Archéologie funéraire. Littérature and nature present in the

and nature present in the painter's works

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of high artistic mastery and exuberant inventiveness

Proceedings of the conference organized by the Institute of the Ancient Near East of the Collège de France

although he never sought notoriety

Archéologie funéraire. Littérature and nature present in theThe study of necropolises and tombs remains one of the essential elements for understanding the lives and thoughts of the living and deceased. The proliferation of techniques used to study the past provides numerous documentary sources on objects that are often exceptional in their state of preservation. Tombs reflect spiritual beliefs and also provide an account of the social organization and hierarchy that existed in human groups of the past.