Name: Let a Cow-Skin Be Brought: Armour, Chariots and Other Leather Remains from Tutankhamun's Tomb
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Author: Salima Ikram
ISBN: 9789464260991

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Let a Cow-Skin Be Brought: Armour, Chariots and Other Leather Remains from Tutankhamun's Tomb

Type

Physical Book

Author

Salima Ikram

André Veldmeijer

Publisher

Sidestone Press

Language

English

Pages

150

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9789464260991

Synopsis "Let a Cow-Skin Be Brought: Armour, Chariots and Other Leather Remains from Tutankhamun's Tomb"

One hundred years ago, Howard Carter, working for Lord Carnarvon, made one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all times in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor, Egypt): the nearly intact tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (ca. 1335-1325 BC). In addition to the king's body, the tomb contained well over 5000 objects, which were recovered, conserved and recorded by Carter and his team. The fabulous treasures, such as the gold coffins, funerary mask, jewelry, as well as the six near complete chariots are well known. The tomb, however, yielded a wide variety of objects, both sacred and secular, including some that are less elaborately decorated with precious materials but which are, from a scientific point of view, perhaps even more interesting (and enigmatic).Many objects from the tomb still remain unstudied; those that have been published consist of specific groups, for example: thrones, chairs and stool; the bows; musical instruments; game boxes; the small gold shrine or the stone vessels. This work examines the tomb and its contents through an unusual lens: leather and other animal soft tissue products that were used in creating some of the tomb's contents.Through a study of these artifacts, the reader is guided through the surprising and complex world of leatherworking in ancient Egypt, focussing on the numerous different objects from the tomb that are either made entirely from or include leather, such as the chariots and their accoutrements, weapons, gloves, as well as hitherto unpublished finds, as among which leatherworking tools.This approach offers new insights in ancient Egyptian technology as well as in the production and use of specific materials and objects. The findings are discussed in the wider framework of the development and organization of the leather industry in New Kingdom Egypt.

Salima Ikram

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Salima Ikram es una destacada egiptóloga y profesora nacida en Lahore, Pakistán, en 1965. Desde muy joven mostró un gran interés por la arqueología y la historia del Antiguo Egipto, interés que se fortaleció tras una visita a Egipto en su infancia. Estudió arqueología y egiptología en prestigiosas universidades internacionales, donde obtuvo su doctorado.

Actualmente es profesora titular en la Universidad Americana de El Cairo, donde combina la docencia con la investigación arqueológica. A lo largo de su carrera ha dirigido y participado en numerosas excavaciones en Egipto, centrándose especialmente en el estudio de momias animales, la producción de carne en el Antiguo Egipto y el análisis faunístico. Ha sido líder de proyectos importantes y ha colaborado con museos y equipos internacionales.

Además de su labor académica, Salima Ikram es una divulgadora reconocida, participando en documentales, programas de televisión y asesorando en producciones cinematográficas relacionadas con la egiptología. Su trabajo ha contribuido significativamente al conocimiento y la difusión de la cultura egipcia antigua, tanto en el ámbito académico como en el público general.

Su combinación de rigurosidad científica y capacidad para comunicar hace que sea una referencia clave en el estudio y la promoción del patrimonio arqueológico egipcio.

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