Decoration on the Cult Chapel Walls of the Old Kingdom Tombs at Giza

Leo Roeten, Ph.D. (2011), University of Leiden (The Netherlands), has published articles on the decoration of Old Kingdom tomb chapels, on two- and three-dimensional Egyptian art, and pyramid development.

• Part I: The present studyTechnical terms and abbreviationsBibliography and bibliographical abbreviationsBibliography of the tombsIntroductionCompilation of (sub)themesChapter IArchitecture, decoration and interpretationChapter IIPreliminary considerationsChapter IIIThe methods employed in the present studyChapter IVThe western wall of the cult chapelChapter VThe co-occurrence of (sub)themes on the western wallChapter VIThe locations of the (sub)themes on the western wallChapter VII The relation between the (sub)themes on the western wallChapter VIII The decoration of the false doorChapter IXThe chronological development of the cultic character false door and its parts Chapter XThe interactions between the decoration of the western wall and the false door. Further considerations about the magical food supplyChapter XIThe results: analysis and correlationChapter XII The entrance jambs and the entrance thicknessesChapter XIII The northern wall of the chapelChapter XIV The southern wall of the chapelChapter XV The eastern wall of the chapelChapter XVI The interaction between (sub)themes on the various wallsChapter XVII ConclusionsPart II : AnnexCataloguesTablesDiagramsChronological orderings