Main entry:

Clarke, Somers, 1841-1926, author.

Title & Author:

Ancient Egyptian construction and architecture / by Somers Clarke and R. Engelbach.

Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 1990.

Description:

xviii, 242 pages, 66 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, plans ; 24 cm.

Series:

Dover books on Egypt

Notes:
"This Dover edition, first published in 1990, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1930 by Oxford University Press: Humphrey Milford, London, under the title Ancient Egyptian Masonry: The Building Craft."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-232) and index.
The earliest Egyptian masonry -- Quarrying: soft rocks -- Quarrying: hard rocks -- Transport barges -- Preparations before building -- Foundations -- Mortar -- Handling the blocks -- Dressing and laying the blocks -- Pyramid construction -- Pavements and column bases -- Columns -- Architraves, roofs, and provision against rain -- Doors and doorways -- Windows and ventilation openings -- Stairs -- Arches and relieving arches -- Facing, sculpturing, and painting the masonry -- Brickwork -- Egyptian mathematics -- Appendices : Ancient Egyptian tools ; Sites in Egypt and Lower Nubia mentioned in the volume ; Chronology.

Summary:

Provides description and analysis of Egyptian building practices.

ISBN:

0486264858 (paperback)
9780486264851 (paperback)

Subject:

Building, Stone Egypt History.
Architecture, Ancient Egypt History.
Construction en pierre Égypte Histoire.
Architecture antique Égypte.
Building, Stone
Architecture, Ancient
Egypt

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Engelbach, Reginald, 1888-1946, author.
Dover books on Egypt.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317092
Call No.: 317092
Copy: 1
Status: Available