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Tjesraperet
Tjesraperet (''ṯs-rˁ-pr.t,'' "May Ra grant progeny") was the wet nurse of a daughter of the Nubian king Taharqa. She is mainly known from her burial which was found undisturbed. The burial of Tjesraperet was discovered in Thebes, Egypt, Thebes on the 20 May 1829 by an expedition under Jean-Francois Champollion and Ippolito Rosellini. The tomb not only contained her burial but also that of her alleged husband Djedkhonsuefankh who was ''God's Father of Amun'' and ''Lesonis of the temple of Khons''. Tjesraperet was also ''lady of the house'' and ''wet nurse of Taharqo's daughter''. The name of Taharqo's daughter is not known. Most of the objects found were brought to Italy and are now in the National Archaeological Museum (Florence), National Archaeological Museum of Florence. The tomb was found in the early years of archaeology. Therefore, the recording and publication of the tomb is very brief and it is today problematic to reconstruct the original contents. The following object ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Archaeological Museum (Florence)
The National Archaeological Museum of Florence (Italian – Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze) is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy. It is located at 1 piazza Santissima Annunziata, in the Palazzo della Crocetta (a palace built in 1620 for princess Maria Maddalena de' Medici, daughter of Ferdinand I de Medici, by Giulio Parigi). History The museum was inaugurated in the presence of king Victor Emmanuel II in 1870 in the buildings of the ''Cenacolo di Fuligno'' on via Faenza. At that time it only comprised Etruscan and Roman remains. As the collections grew, a new site soon became necessary and in 1880 the museum was transferred to its present building. The collection's first foundations were the family collections of the Medici and Lorraine, with several transfers from the Uffizi up to 1890 (except the collections of marble sculpture which the Uffizi already possessed). The Egyptian section was first formed in the first half of the 18th century from part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
