulnérabilité de leurs palais de briques crues, qui enterrent dans le sol leurs inscriptions commémoratives. Les Chinois de l'Antiquité et du Moyen Âge remettent le souvenir de leurs rois et de leurs grands hommes à des inscriptions sur pierre et sur bronze dont les antiquaires scrupuleux collectent les estampages. D'autres encore, les Japonais du sanctuaire d'Isé,détruisent puis reconstruisent à l'identique, en un cycle infini, leurs architectures de bois et de chaume. Ailleurs, dans le monde celtique et en Scandinavie, comme dans le monde arabo-musulman , ce sont les poètes ou les bardes qui ont la charge d'entretenir la mémoire. Les Grecs et les Romains considèrent les ruines comme un mal nécessaire qu'il faut apprendre à interpréter pour les maîtriser. Le monde médiéval occidental affrontera l'héritage antique avec une admiration fortement teintée de répulsion. Face à cette tradition, la Renaissance entreprend un retour d'un type nouveau à l'Antiquité, considérée comme un modèle du présent qu'il faut imiter pour mieux le dépasser. Les Lumières enfin bâtissent une conscience universelle des ruines qui s'est imposée à noous comme le "culte moderne des monuments" : un dialogue avec les ruines qui se veutu niversel et dont ce livre porte témoignage. Passant d'une civilisation l'autre, Alain Schnapp s'appuie autant sur des sources archéologiques que sur la poésie. Magnifiquement illustrée, cette somme est l'oeuvre d'une vie.

Lost architecture --- Architecture and society --- Historic sites in art --- Historic sites in literature --- History --- Ruines --- Ruined buildings --- Histoire. --- History. --- Mémoire --- Ruines (esthétique) --- Civilisation classique. --- Mouvement des Lumières. --- Civilisations précolombiennes. --- Architecture and society. --- Historic sites in art. --- Historic sites in literature. --- Lost architecture. --- Ruins --- Ruins in art --- Ruins in literature --- Cultural property --- Collective memory --- Social aspects. --- Conservation and restoration. --- Destruction and pillage --- Ruine --- Lost architecture - History

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Tel Kabri, located in the western Galilee region of modern Israel several kilometers inland from modern Acco and Nahariyya, was the center of a Canaanite polity during the Middle Bronze Age (MB). Initial excavations conducted at the site from 1986 to 1993 revealed the remains of a palace dating primarily to the Middle Bronze Age II period, during the first half of the second millennium BCE. Excavations were resumed at the site in 2005 under the co-direction of the present editors, Assaf Yasur-Landau and Eric H. Cline. This volume presents the results of the work done at Tel Kabri from 2005 to 2011.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Antiquities. --- Kabri Site (Israel) --- Israel --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Tel Kabri (Israel) --- Antiquities

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"In 2011 and 2012, Dr Gerry Wait (then Nexus Heritage) and Dr Ibrahima Thiaw (Institute Fundamental d'Afrique Noire: IFAN, Dakar) undertook an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) project in Kouilou Department in the southwest region of the Republic of the Congo. The initiative had been commissioned by SRK Consulting UK for Elemental Minerals Ltd relating to a proposed potash mine. These landscapes were little known in terms of the sites and monuments from the distant and more recent past. That the area was important in the understanding of migrations along the African coast had been demonstrated in a pioneering set of excavations by Denbow (2012 and 2014). This base line study was undertaken to identify and evaluate cultural resources which might need further investigation. The second part of the study reports on ethnographic surveys undertaken in the same defined area, treating intangible cultural heritage as equally as important parts of the Congo's cultural heritage and identity. The baseline studies were systematic in that they employed standard best-practice survey techniques but structured on a landscape level. By building upon Denbow's extensive surveys and small-scale investigations from 30 years earlier the studies have enabled a richer and more nuanced understanding of the Atlantic Coast of Congo during the past millennium."--Back cover.

Antiquities. --- Cultural property --- Cultural property. --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Excavations (Archaeology). --- Kouilou (Congo : Department) --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology