Erster Band: Ausführliche Aufarbeitung aller zur Verfügung stehender Quellen in Bezug auf nichtkönigliche Frauen, die einen priesterlichen Titel im Alten Reich (4.-6. Dynastie) trugen. Dabei handelte es sich vorwiegend um Hathor- und Neithpriesterinnen. Daneben werden ebenso die Musik- und Totenpriesterinnen und die Tagesdienerinnen des Gottes Min behandelt. Abschließend wird der soziale Status von nichtköniglichen Priesterinnen im Alten Reich beleuchtet. Zweiter Band: Umfassender Katalogteil mit Tabellen / A detailed publication about non-royal priestesses of the Old Kingdom. Most of them hold priestly titles in the service of the goddesses Hathor and Neith, but also for Min. There were also musician priestesses and women, who worked in the service of the deceased. The publication concludes with the social standing of the non-royal priestesses in the Old Kingdom.

The present thesis deals with the reign of Nyuserre, one of great Old Kingdom rulers who ruled in the mid-Fifth Dynasty (2402-2374+25 BC). A transformation of whole society of ancient Egypt came to pass during his reign as a consequence of the events in the late Fourth and early Fifth Dynasties, when the highest posts in the administrative system had passed over from members of the royal family to dignitaries of non-royal origin. This fact had been reflected in whole society and started numerous rivulets of change, which merged in a single river in Nyuserre's reign. The gradual transformation of Egyptian society from a kingdom to a state took place during this crucial period, and a number of innovations came about in various spheres (religion, society, administration, tomb architecture, etc.), mirroring a change in the participation in power. This situation was reflected primarily in dignitaries' tombs dated to the given period, which became indicators of the transformation of society. The research is focused on an analysis more than 100 tombs of high-ranking individuals and their family members, and particularly of their titulary, offering formulae, false doors (the central point of the funerary cult), etc. The individual chapters of the present thesis exemplify the most noticeable changes in...

1 The Pyramid Complex of Djedkare-Isesi at South Saqqara and its Decorative Program Mohamed Megahed Abstract The present thesis aims to publish pyramid complex of King Djedkare and its decorative program for the first time. The rule of King Djedkare was very significant and many important changes happened in the Egyptian state during his time. He is known to have reorganized the royal mortuary cults of his predecessors in Abusir; the remains of the papyrus archives discovered in three mortuary temples in Abusir are to a great extent related to this reorganization, as most of the preserved papyrus fragments come from the time of this king. Besides the other available evidence from his reign, numerous finds were discovered in the king's pyramid complex, which have, however, not been published until now. These include fragments of relief decoration and the present study thus can help us better understand and interpret the development of royal relief at the end of the Fifth Dynasty. The thesis is divided into five chapters, the first chapter provides a guideline to the thesis and its catalogue, and presents an up to date state of research on the decoration of the royal mortuary complexes of the Old Kingdom. Another section in this chapter is devoted to the methods that the author followed during his...