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Wall Paintings of Tell el-Dab'a

K. Aslanidou

  • Der Minoische Spiralfries aus dem Grabungsareal H/IV in Tell el-Dab’a. Malvorgang und Rekonstruktion, Ä&L 12, 2002, 13–27.

  • The Minoan Wall Paintings from Tell el-Dab’a/’Ezbet Helmi. The Life Sized Male Figures, in: R. Laffineur and E. Greco (eds.), Emporia. Aegeans in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference, Athens, 14.–18. April 2004, Aegeaum 25 (Leuven - Austin 2005) 463–469.

  • Eine Priesterdarstellung aus Tell el-Dab’a, in: E. Czerny, I. Hein, H. Hunger, D. Melman and A. Schwab (eds.), Timelines. Studies in Honour of Manfred Bietak, OLA 149 (Leuven - Paris - Dudley MA 2006) 67–71.

  • Some Ornamental Scenes on the Wall Paintings from Tell el-Dab’a. Iconography and Context, in: M. Bietak and E. Czerny (eds.), The Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C., vol. III. Proceedings of the SCIEM 2000 - 2nd EuroConference, 28. May – 1. June 2003 (Vienna 2007) 191–205.

  • Some Textile Patterns from the Aegean Wall-Paintings of Tell el-Dab‘a (‘Ezbet Helmi). Preliminary Reconstructions and Comparative Study, in: M.-L. Nosch and R. Laffineur (eds.), Kosmos. Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age, Proceedings of the 13th International Aegean Conference, Copenhagen, 21.–26. April 2010 (Leuven 2012) 311–316.

J. Becker

  • How to Paint a Landscape. Technical Perspectives on the 'Aegean'-Style Landscape Paintings from Tell el-Dab'a, in: J. Becker, J. Jungfleisch and C. von Rüden (eds.), Tracing Technoscapes in the Production of Eastern Mediterranean Wall Paintings. Proceedings of a Workshop Held During the 10th ICAANE, Vienna, 29 April 2016 (in print).

  • The Large-Scale Landscape Paintings of Tell el-Dab'a/Egypt, in: R. Stucky, O. Kaelin and H.-P. Mathys (eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East II, Basel, 9.-13. June 2014 (Wiesbaden 2016) 23–35.

J. Becker, J. Jungfleisch and C. von Rüden

  • From Small Fragments to Large Animals. A Large-Size Animal Fight in ‘Palace F’ at Tell el-Dab’a, Ä&L 22/23, 2012/2013, 149–166.

M. Bietak

  • Minoan Wall-Paintings Unearthed at Ancient Avaris, Egyptian Archaeology 2, 1992, 26–28.

  • Die Wandmalereien aus Tell el-Dab’a/’Ezbet Helmi. Erste Eindrücke, Ä&L 4, 1994, 44–58.

  • Les fresques minoennes dans le delta orientale du Nil, Le Monde de la Bible 88, 1994, 42–44.

  • Connections between Egypt and the Minoan World. New results from Tell el-Dab’a/Avaris, in: W. Davies and L. Schofield (eds.), Egypt, the Aegean and the Levant. Interconnections in the Second Millennium B.C. (London 1995) 19–28.

  • Avaris. The Capital of the Hyksos (London 1996).

  • Le début de la XVIIIe Dynastie et les Minoens à Avaris, Bulletin de la Société Francaise d’Égyptologie 135, 1996, 5–29.

  • The Toreador Scenes in Avaris/Tell el-Dab’a, Cretan Studies 5, 1996, 123–125.

  • Une citadelle royal à Avaris de la première moitié de la XVIIIe dynastie et ses liens avec le monde minoen, in: A. Caubet (ed.), L’acrobate au taureau. Les découvertes de Tell el-Dab’a (Égypte) et l’archéologie de la Méditerranée orientale (1800-1400 av. J.-C.), Actes du colloque organisé au musée du Louvre par le Service culturel, 3. December 1994 (Paris 1999) 29–81.

  • Minoan Paintings in Avaris, Egypt, in: S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium ‘The Wall Paintings of Thera’, Thera, 30. August – 4. September 1997 (Athens 2000) 33–42.

  • ‘Rich Beyond the Dreams of Avaris. Tell el-Dab’a and the Aegean World. A Guide for the Perplexed'. A Response to Eric H. Cline, BSA 95, 2000, 185–205.

  • The Setting of the Minoan Wall Paintings at Avaris, in: L. Morgan (ed.), Aegean Wall Painting. A Tribute to Mark Cameron, British School at Athens Studies 13 (London 2005) 83–90.

  • Egypt and the Aegean. Cultural Convergence in a Thutmoside Palace at Avaris, in: C. Roehrig, R. Dreyfus and C. Keller (eds.), Hatshepsut. From Queen to Pharaoh (New York 2005) 75–81.

  • Tell el-Dab’a in the Nile Delta, in: J. Aruz, K. Benzel and J. Evans (eds.), Beyond Babylon. Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium. Catalog of an Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museums of Art, New York (New York 2008) 110–112.

