Nomes of Lower Egypt in the early Fifth Dynasty
<p>Having control over the landscape played an important role in the geography and economy of Egypt from the predynastic period onwards. Especially from the beginning of the Old Kingdom, we have evidence that kings created new places (funerary domains) called <img alt="https://egqsj.co...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
2021-01-01
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Series: | Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart |
Online Access: | https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/70/19/2021/egqsj-70-19-2021.pdf |
Summary: | <p>Having control over the landscape played an important
role in the geography and economy of Egypt from the predynastic period
onwards. Especially from the beginning of the Old Kingdom, we have evidence
that kings created new places (funerary domains) called <img alt="https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/70/19/2021/egqsj-70-19-2021-g21" data-printVersion="https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/70/19/2021/egqsj-70-19-2021-g21.png" data-webVersion="https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/70/19/2021/egqsj-70-19-2021-g21.png" src="https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/70/19/2021/egqsj-70-19-2021-g21-thumb.png" height="9.389409pt"/> (centers) and
<img alt="https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/70/19/2021/egqsj-70-19-2021-g25" data-printVersion="https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/70/19/2021/egqsj-70-19-2021-g25.png" data-webVersion="https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/70/19/2021/egqsj-70-19-2021-g25.png" src="https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/70/19/2021/egqsj-70-19-2021-g25-thumb.png" height="9.389409pt"/> (<i>Ezbah</i>) for the equipment of the building projects of the royal tomb and
the funerary cult of the king, as well as to ensure the eternal life of both
kings and individuals. Kings used these localities in order to do so, and they
oftentimes expanded the border of an existing nome and created new
establishments. Consequently, these establishments were united or divided
into new nomes. The paper discusses the geography of Lower Egypt and the
associated royal domains in the early Fifth Dynasty based on the new
discoveries from the causeway of Sahura at Abusir.</p> |
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ISSN: | 0424-7116 2199-9090 |