New Kingdom private Theban tombs are funerary monuments understood as houses of eternity, where the deceased could live forever after his death. But these tombs are also liminal spaces where the borders of the realm of the living and that of the dead could be erased so the dead, the living, and the gods could get into contact. This happened during some special events when tombs were opened to visits, and during the funerary procession itself. But this contact also took place through the texts and scenes that decorated these tombs.
This article aims to analyze these elements and occasions, as well as their depiction in New Kingdom private tombs, to establish the most important moments of communication and interaction between the living, the dead, and the gods within the private Theban tombs.
Banquet; muu dancers; offerings; painting; Thebes; tombs
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