event · evt_mut_el_kharab_new_kingdom_temple_activity
New Kingdom temple activity at Mut el-Kharab
New Kingdom ceramic groups and decorated blocks naming Thutmose III, Horemheb, Ramesses II, and Ramesses IV attest repeated royal and cultic activity at the oasis centre.
What is the evidence?
observation
New Kingdom ceramic groups and decorated blocks naming Thutmose III, Horemheb, Ramesses II, and Ramesses IV attest repeated royal and cultic activity at the oasis centre.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1479 BCE–1149 BCE
Precision: range
moderateThis assertion records the event’s preferred range without suppressing narrower samples, phase uncertainty, or competing chronology noted elsewhere in the record.
- informs · dates
Ceramics at Mut el-Kharab, Dakhleh Oasis: evidence of a New Kingdom temple — Long, Richard J. (2024)Provides New Kingdom phase evidence.
Locator: Dataset description; ceramic corpus and royal blocks - informs · dates
Mut el-Kharab — Dakhleh Oasis Project, Monash UniversityPlaces the evidence in the long-term oasis sequence.
Locator: Project history; monuments and route setting
Interpretation and caveats
Mut el-Kharab was a durable oasis institution connected to Nile Valley administration and desert routes. The evidence supports repeated activity, not uninterrupted direct control of every route.
Event context
Classification
Event type: oasis temple activity
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Mut el-Kharab
Why it matters to the timeline
This event directly documents the North African research scope in eastern Sahara and oasis corridors, Egypt and western frontier. It is included for its regional evidence rather than merely because it is contemporary.
Research notes
- Provides New Kingdom phase evidence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Dataset description; ceramic corpus and royal blocks.
- Places the evidence in the long-term oasis sequence. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Project history; monuments and route setting.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Ceramics at Mut el-Kharab, Dakhleh Oasis: evidence of a New Kingdom temple — Long, Richard J. (2024)Provides New Kingdom phase evidence.
Locator: Dataset description; ceramic corpus and royal blocks - informs · contextualizes
Mut el-Kharab — Dakhleh Oasis Project, Monash UniversityPlaces the evidence in the long-term oasis sequence.
Locator: Project history; monuments and route setting
Referenced records
- Mut el-Kharab · entity