Re-exploring the Bab el-Gasus Tomb

The topic

The Bab el-Gasus tomb, the largest funerary cache ever unearthed in Egypt, was discovered intact in 1891 in Thebes West (Luxor). It held the coffins of 153 members of the Theban elite from the 21st dynasty, buried with abundant funerary equipment.

This discovery is fundamental to understanding the history and society of the Third Intermediate Period, as it represents just four generations from a well-defined stratum of society. However, it was poorly documented at the time of its discovery, and the 4,000 funerary objects it contained are now scattered among dozens of museums around the world.

To extract more information from the site, an archaeological mission led by Dr. France Jamen, in collaboration with the Polish Egyptian Archaeological and Conservation Expedition to the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari (Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology – University of Warsaw), took place in November 2024.

During this talk, Dr. Jamen will present the preliminary results of this first mission along with the work to be done during the next mission.

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Our events typically last an hour—50 minutes for the lecture, 10 minutes for Q+A.

Alert: We do not allow recording or imaging of our presentations in any way.

The speaker

Dr. France Jamen is an Associate Researcher at the Laboratory of History and Sources of the Antique World HiSoMA / UMR 5189 in France. She is also President of the Cercle Lyonnais d’égyptologie – Victor Loret, and has served as a Lecturer in Egyptology at Lyon University.

Dr. Jamen earned a PhD in Egyptology from Lyon University with a thesis entitled “Theban Society During the 21st Dynasty (1069-945 BC).”