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At the End of the Trail : Some Implications of the Mention of Turquoise in Egyptian Tombs and Temples

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Since ancient Egyptians did not have our knowledge of mineralogy, we would like to look into the way they considered turquoise and selected it among other gemstones -- especially lapis lazuli and malachite -- to please their kings and gods. We shall examine the sources relating to the provenance of turquoise and its storage in royal and divine compounds, with a particular focus on the inscriptions and reliefs found in New Kingdom tombs and temples.
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halshs-00830710 , version 1 (05-06-2013)

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Julie Masquelier-Loorius. At the End of the Trail : Some Implications of the Mention of Turquoise in Egyptian Tombs and Temples. At the End of the Trail : Some Implications of the Mention of Turquoise in Egyptian Tombs and Temples, Jan 2009, Le Caire/Ayn Soukhna, Egypt. p. 159-169. ⟨halshs-00830710⟩
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