Terenouthis

An investigational trip to Kom Abou Billou in Lower Egypt by the University of Michigan led them to the tombs of ancient Terenouthis in 1935. They found Terenouthis in (March to April 1935). Under the direction of Enoch E. Peterson the site at Kom Abou Billou was excavated. In 1961, the 197 funerary steles recovered from this site and now published by Finley Hooper, Professor of History at Wayne State University, in the Kelsey Museum Studiesseries. Roger McCleary, Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, has embarked upon a reexamination of these sculptures and their chronology and meaning.

Some items recovered from the grave included a stele, painted plaster from the tomb's interior, jewelry, a Roman coin dating to the end of the third century AD and, an ushabti.

At the time of Terenouthis, culture was difference a result of the conquest, Greeks and Romans came to Egypt, bringing with them new cultural traditions and beliefs. Under Roman control, Egypt was forced to use the currency of the empire, to pay taxes to it and to follow its laws. Over time people living in Egypt became more mixed and diverse, incorporating many different cultural practices into their everyday lives.

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By: Joel R Siebring