  • Minoan Artists at the Court of Avaris (Tell el-Dab’a), in: J. Aruz, K. Benzel and J. Evans (eds.), Beyond Babylon. Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium. Catalog of an Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museums of Art, New York (New York 2008) 130–131.

  • Minoan Presence in the Pharaonic Naval Base of Peru-nefer, in: O. Krzyszkowska (ed.), Cretan Offerings. Studies in Honour of Peter Warren, British School at Athens Studies 18 (London 2010) 11–24.

  • The Impact of Minoan Art on Egypt and the Levant. A Glimps on Palatial Art from the Naval Base of Peru-nefer at Avaris, in: J. Aruz, S. Graff and Y. Rakic (eds.), Cultures in Contact. From Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C. (New York 2013) 188–199.

M. Bietak, J. Dorner and P. Jánosi

  • Ausgrabungen in dem Palastbezirk von Avaris. Vorbericht Tell el-Dab’a/’Ezbet Helmi 1993-2000, Ä&L 11, 2001, 27–119.

M. Bietak, J. Dorner, I. Hein and P. Jánosi

  • Neue Grabungsergebnisse aus Tell el-Dab’a und ’Ezbet Helmi im östlichen Nildelta, Ä&L 4, 1994, 9–58.

M. Bietak and I. Forstner-Müller

  • Ausgrabungen im Palastbezirk von Avaris. Vorbericht ’Ezbet Helmi/Tell el-Dab’a Frühjahr 2003, Ä&L 13, 2003, 39–50.

  • Ausgrabung eines Palastbezirkes der Tuthmosidenzeit bei ’Ezbet Helmi/Tell el-Dab’a. Vorbericht für Herbst 2004 und Frühjahr 2005, Ä&L 15, 2005, 65–100.

M. Bietak and N. Marinatos

  • The Minoan Wall Paintings from Avaris, Ä&L 5, 1995, 49–62.

  • Avaris (Tell el-Dab’a) and the Minoan World, in: A. Karetsou and M. Andreadaki-Vlazaki (eds.), ΚρήτηΑίγυπτος. Πολιτισμικοί δεσμοί τριών χιλιετών. Κατάλογος Μελέτες. Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού Αρχαιολογικο Μουσείο Ηερακλείου (Athens 2000) 40–44.

  • The Minoan Paintings of Avaris, in: B. Manley (ed.), The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt (London 2003) 166–169.

M. Bietak, N. Marinatos and C. Palyvou

  • The Maze Tableau from Tell el-Dab’a, in: S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium ‘The Wall Paintings of Thera’, Thera, 30. August – 4. September 1997 (Athens 2000) 77–88.

  • Taureador Scenes in Tell el-Dab’a (Avaris) and Knossos, UZK 27 (Vienna 2007).

M. Bietak and C. Palyvou

  • A Large Griffin from a Royal Citadel of the Early 18th Dynasty at Tell el-Dab’a, Πεπραγμένα του H’ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου, Ηράκλειο, 9.–14. Σεπτεμβρίου 1996, Τόμος Α1, 2000, 99–108.

M. Bietak, C. von Rüden, J. Becker, J. Jungfleisch, L. Morgan and E. Peintner

  • Preliminary Report of the Tell el-Dab’a Wall Painting Project. Season 2011/2012, Ä&L 22/23, 2012/2013, 131–147.

A. Brysbaert

  • Common Craftsmanship in the Aegean and East Mediterranean Bronze Age: Preliminary Technological Evidence with Emphasis on the Painted Plaster from Tell el-Dab'a, Egypt, Ä&L 12, 2002, 95–107.

  • A Technological Approach to the Painted Plaster of Tell el-Dab'a, Egypt. Microscopy and Scientific Analysis, in: M. Bietak, N. Marinatos and C. Palyvou, Taureador Scenes in Tell el-Dab’a (Avaris) and Knossos, UZK 27 (Vienna 2007) 151–162.

E. Cline

  • Rich Beyond the Dreams of Avaris. Tell el-Dab’a and the Aegean World. A Guide for the Perplexed, BSA 93, 1998, 199–219.

P. Jánosi

  • Die stratigraphische Position und Verteilung der minoischen Wandfragmente in den Grabungsplätzen H/I und H/IV von Tell el-Dab’a, Ä&L 5, 1995, 63–71.

  • Bericht über die im Frühjahr 2001 erfolgten Sondagen im Dorf ’Ezbet Helmi (Grabungsfläche H/I), Ä&L 12, 2002, 195–210.

J. Jungfleisch

  • For Further Information Please See the Back of the Plaster. Impressions of Architecture in the 'Aegean'-Style Wall Paintings from Tell el-Dab'a, in: J. Becker, J. Jungfleisch and C. von Rüden (eds.), Tracing Technoscapes in the Production of Eastern Mediterranean Wall Paintings. Proceedings of a Workshop Held During the 10th ICAANE, Vienna, 29 April 2016 (in print).

