Tutankhamun's footwear : studies of ancient Egyptian footwear /
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 is one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time. It took Carter and his team 10 years to clear the contents of the tomb and among the objects found was a large collection of shoes and sandals. The footwear is ana...
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Sidestone Press,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Introduction; The Discovery of a Tomb; Ancient Egyptian Footwear Project (AEFP); Carter's System of Excavating; Methodology; Layout; Chapter 1 Context; Chapter 2 Preservation and Conservation; Chapter 3 Description; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Sandals; 3.3 Open Shoes; 3.4 Not Kept Objects; 3.5 Additional Observations; 3.6 Comparison; Chapter 4 The Materials; 4.1 Organic Materials; 4.2 Inorganic Materials; Chapter 5 Socks (Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood); 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Construction of the Socks; 5.3 Socks Versus Gauntlets; 5.4 Comparative Items
- Chapter 6 Contemporary Footwear: A Survey6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Sandals; 6.3 Shoes; Chapter 7 New Kingdom Sandals: A Philological Perspective (Fredrik Hagen); 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Lexicographic Typology and Material Culture; 7.3 Symbolism and Ideology; 7.4 Economic Role and Manufacture; Chapter 8 Footwear in Late New Kingdom Art; 8.1 Two-Dimensional Art; 8.2 Three-Dimensional Art (André J. Veldmeijer); Chapter 9 Discussion; 9.1 Typology; 9.2 Philology; 9.3 Art; 9.4 Revision of Previous Work; 9.5 Non-Fibre Footwear: Foreign and Unique?; 9.6 Status; 9.7 Finally; Notes; Bibliography; Appendices
- I AbbreviationsI. A Abbreviations Used in Chapter 7; I.B Other Abbreviations; II Glossary; III Concordances; III. A Footwear Tutankhamun; III. B Footwear Yuya and Tjuiu; IV Tables; Index; Authors
