The modern neighbors of Tutankhamun : history, life, and work in the villages of the Theban West Bank /: history, life, and work in the villages of the Theban West Bank. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kees van der Spek.
• Authors: Van der Spek, Kees
• Contents: Ancient remains as life's stage : differing perspectives on life in the Theban Necropolis -- The natural and social setting of the Theban West Bank communities -- Early European travelers and the emergence of the Theban communities in the consciousness of the West -- "In justice to the inhabitants of Gournei" : European presence and its literary record -- Protected space as domestic place : human presence and the emergence of the built environment in the Theban Necropolis -- Qurnawi foothills architecture : footprint, form, and function -- Agriculture, conflict, and the maintenance of stable social relations -- All in a season's work : Egyptology-induced labor relations at al-Hurubat -- Faked antikas and 'modern antiques' : artistic expression in the villages of the Theban West Bank -- Contemporary spirituality and traditional beliefs in the Theban Necropolis -- The ethnography of eviction -- Appendix 1. Ethnography in sensitive surroundings : notes on life and work among the tombs -- Appendix 2. Theban Mapping Project aerial photographs -- Appendix 3. English translation of Carla Burri's Italian The anonymous Venetian text -- Appendix 4. Extract from Howard Carter's autobiographical Sketch V -- Appendix 5. A petition from the people of Qurna to the Egyptian government -- Appendix 6. Art and craft production at al-Qurna.
• Publisher Details: Cairo New York : American University in Cairo Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxi, 500 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 307.09; Community life -- Egypt -- Qurna; Community life -- Egypt -- Qurna; Qurna (Egypt) -- History; Qurna (Egypt) -- Social conditions; Qurna (Egypt) -- Social life and customs; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General; HISTORY -- Ancient -- Egypt; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General; Community life; Economic history; Manners and customs; Social conditions; Ethnologie; Landbevölkerung; Tourismus; Ausgrabung; Koexistenz; Qurna (Egypt) -- History; Qurna (Egypt) -- Social life and customs; Qurna (Egypt) -- Social conditions; Qurna (Egypt) -- Economic conditions; Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city); Egypt -- Qurna; Egypt -- Thebes (Extinct city); Luxor; ((el)) Qurnâ; Electronic books; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781617975653; 1617975656; 9781617975646; 1617975648
• Related ISBNs: 9789774164033; 9774164032
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-465) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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