2022

rozdział w monografii naukowej

angielski

EN The article discusses research carried out using the magnetic method, in an area of necropolises locatedbetween Giza and the Fayum Oasis in Egypt. It describes the enormous progress which took place over the 40 yearsthat have passed since the first magnetic research was conducted there. Progress was made in, among others, themethodology of measurements, processing and visual presentation of data. The method’s high efficiency in register-ing archaeological structures that are invisible on the surface, has been shown by discussing the results from re-search projects carried out in Giza, Abusir, Saqqara, Dahshur, El-Lahun and Hawara. The method’s effectiveness isbased on the fact that Nile mud has magnetic properties, and it was used for the production of sun-dried bricks,which was the basic building material in Ancient Egypt. By registering hundreds of structures located beneath thesurface, magnetic research not only allows to reconstruct the original layout of, for example, necropolises, but alsoprovides archeologists with useful information for planning future excavations.

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10.1515/9783110761665-023

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110761665-023/html

Spuren der altägyptischen Gesellschaft. Festschrift für Stephan J. Seidlmayer

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