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9782879393285

The Pharaohs Master-Builders

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  • ISBN13:

    9782879393285

  • ISBN10:

    2879393280

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-03-15
  • Publisher: Independent Pub Group
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Summary

For three millennia, the Valley of the Nile, from the Delta to Nubia, was an immense construction site under the direction of the pharaohs master-builders.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 8
From Midbrick to Quarried Stone: The Monument of King Djoser at Saqqarap. 16
The Age of the Great Pyramidsp. 36
Collapse, Revolution and, Renaissance During the Middle Kingdomp. 60
Ascendancy of Upper Egypt: The Bloom of New-Kingdomp. 84
The Tomb: A Glorification of Lifep. 114
Duel Between Amun and the Aten, Between Thebes and Amarnap. 142
The Glory of the Ramessides: A Frenzy of Constructionp. 162
Funerary Temples of Thebes and Ramesside Palacesp. 190
Renaissance of Architecture in Ptolemaic Egyptp. 210
Philae and the Late Temple: The Last Surge of Egyptian Artp. 232
Conclusionp. 244
Chronologyp. 246
Glossaryp. 248
Plans, 1/2500 Scalep. 252
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