DOI Artikel:
Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej: Marina el-Alamein 1994
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26424#0030
MARINA EL-ALAMEIN 1994
by Wiktor A.Daszewski
In February and March exploration of the main, western
necropolis of the town was continued in several areas.*
Excavations were carried out around the tombs excavated during
previous seasons and on new sites.
To the south and east of "pyramid tombs" Nos. 2 and 3
located in the eastern part of the necropolis, closer to the town,
a few large and low enclosures, roughly rectangular in plan were
uncovered.^ They were 2.5 to 3.5 m long and 1.30 to 1.60 m
wide, 0.60 m high. All of them were made of vertically positioned
flat slabs of limestones set side by side to form thin enclosure walls
around a central core Filed with small stones and sand. The tombs
thus formed groups of three or four, suggesting family use. Usually
a group of "prism tombs" adjoined one of the larger tombs
decorated with columns or pillars. This arrangement gives the
impression that less important family members were buried close
to a leading personality. One such "prism tomb" was explored this
season. After removing the Filing of stones and sand, a trench
hewn in bedrock and covered with Fat slabs of limestone was
uncovered. Inside the trench, under a layer of sand and small
stones a skeleton was found at bottom Fattened by the weight of
the fill. The bones belonged to a man 25-34 years of age. There on
' The Mission directed by the author included Prof.Dr. Zofia Sztetyłło,
Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek - archaeologists; Mr. Janusz Bułat and Mr. Jarosław
Dobrowolski - architects; Dr. Maria Kaczmarek - anthropologist; Mr. Waldemar
Jerke - photographer. The Egyptian Antiquities Organization was represented by
Mr. Ezzat el Hamahmy, Chief Inspector of El Hammam. It is to him and
Dr. Kamal Fahmy as well as Mr. Faisal Ashmawy of the Direction of the
Organization that we would like to express our gratitude for the help they gave
us throughout the season.
^ Cf. PAM V 1993(1994), pp. 27-29, Fig.4.
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by Wiktor A.Daszewski
In February and March exploration of the main, western
necropolis of the town was continued in several areas.*
Excavations were carried out around the tombs excavated during
previous seasons and on new sites.
To the south and east of "pyramid tombs" Nos. 2 and 3
located in the eastern part of the necropolis, closer to the town,
a few large and low enclosures, roughly rectangular in plan were
uncovered.^ They were 2.5 to 3.5 m long and 1.30 to 1.60 m
wide, 0.60 m high. All of them were made of vertically positioned
flat slabs of limestones set side by side to form thin enclosure walls
around a central core Filed with small stones and sand. The tombs
thus formed groups of three or four, suggesting family use. Usually
a group of "prism tombs" adjoined one of the larger tombs
decorated with columns or pillars. This arrangement gives the
impression that less important family members were buried close
to a leading personality. One such "prism tomb" was explored this
season. After removing the Filing of stones and sand, a trench
hewn in bedrock and covered with Fat slabs of limestone was
uncovered. Inside the trench, under a layer of sand and small
stones a skeleton was found at bottom Fattened by the weight of
the fill. The bones belonged to a man 25-34 years of age. There on
' The Mission directed by the author included Prof.Dr. Zofia Sztetyłło,
Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek - archaeologists; Mr. Janusz Bułat and Mr. Jarosław
Dobrowolski - architects; Dr. Maria Kaczmarek - anthropologist; Mr. Waldemar
Jerke - photographer. The Egyptian Antiquities Organization was represented by
Mr. Ezzat el Hamahmy, Chief Inspector of El Hammam. It is to him and
Dr. Kamal Fahmy as well as Mr. Faisal Ashmawy of the Direction of the
Organization that we would like to express our gratitude for the help they gave
us throughout the season.
^ Cf. PAM V 1993(1994), pp. 27-29, Fig.4.
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