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Egypt : from prehistory to the Romans / Dietrich Wildung

By:

Wildung, Dietrich

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Köln : Taschen , 1997Description: 237 p. : illus. ; 31 cmISBN:

9783822882528

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

REF 722.209 WIL

LOC classification:

PS3551.B5 E25 1993

Contents:

Summary: This volume presents an illustrated record of the architecture of the pharaohs, ranging from 3000 BC to the Egyptian style of today, from the Sudan to the Mediterranean. The meanings of wall hieroglyphics are deciphered.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 722.209 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		067444

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.

This volume presents an illustrated record of the architecture of the pharaohs, ranging from 3000 BC to the Egyptian style of today, from the Sudan to the Mediterranean. The meanings of wall hieroglyphics are deciphered.

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