Displaying 1 of 1 1997 Format: Book Author: Wildung, Dietrich. Title: Egypt : from prehistory to the Romans / Dietrich Wildung ; photographs, Anne and Henri Stierlin. Publisher, Date: Köln ; New York : Taschen, ©1997. Description: 237 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm. 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. Series: Taschen's world architecture Taschen's world architecture. Subjects: Architecture -- Egypt. Egypt -- Civilization. Notes: Translated from the German. Includes bibliographical references (page 234) and indexes. Translated from the German. Contents: 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. LCCN: 00500532 ISBN: 3822882526 9783822882528 Other Number: 37509798 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 68873 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 722.2 Wildung Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
