A dialogue between past and current excavations at Heliopolis : the case study of Schiaparelli’s „Tempio del Sole“ and Area 232
| 1. Verfasser: |
Dietze, Klara 1993 -
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Ugliano, Federica , [VerfasserIn] |
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Torino:
Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino,
2022
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| Umfang/Format: |
pages 1-22 : map ; |
| DOI: | 10.29353/rime.2022.4046 |
| Enthalten in: | Rivista del Museo Egizio |
| Online-Zugang: |
open access |
Inhaltsangabe:
- The archaeological biography of the site of Heliopolis starts at the very beginning of its secular history. In spite of its major role in European perceptions of ancient Egyptian culture, until now only little is known about the ancient metropolis, as no systematic excavations were undertaken here until recent times. The aim of this paper is to shed light on the relation between the excavations conducted at Matariya/Heliopolis by the M.A.I (Missione Archeologica Italiana) between 1903 and 1906 and the archaeological investigations currently being conducted at the site by the Egyptian-German mission, focusing on the case study of the economic precinct of the Late to Ptolemaic Period (Area 232) in the main temple temenos of the sun god. Thanks to an ongoing dialogue between past and current excavations, for the first time ever it is now possible to understand the architectural evolution of the site and situate some of Ernesto Schiaparelli’s most remarkable finds now stored in the Museo Egizio (Italy), including the fragments of the naoi of Djoser and Sethi I, within their original archaeological context.
