Gurob
Gurob (also Medinet Gurob , ancient name: Merwer ) is an archaeological excavation site in Egypt . It is located at the entrance to the Fayum , not far from El-Lahun and Hawara . Here remains from almost all epochs of Pharaonic history were found. The place consists of the remains of the actual settlement and an extensive necropolis .
Gurob in Pharaonic times
The oldest graves in this place date back to the Naqada culture . Remains of a modest cemetery come from the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period , which perhaps served as a burial place for a rural village. Gurob then became particularly important in the New Kingdom . Here was under Thutmose III. an important palace complex with large palace buildings, spacious living quarters, porticoed halls and gardens. This existed until the Ramesside period and seems to have been a complex in which the wives and children of the kings lived. In literature it is often referred to as the Harem Palace , but in reality it was a country residence of the royal family.
The famous head of a statue of Queen Teje , now in Berlin, was found here (see picture). The Hittite wife of Ramses II Maathorneferure seems to have lived in the same place , as evidenced by papyri that were found here.
Archaeological excavations show that the palace complex was once lavishly furnished. Imported clay pots from the Aegean Sea and Syria have been identified, and other finds were dark blue faience bowls , alabaster dishes , make-up containers, razors and personal jewelry such as rings, necklace beads and scarabs.
Gurob in later times
After the New Kingdom, the place lost its importance, but the necropolises were still in use until Roman times.
literature
- Flinders Petrie : Kahun, Gurob, and Hawara . Paul, Trench, Trübner, London 1890 ( online )
- Flinders Petrie: Illahun, Kahun and Gurob. 1889-1890 . Aris Philips, Warminster 1974, ISBN 0-85668-019-2 (reprint of the London 1891 edition ( online ))
- Guy Brunton, Reginald Engelbach: Gurob . Quaritch, London 1927 (British School of Archeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research account; 41).
- Darlene Gorzo: Gurob. In: Kathryn A. Bard (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge, London 1999, ISBN 0-415-18589-0 , pp. 358-62.
- Margaret Serpico: Gurob . In: Janet Picton, Ivor Pridden (Eds.): Gurob, Sedment and Tarkhan (Unseen Images. Archive Photographs in the Petrie Museum; 1). Golden House Publ., London 2008, ISBN 978-1-906137-04-5 , pp. 17-89.
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Coordinates: 29 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 30 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E