Alexandra Woods and the Cemetery of Teti

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Associate lecturer of Egyptology at Macquarie University, Dr Alexandra Woods has been studying the Old Kingdom tomb paintings of the king’s officials at the cemetery of Teti at Saqqara for several years now. She presented the results of her work at the 10th International Congress of Egyptologists on the Greek island of Rhodes in the last week of May in her paper entitled: “Five significant features in Old Kingdom spear-fishing and fowling scenes”.

Here is an excerpt:

“Comparative analysis with other scenes dating to the Old Kingdom from the Memphite and provincial cemeteries, has identified five important features and include: the type of kilt, wig and headdress worn by the major figure; the rendering of the umbels in the papyrus thicket; the shape of the papyrus boat and the arrangement of the water weed in the scene. The first detail to be addressed is the garment worn by the major figure in a spear-fishing and fowling scene.

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