The meaning of wine in Egyptian tombs: The three amphorae from Tutankhamun's burial chamber

Antiquity

Volumn 85, Issue 329, 2011, Pages 851-858

  Guasch Jané, Maria Rosa Guasch ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Akhenaten; Burial rites; Egypt; Residue analysis; Second millennium BC; Tutankhamun; Wine

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052124323     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00068356     Document Type: Article

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