Statues égyptiennes et kouchites démembrées et reconstituées. Hommage à Charles Bonnet. Photographie Conferences

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2: Plates first part

the aim was to compare the different forms of territorial organisation of archaeology - and its legal regimes - in the twelve countries of the European Community and

Thanks to the enrichment of its collections by the donation

Statues égyptiennes et kouchites démembrées et reconstituées. Hommage à Charles Bonnet. Photographie ConferencesSince Antiquity, many statues of kings, gods, or individuals have been broken in Egypt and Sudan for a variety of reasons: accidents, wars, dynastic rivalries, and proscriptions. But they retained a sacred value for the priests charged with their upkeep, who often collected the fragments in hiding places within the perimeter of the divine domains, such as those at Gebel Barkal or Doukki Gel. Other statues were stolen shortly after their sculpture to