  • When Aegean Wall Paintings Meet Egyptian Architecture. Simulations of Architecture from 'Palace G' at Tell el-Dab'a/Egypt, in: R. Stucky, O. Kaelin and H.-P. Mathys (eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East II, Basel, 9.-13. June 2014 (Wiesbaden 2016) 37–50.

N. Marinatos

  • The ‘Export’ Significance of Minoan Bull Hunting and Bull Leaping Scenes, Ä&L 4, 1994, 89–93.

  • The Feline Scene From Tell el-Dab’a, Cretan Studies 5, 1996, 127.

  • The Tell el-Dab'a Paintings. A Study in Pictorial Tradition, Ä&L 8, 1998, 83–99.

  • A Hunting Scene from Tell el-Dab'a. Hunting in a pink Landscape, Πεπραγμένα του H’ Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου, Ηράκλειο, 9.14. Σεπτεμβρίου 1996, Τόμος Α2, 2000, 259265.

  • Lions from Tell el-Dab'a, Ä&L 20, 2010, 325–355.

  • A Story of Lions. Palatial Ideology in Egypt, Knossos, and Mycenae, in: E. Mantzourani and P. Betancourt (eds.), Philistor. Studies in Honor of Costis Davaras, Prehistory Monographs 36 (Philadelphia 2012) 113-117.

N. Marinatos and L. Morgan

  • The Dog Pursuit Scenes from Tell el-Dab'a and Kea, in: L. Morgan (ed.), Aegean Wall Painting. A Tribute to Mark Cameron, British School at Athens Studies 13 (London 2005) 119–122.

L. Morgan

  • Forming the Image. Approaches to Painting at Ayia Irini, Kea and Tell el-Dab'a, in:  J. Becker, J. Jungfleisch and C. von Rüden (eds.), Tracing Technoscapes in the Production of Eastern Mediterranean Wall Paintings. Proceedings of a Workshop Held During the 10th ICAANE, Vienna, 29 April 2016 (in print).

  • Minoan Painting and Egypt. The Case of Tell el-Dab’a, in: W. Davies and L. Schofield (eds.), Egypt, the Aegean and the Levant. Interconnections in the Second Millennium B.C. (London 1995) 29–53.

  • Power of the Beast. Human Animal Symbolism in Egyptian and Aegean Art, Ä&L 7, 1998, 17–31.

  • Feline Hunters in the Tell el-Dab'a Paintings. Iconography and Dating, Ä&L 14, 2004, 285–298.

  • Art and International Relations. The Hunt Frieze at Tell el-Dab'a, in: E. Czerny, I. Hein, H. Hunger, D. Melman and A. Schwab (eds.), Timelines. Studies in Honour of Manfred Bietak, OLA 149 (Leuven - Paris - Dudley MA 2006) 249–258.

  • A Pride of Leopards. A Unique Aspect of the Hunt Frieze from Tell el-Dab'a, Ä&L 20, 2010, 263–301.

  • An Aegean Griffin in Egypt. The Hunt Frieze at Tell el-Dab'a, Ä&L 20, 2010, 303–323.

C. von Rüden

  • Transmediterranean Knowledge and Minoan Style Reliefs in Tell el-Dab'a. An Attempt at Paradigm Shift, in: S. Cappel, U. Günkel-Maschek and D. Panagiotopoulos (eds.), Minoan Archaeology. Perspectives for the 21st Century. Proceedings of the International PhD and Post-Doc Conference, Heidelberg, 23.-27. March 2011 (Leuven 2015) 355–365.

C. von Rüden and T. Skowronek

  • Between Common Craft Tradition and Deviation. The Making of Stucco Reliefs in the Eastern Mediterranean, in: J. Becker, J. Jungfleisch and C. von Rüden (eds.), Tracing Technoscapes in the Production of Eastern Mediterranean Wall Paintings. Proceedings of a Workshop Held During the 10th ICAANE, Vienna, 29 April 2016 (in print).

R. Seeber

  • Minoische Fresken in Ägypten, Restauratorenblätter 14, 1994, 12.

  • The Technique of Plaster Preparation for the Minoan Wall Paintings at Tell el-Dab'a, Egypt. Preliminary Results, in: S. Sherratt (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Symposium ‘The Wall Paintings of Thera’, Thera, 30. August – 4. September 1997 (Athens 2000) 91–102.

M. Shaw

  • Bull Leaping Frescoes at Knossos and their Influence on the Tell el-Dab’a Murals, Ä&L 5, 1995, 91–120.

  • A Bull-Leaping Fresco from the Nile Delta and a Search for Patrons and Artist. Review Article to M. Bietak, N. Marinatos and C. Palyvou, Taureador Scenes in Tell el-Dab’a (Avaris) and Knossos, AJA 113, 2009, 471–477.

A. Winkels

  • Restauratorisch-naturwissenschaftliche Untersuchung von Tuthmosidischen Putzen aus ‘Ezbet Helmi/Tell el-Dab’a, Ä&L 17, 2007, 273–293.



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