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Project Details
Description
Since 1991, the Macquarie Theban Tombs Project has been working in four New Kingdom tombs located in Dra Abu el-Naga at the northern end of the Theban necropolis since 1991: TT 148 (3rd Priest of Amun, Amenemope, Dynasty 20), TT 233 (Royal Scribes Saroy and Amenhotep/Huy, Dynasty 19), TT 147 (Scribe and Cattle Counter Neferrenpet, Dynasty 18) and TT 149 (Royal Scribe Amenmose, Dynasty 20).
Apart from TT 148, very little was known of these poorly preserved tombs and their owners, and the project has succeeded in retrieving and recording significant new epigraphic and archaeological data that illuminate the family backgrounds and careers of the owners, their role in the administration of their times, as well as funerary beliefs and practices.
Reconstructing the history of the use of the tombs has also been a focus, their systemic reuse as burial sites from Dynasties 21 to 26, and in particular their non-systemic use as dwellings in the Late Antique / Coptic Period when TT 233 and TT 147 were part of the earliest phase of a monastic complex that developed into the nearby monastery of St Paul at Deir el Bakhit.
Apart from TT 148, very little was known of these poorly preserved tombs and their owners, and the project has succeeded in retrieving and recording significant new epigraphic and archaeological data that illuminate the family backgrounds and careers of the owners, their role in the administration of their times, as well as funerary beliefs and practices.
Reconstructing the history of the use of the tombs has also been a focus, their systemic reuse as burial sites from Dynasties 21 to 26, and in particular their non-systemic use as dwellings in the Late Antique / Coptic Period when TT 233 and TT 147 were part of the earliest phase of a monastic complex that developed into the nearby monastery of St Paul at Deir el Bakhit.
| Status | Active |
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| Effective start/end date | 1/01/91 → … |
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New Kingdom tomb robbery in Thebes: archaeological evidence from Dra Abu el Naga
Ockinga, B. G. & Binder, S., 2025, From the horizon of Thebes: studies in honour of Tamás A. Bács. Irsay-Nagy, B. J. & Jasper, K. (eds.). Wallasey: Abercromby Press, p. 285-297 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Perspectives on the production of bread: findings from TT 149
Binder, S., 2025, Annual Memoir of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, 3, p. 7-9 3 p.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
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Archaeological report – excavation of the site
Ockinga, B., Brophy, J. & Binder, S., 2024, The Tomb of Amenemope (TT 148): volume II: Archaeology and finds. Ockinga, B. G., Binder, S. & Donovan, L. (eds.). Wallasey, UK: Abercromby Press, p. 7-36 30 p. (Australian Centre for Egyptology Reports; vol. 48).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Macquarie Theban Tombs Project
Di Biase-Dyson, C. (Associate Investigator)
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research
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Ancient Cultures Research Centre (MQACRC)
Neil, B. (Primary Chief Investigator), Choat, M. (Chief Investigator), Behlmer-Loprieno, H. (Chief Investigator), Chan, S. (Chief Investigator), Kanawati, N. (Chief Investigator), Evans, T. (Chief Investigator), Evans, L. (Chief Investigator), Gillett, A. (Chief Investigator), Gore, D. (Chief Investigator), McKechnie, P. (Chief Investigator), Kohler, C. (Chief Investigator), Mikkelsen, G. (Chief Investigator), Ockinga, B. (Chief Investigator), Parry, K. (Chief Investigator) & Sheedy, K. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/09 → …
Project: Research
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Analysis of epigraphical and archaeological data from Macquarie excavations in Saqqara and Luxor, Egypt
Ockinga, B. (Primary Chief Investigator)
11/02/13 → 1/06/13
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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Lecture: Egypt - The Theban Tombs Project
Sowada, K. (Speaker)
6 Dec 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk