La Cachette de Karnak. Nouvelles perspectives sur les découvertes de Georges Legrain. BiEtud 161. Europe « Léonidas II

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La Cachette de Karnak. Nouvelles perspectives sur les découvertes de Georges Legrain. BiEtud 161. Europe « Léonidas IIThe Karnak Cachette, excavated by Georges Legrain between 1903 and 1907, is one of the most fascinating discoveries in Egyptian archaeology. The first reason is the abundance of objects it yielded (statues, steles, various pieces of furniture), some of which have not yet been published, which are all documents of major importance on the religious life of the Karnak sanctuary, but more generally also on the history and art of Pharaonic Egypt between