Intimate archaeologies: The case of Kha and Merit
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in World Archaeology
- Vol. 29 (3) , 363-379
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1998.9980385
Abstract
This paper explores the possibilities of reading life histories from Egyptian material culture in mortuary contexts. The burials of partners, such as Kha and Merit, clearly illustrate that social inequality was operative between husbands and wives at Deir el Medina. It demonstrates the social negotiations conducted by family members and the potential social tensions faced at the moments of death and burial. This analysis seeks to recentre individual relationships in antiquity and reinstate the central issues of human intention and emotion.Keywords
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