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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). |
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Archaeopress Egyptology
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Archaeopress Egyptology.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. |
| Summary |
Egyptians went to great lengths to protect their dead from the omnipresent threat of robbery by incorporating specially developed architectural features in their tombs. However, the architecture of tomb security has rarely been studied as a subject in its own right and is usually treated as a secondary topic in publications of a scholarly nature, which tend to regard its role as incidental to the design of the tomb rather than perhaps being the driving force behind it. This issue had been raised in the early Twentieth Century by Reisner (1908: 11), who suggested that the rapid evolution of Egyptian tomb substructures was as a result of the desire for tomb security and more ostentatious tombs, rather than a development spurred by religious or funerary practices. |
| Audience |
Specialized. |
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Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Conventions -- List of Figures and Maps -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The purpose of the Egyptian tomb and the need for it to be secure -- 1.2 Aims and objectives -- 1.3 Previous scholarship -- 1.4 Methodology -- 1.5 Dating -- 1.6 Database analysis -- 1.7 Structure of the book -- 1.8 Contributions made by this research -- 2. Substructure and access route typology -- 2.1 Tomb types -- 2.2 Superstructures -- 3. The early precursors of tomb security |
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3.1 The Late Palaeolithic: an early beginning -- 3.2 The Neolithic and Predynastic Periods -- 3.3 Conclusion -- 4. The defence of the burial chamber -- 4.1 Royal tombs -- 4.1.1 Dynasty 0 and the First Dynasty -- 4.1.2 The Second Dynasty -- 4.1.3 The Third Dynasty -- 4.1.4 The early Fourth Dynasty -- 4.1.5 Conclusion -- 4.2 Private tombs -- 4.2.1 Burial chambers in Type IB, IC and ID pit tombs -- 4.2.1.1 The burial chamber in Type IB and IC pit tombs -- 4.2.1.2 The burial chamber in Type ID pit tombs -- 4.2.2 Burial chambers in subterranean Type II tombs |
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4.2.2.1 The burial chambers in the Abu Roash Type II tombs -- 4.2.2.2 The burial chambers in Type IIA tombs with stairway access -- 4.2.2.3 The burial chamber in Type IIB 'deep' staircase tombs -- 4.2.2.4 The burial chamber in Type IIA-C stair-shaft tombs -- 4.2.2.5 The burial chambers in Type IIC shaft tombs -- 4.2.3 Burial chambers in Type III tombs with sloping corridors -- 4.2.4 Conclusion -- 5. The security of the access route and its blockings -- 5.1 Stairs, shafts and corridors -- 5.1.1 Royal tombs -- 5.1.2 Private tombs |
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5.1.2.1 The access routes of Type ID tombs -- the staircase or slope -- 5.1.2.2 The access routes of Type IIA tombs -- the staircase or slope -- 5.1.2.3 The access routes of Type IIB tombs -- the 'deep' staircase -- 5.1.2.4 The access routes of Type IIA-C tombs -- the stair-shaft -- 5.1.2.5 The access routes of Type IIC tombs -- the shaft -- 5.1.2.6 The access routes of Type III tombs -- sloping corridors -- 5.1.3 Conclusion -- 5.2 Backfill to blockwork -- the closure of the access -- route -- 5.2.3 Conclusion -- 5.2.2 Manufactured or built blockings -- 5.2.2.1 Mud-brick |
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5.2.2.2 Stone walls and blocking -- 5.2.2.3 Wooden doors -- 5.2.1 Backfill -- 5.2.1.1 Sand -- 5.2.1.2 Rubble -- 5.2.1.3 Liquid mud -- 5.3 Portcullises and plug-stones -- 5.3.1 The portcullis -- 5.3.1.1 Royal tombs -- 5.3.1.2 Private tombs -- 5.3.2 Plug-stones -- 5.3.2.1 Royal tombs -- 5.3.2.2 Private tombs -- 5.3.3 Conclusion -- 6. Mounds, mastabas and pyramids -- the security of the superstructure -- 6.1 Royal tombs -- 6.1.1 Dynasty '0' to the mid First Dynasty -- 6.1.2 The second half of the First Dynasty -- 6.1.3 The Second Dynasty -- 6.1.4 The Third Dynasty -- 6.1.5 The early Fourth Dynasty |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tombs -- Egypt -- Design and construction -- History.
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Tombs. |
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Egypt. |
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History. |
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Vernacular architecture -- Security measures -- Egypt.
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Vernacular architecture. |
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Security systems. |
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Pyramids -- Security measures -- Egypt.
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Pyramids. |
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Egypt -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation.
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Antiquities. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. |
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. |
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Tombs -- Design and construction. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Archaeopress, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781784912994 |
| ISBN |
1784913006 |
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9781784913007 (electronic book) |
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9781784912994 (paperback) |
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