Egypt : from prehistory to the Romans /
Language: English Original language: German Series: Taschen's world architecturePublication details: Köln ; New York : Taschen, ©1997.Description: 237 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cmISBN:- 3822882526
- 9783822882528
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Book | Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | NA 215 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0000523 |
Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references (page 234) and indexes.
Introduction : Basic architectural forms in ancient Egypt -- Houses for the dead and stairways to heaven: tomb architecture of the early period -- Building for the life to come: Old Kingdom pyramids -- The lost classical period: architecture and the Middle Kingdom -- A state built of stone: temples to the gods in the New Kingdom -- Castles of eternity: temples of the dead and tomb architecture of the New Kingdom -- The cosmos in stone: from the delta to Sudan -- Late flowering: temples of the Ptolemaic and Roman period in Upper Egypt -- Epilogue: Egyptian influence in the West -- Chronological table -- Glossary.