Tomb Robberies at the End of the New Kingdom: The Gurob Burnt Groups Reinterpreted

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Valentina Gasperini (Project Curator for the Amara West Ceramics, Project Curator for the Amara West Ceramics, British Museum)

Tomb Robberies at the End of the New Kingdom

The Gurob Burnt Groups Reinterpreted

Valentina Gasperini (Project Curator for the Amara West Ceramics, Project Curator for the Amara West Ceramics, British Museum)

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English

Oxford University Press
12 July 2018

Archaeology; Egyptian archaeology & Egyptology; Archaeological methodology & techniques

Series: Oxford Studies in Egyptian Archaeology

At the end of the 19th century W.M.F. Petrie excavated a series of assemblages at the New Kingdom Fayum site of Gurob. These deposits, known in the Egyptological literature as 'Burnt Groups', were composed by several and varied materials (mainly Egyptian and imported pottery, faience, stone and wood vessels, jewellery), all deliberately burnt and buried in the harem palace area of the settlement. Since their discovery these deposits have been considered peculiar and unparalleled. Many scholars were challenged by them and different theories were formulated to explain these enigmatic 'Burnt Groups'.

The materials excavated from these assemblages are now curated at several Museum collections across England: Ashmolean Museum, British Museum, Manchester Museum, and Petrie Museum. For the first time since their discovery, this book presents these materials all together. Gasperini has studied and visually analysed all the items. This research sheds new light on the chronology of deposition of these assemblages, additionally a new interpretation of their nature, primary deposition, and function is presented in the conclusive chapter. The current study also gives new information on the abandonment of the Gurob settlement and adds new social perspective on a crucial phase of the ancient Egyptian history: the transition between the late New Kingdom and the early Third Intermediate Period. Beside the traditional archaeological sources, literary evidence ('The Great Tomb Robberies Papyri') is taken into account to formulate a new theory on the deposition of these assemblages.

By: Valentina Gasperini (Project Curator for the Amara West Ceramics Project Curator for the Amara West Ceramics British Museum)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780198818786
ISBN 10: 0198818785
Series: Oxford Studies in Egyptian Archaeology
Pages: 338
Publication Date: 12 July 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1: The Burnt Group of Amenhotep III 2: The Burnt Group of Tutankhamon 3: The First Burnt Group of Ramesses II 4: The Second Burnt Group of Ramesses II 5: The Burnt Group of Sety II 6: Burnt Group '3' 7: Burnt Group '7' 8: Burnt Group 'X' Conclusions

Valentina Gasperini obtained a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Bologna in 2010. Her PhD thesis focused on the history and archaeology of the Fayum region during the New Kingdom. She was then granted a one-year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Bologna, during which she spent six months at the University of Liverpool as visiting scholar. In 2012 Gasperini was awarded a Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship which she carried out at the University of Liverpool between 2014 and 2016. Her main research interest is focused on New Kingdom Egyptian and imported pottery, as well as on interconnections between Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age. Since May 2017 She has been working as Project Curator for the Amara West Ceramics at the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum.