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Foreigners in the Old Kingdom royal reliefs
Kalfas Benešová, Irena ; Megahed, Mohamed (advisor) ; Coppens, Filip (referee)
(in English): The present thesis aim is to collect royal reliefs dealing with foreigners from various locations throughout Ancient Egypt and examine separate aspects of depiction of foreigners and the role foreigners played in decorative program, royal propaganda or belief system. Due to the nature of the study only wall and rock reliefs will be processed. Within the research focus will be laid on: topics of reliefs, ethnical aspects (if depicted), toponyms, gods and goddesses involved, interconnection to other scenes in proximity and their location within the mortuary complex or the whole Egypt (in case of rock reliefs). The timespan of research is the Old Kingdom (ca. 2592-2120 BC).
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The Pyramid Complex of Djedkare-Isesi at South Saqqara and Its Decorative Program
Megahed, Mohamed Abdel Moneim ; Bárta, Miroslav (advisor) ; Verner, Miroslav (referee) ; Jánosi, Peter (referee)
1 The Pyramid Complex of Djedkare-Isesi at South Saqqara and its Decorative Program Mohamed Megahed Abstract The present thesis aims to publish pyramid complex of King Djedkare and its decorative program for the first time. The rule of King Djedkare was very significant and many important changes happened in the Egyptian state during his time. He is known to have reorganized the royal mortuary cults of his predecessors in Abusir; the remains of the papyrus archives discovered in three mortuary temples in Abusir are to a great extent related to this reorganization, as most of the preserved papyrus fragments come from the time of this king. Besides the other available evidence from his reign, numerous finds were discovered in the king's pyramid complex, which have, however, not been published until now. These include fragments of relief decoration and the present study thus can help us better understand and interpret the development of royal relief at the end of the Fifth Dynasty. The thesis is divided into five chapters, the first chapter provides a guideline to the thesis and its catalogue, and presents an up to date state of research on the decoration of the royal mortuary complexes of the Old Kingdom. Another section in this chapter is devoted to the methods that the author followed during his...
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