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Names: Staring, Nico, author.
Title: The Saqqara necropolis through the New Kingdom : biography of an ancient Egyptian cultural landscape / by Nico Staring.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] | Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; volume 131 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022045508 (print) | LCCN 2022045509 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004467132 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004467149 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Ṣaqqārah (Egypt)–Antiquities. | Memphis (Extinct city) | Tombs–Egypt–Ṣaqqārah. | Tombs–Egypt–Memphis (Extinct city) | Cultural landscapes–Egypt–Ṣaqqārah. | Cultural landscapes–Egypt–Memphis (Extinct city) | Excavations (Archaeology)–Egypt–Ṣaqqārah. | Excavations (Archaeology)–Egypt–Memphis (Extinct city) | Egypt–History–New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C.
Classification: LCC DT73.S3 S73 2023 (print) | LCC DT73.S3 (ebook) | DDC 932/.2–dc23/eng/20220927
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ISSN 1566-2055
ISBN 978-90-04-46713-2 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-46714-9 (e-book)
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