A gift of geology : ancient Egyptian landscapes and monuments /

""While much is known about Egypt's towering pyramids, mighty obelisks, and extraordinary works of art, less is known about the role played by Egypt's geological history in the formation of pharaonic culture's artistic and architectural legacy. The fertile soils that lined t...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Reader, Colin D. (مؤلف)

التنسيق: كتاب

اللغة: English

منشور في: Cairo, Egypt ; New York, NY : The American University in Cairo Press, [2022].

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رقم الطلب: QE328 .R33

جدول المحتويات:
  • The Egyptian landscape
  • An introduction to geology
  • The geology of Egypt, Part 1 : the Precambrian
  • The geology of Egypt, Part 2 : The Paleozoic and Mesozoic
  • The geology of Egypt, Part 3 : the Cenozoic: a land of rivers
  • The evolution of the River Nile
  • The Easter Desert
  • The Western Desert, Part I
  • The Western Desert, Part 2
  • Mining and quarrying
  • Building in stone in ancient Egypt
  • The interaction of monuments and landscape
  • A gift of geology.