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“The Gate of the Priests (Bab el-Gasus project)

Portugal

Funeral pragmatics of the ancient Egyptian (religious) elite in the Third Intermediate Period. The Gate of the Priests (bab.gasus@gmail.com) is an international project based on Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos (University of Coimbra), involving the University of Leiden, the National Museum of Antiquities of Leiden, the Vatican Museums and the University of California – Los Angeles. Its main purpose is to recreate/reconstruct the original integrity of the Egyptian burials dating to the Third Intermediate Period, namely the collective tomb of the priests and priestesses of Amun (Bab el-Gasus), among other burial assemblages dated from the 21st Dynasty.

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