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Chapter One: The Theban Private Tombs of the 24th-26th DynastiesOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
This thesis examines one of the most important architectural elements of the thirty-one tombs of high-ranking officials in the Theban necropolis, the Lichthof or the open court, dating from the Twenty-Fourth to the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty (741- 525 BC). It focuses on the main functions of the open court of Theban private tombs from the 24th and down to the 26th Dynasty in the north and south necropolis of Assasif and beyond. It addresses the common name of this court, its architectural importance, its use as a cult place within the tomb, and a connection area between the living and the deceased, let alone its function as the focus of the Solar, Osirian, and the Solar-Osirian unity. The study adopts a descriptive, analytical, and comparative methodology. First, the scenes of the open court are described, and they are then analyzed, and a comparison is finally made among the different private tombs of the 24th -26th Dynasties of the Theban necropolis. The study shows to what extent this open court played a highly significant role in the architecture and religious ideology of the private tombs within the Theban necropolis.