Architecture, Astronomy and Sacred Landscape in Ancient Egypt
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- Author: Giulio Magli, Politecnico di Milano
- Date Published: February 2019
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108729772
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This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history, focusing on the fundamental role of astronomy in the creation of the pyramids and the monumental temple and burial complexes. Bringing to bear the analytical tools of archaeoastronomy, a set of techniques and methods that enable modern scholars to better understand the thought, religion, and science of early civilizations, Giulio Magli provides in-depth analyses of the pyramid complexes at Giza, Abusir, Saqqara, and Dahshur, as well as of the Early Dynastic necropolis at Abydos and the magnificent new Kingdom Theban temples. Using a variety of data retrieved from study of the sky and measurements of the buildings, he reconstructs the visual, symbolic, and spiritual world of the ancient Egyptians and thereby establishes an intimate relationship among celestial cycles, topography, and architecture. He also shows how they were deployed in the ideology of the pharaoh's power in the course of Egyptian history.
Read more- Explores for the first time in a scholarly, systematic way the relationships between astronomy, landscape and architecture in ancient Egypt
- Demonstrates a series of long-forgotten visual and topographical relationships between the Egyptian pyramids
- Shows how ideas about 'cosmic' order were reflected in the architecture of ancient Egypt
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- Date Published: February 2019
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108729772
- length: 284 pages
- dimensions: 255 x 172 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.54kg
- contains: 61 b/w illus. 18 maps 7 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I:
1. A land for eternity
2. A king who looks at the stars
3. The lords of the horizon
4. A mirage from Heliopolis
5. Sons of the Sun God
6. The lost pyramid
Part II:
7. Renaissance at the winter solstice
8. A valley for the kings
9. The horizon of the Aten
10. The last of the greats.
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