TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clarke,Somers
AU  - Engelbach,Reginald
TI  - Ancient Egyptian construction and architecture
T2  - Dover books on architecture
SN  - 9780486264851
AV  - TH1201 .C55 1990
U1  - 693.10932 22
PY  - 1990///
CY  - New York
PB  - Dover Publications
KW  - Building, Stone
KW  - Egypt
KW  - History
KW  - Architecture, Ancient
N1  - "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"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-232) and index; I. The earliest Egyptian masonry -- III. Quarrying : soft rocks -- III Quarrying : hard rocks -- IV. transport barges -- V. preparations before building -- VI. Foundations -- VII. Mortar -- VIII. Handing the blocks -- IX. dressing and laying the blocks -- X. pyramid construction -- XI. pavements and column bases -- XII. columns -- XIII. Architraves, roofs, and provision against rain -- xiv. door and doorways -- XV. windows and ventilation openings -- XVI. stairs -- XVII. arches and reliving arches -- XVIII. facing, sculpturing, and painting the masonry -- xix. brickwork -- XX. Egyptian Mathematics
N2  - Counter
Profusely illustrated description and analysis of actual building practices: quarrying methods, dressing and laying blocks of stone, brickwork, masonry, pyramid construction, Egyptian mathematics, tools, much else. Nearly 270 photographs and illustrations of sites and excavations, quarries, building plans, architect’s diagrams and elevations, and a myriad of construction details. Appendices
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/dover033/90042547.html
ER  -