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Architecture and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt / Corinna Rossi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, c2003.Description: xxii, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780521690539 (pbk.)
  • 9780521829540
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 722.2 21 ROS
LOC classification:
  • NA215 .R67 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Pt. I. Proportions in ancient Egyptian architecture. Introd. to Pt. I. Harmony and proportions in architecture -- 1. In search of "the rule" for ancient Egyptian architecture -- 2. Mathematics and architecture in ancient Egypt -- Pt. II. Ancient Egyptian sources : construction and representation of space. Introd. to Pt. II. tradition and variations in ancient Egyptian art and architecture -- 3. Documents on the planning and building process -- 4. Foundation rituals -- Pt. III. The geometry of pyramids. Introd. to Pt. III. combining the knowledge -- 5. Symbolic shape and constructional problems -- 6. The proportions of pyramids -- 7. Pyramids and triangles -- An overview -- Appendix. List of Old and Middle Kingdom true pyramids.
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Book - Borrowing Book - Borrowing Central Library Second Floor Alahram 722.2 ROS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 6463 Checked out 17/09/2023 000014380
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"First published 2003/Reprinted with corrections 2006"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Proportions in ancient Egyptian architecture. Introd. to Pt. I. Harmony and proportions in architecture -- 1. In search of "the rule" for ancient Egyptian architecture -- 2. Mathematics and architecture in ancient Egypt -- Pt. II. Ancient Egyptian sources : construction and representation of space. Introd. to Pt. II. tradition and variations in ancient Egyptian art and architecture -- 3. Documents on the planning and building process -- 4. Foundation rituals -- Pt. III. The geometry of pyramids. Introd. to Pt. III. combining the knowledge -- 5. Symbolic shape and constructional problems -- 6. The proportions of pyramids -- 7. Pyramids and triangles -- An overview -- Appendix. List of Old and Middle Kingdom true pyramids.

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