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Transporting the deceased by the wheeled cart in the Greco-Roman Tombs

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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This paper discusses the process of transporting the mummy of the deceased to his tomb in the Graeco- Roman period, through only the scenes which are depicted in the tombs of the Graeco- Roman period in Egypt. It investigates the arrangements and activities of this first important step for the transfiguration of the deceased in the hereafter. The wheeled cart is the main transportation mean of the mummy in the Graeco- Roman tombs, therefore, the paper studies and analyzes also the depictions of the transportation scenes in the tombs, and the model of the transporting cart.

DOI

10.21608/jaauth.2019.91940

Keywords

the deceased, the mummy, the funeral, the afterlife

Authors

First Name

Wahid

Last Name

Omran

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Affiliation

Associate professor in Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Fayoum University

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wao00@fayoum.edu.eg

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Fayoum

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Volume

17

Article Issue

2

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13821

Issue Date

2019-12-01

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2020-05-26

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2019-12-01

Page Start

32

Page End

49

Print ISSN

1687-1863

Online ISSN

2682-4612

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https://jaauth.journals.ekb.eg/article_91940.html

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997

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Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality

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https://jaauth.journals.ekb.eg/

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Transporting the deceased by the wheeled cart in the Greco-Roman Tombs

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22 Jan 2023