Van der Spek, Kees.

The modern neighbors of Tutankhamun : history, life, and work in the villages of the Theban West Bank Kees van der Spek - New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2012. ©2011. - 1 online resource (533 pages)

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Intro -- Inside Cover -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgmentsand an Invitation -- Notes on Transliteration -- PrologueA -- Introduction -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- 7 -- 8 -- 9 -- 10 -- 11 -- Conclusions and a Challenge -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

By demonstrating the multiplicity of economic activities that are carried out in al-Qurna, this study counters the villagers' stereotypical representation as tomb robbers, and restores an understanding of who they are as people living their lives in the shadow of valued cultural heritage.

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Sozialer Wandel
Soziale Situation


el Qurnâ
Theben (Ägypten, West)
Ägypten

Community life--Egypt--Qurna.


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