Ancient Egyptian Construction and Architecture (Dover Books on Architecture)

Type

Book

Authors

Somers Clarke

R. Engelbach

ISBN 10

0486264858

ISBN 13

9780486264851

Tags

Buildings, History, Egypt, Masonry, Archaeology

Description

Profusely illustrated description and analysis of actual building practices: quarrying methods, dressing and laying blocks of stone, brickwork, pyramid construction, Egyptian mathematics, tools, much else. Nearly 270 photographs and illustrations of sites and excavations, quarries, building plans, architects' diagrams and elevations, and a myriad of construction details. 125 photographs. 144 line illustrations. - from Amzon

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