|
|
Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht - Arnold, Dieter; Allen, James P. - Yale University Press
-
Mar 16, 2009
270 p., 9 1/2 x 13 1/2
170 b/w + color illus., 18 text figures
ISBN: 9780300123449
ISBN-10: 0300123442
-
Cloth: $75.00 tx
-
TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK
AT OUR WAREHOUSE
-
- Related Categories
- Art and Architecture
Classics
Social Science
History
- Series Information
- Egyptian Expedition Publications of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht
-
Dieter Arnold; With an appendix by James P. Allen
This volume documents twenty-six monumental tombs of the ancient Egyptian Twelfth Dynasty that were excavated by the Metropolitan Museum Egyptian Expedition from 1906 to 1934 and 1984 to 1991. Focusing on the study and reconstruction of the architecture of the tombs, the book also publishes remains of reliefs and inscriptions that decorated the walls. The author demonstrates the astonishing variety of Middle Kingdom funeral architecture. Whereas some of the Lisht structures relate closely to Old Kingdom mastabas, there is also a new group of freestanding chapels that are derived from contemporary deity temples and foreshadow the temple-tombs of later periods in Egyptian history. Also included is an appendix by James P. Allen on the biographical inscription in one of the tombs
Dieter Arnold is Curator, Department of Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
OTHER TITLES BY THIS AUTHOR
 
TITLES IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 
TOP
|