This project, underway since 1994, documents tomb contexts and burial practice at Thebes (ancient Luxor). Recent work has focussed on ritual and burial practice within the landscape of ancient Thebes; robbery and recycling of stolen funerary goods; publication of fieldwork.
Major tomb studies:
Tomb of Amenhotep (TT294)
Tomb of Khnummose (TT253)
Tomb of Amenemopet Tjanefer (TT297)
Publications:
Strudwick, N. and Strudwick, H. (1996) The tombs of Amenhotep, Khnummose, and Amenmose at Thebes (nos. 294, 253, and 254). Oxford: The Griffith Institute. [With contributions by Jeffrey Burden, Gunter Heindl, Carol Meyer, Pamela Rose, Stuart T. Smith, and Tony Waldren]
Strudwick, N. (editor) (2016) The Tomb of Pharaoh’s Chancellor Senneferi at Thebes (TT99). Part I: The New Kingdom. Oxford, Oxbow Books. [With contributions by Nigel Strudwick, Helen Strudwick, Trevor Emmett, Julie Dawson, Irmtraut Munro, John Taylor, Pamela Rose, Briant Bohleke, and Tony Waldron]
Strudwick, N. and Strudwick, H. (1999) Thebes in Egypt. London: British Museum Press
Grants:
Christ’s College, Cambridge; British Academy; Gerald Avery Wainwright Fund for Near Eastern Archaeology; Thomas Mulvey Egyptology Fund; Townley Group of the British Museum Friends; Society of Antiquaries
Sponsors and supporters:
Noel Sweitzer, Mrs S Sparrow, Sussex College of Egyptology, Mr & Mrs A.W. Ladd, Dr Joseph S. Klemek, Robin Young, Mr R Hardy, Wim Hance, Apple Computers, Catella UK Ltd, Gnosarch Foundation, Hanwell Instruments, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
