![]() The first physical evidence of an ancient practice previously known only from iconographic and literary sources-12 to 18 right hands buried beneath pits in an ancient Egyptian palace-has been analyzed by a team of researchers led by Julia Gresky of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin. (F) Single right hand on its palmar surface with wide-splayed fingers. (E) Overview of the 11 right hands in the Pits L1542 and L1543. Pit L 1777 in front of the throne room (indicated by the arrow). ![]() (D) South wall of a later added broad-room building built against the western enclosure wall of the palace’s forecourt. (C) Overview of the area of Pit L15 (red circle), the excavation layer closely beneath the modern surface in the agricultural area. Red arrow indicating Pit L15, blue arrow indicating Pit L1777. (B) Northern part of the Hyksos Palace at Tell el-Dab‘a, Phase E1-D3 (after Bietak et al. To publish the map under a CC BY open access license is permitted by the copyright holder Manfred Bietak. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ancient History, vol. ![]() This map has been modified from Fig. 1 (drawn by Nicola Math, modified by Dominik Fill, Austrian Academy of Sciences) in: Manfred Bietak, "Hyksos" in "Hyksos," R. ![]() Bietak): (A) Nile Delta, Northern Egypt (Apple maps) and position of the site Tell el-Dab‘a/Avaris in the Nile Delta. Archaeological evidence of severed hands in Hyksos Period Tell el-Dab‘a, Northern Egypt (images ÖAI, M. ![]()
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