posted on 2024-08-29, 04:56authored byAngela Sophia La Loggia
The study presents an overview of large stone construction from as early as the Early Dynastic period. The sites of Abydos, Saqqara, Helwan, Karara, Tarkhan, Hierakonpolis, Elkab, Armant and abu Roash are reviewed and compared. Sophisticated knowledge of engineering is revealed from this early time.
History
Journal title:
Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology (BACE)
Volume:
19
Publication year:
2008
Pages:
73-93
ISSN:
1035-7524
Publisher:
Australian Centre for Egyptology, Macquarie University