Title Architecture, astronomy and sacred landscape in ancient Egypt / Giulio Magli

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Architecture, Astronomy and Sacred Landscape in Ancient Egypt; Title; Contents; Illustrations; Photographs; Introduction; Part One; 1 A land for eternity; 1.1 A land for eternity; 1.2 Equipped for eternity; 1.3 The first monumental architecture of ancient Egypt; 1.4 The first sacred landscape of ancient Egypt; 2 A king who looks at the stars; 2.1 From Abydos to Saqqara; 2.2 From mudbrick to stone; 2.3 The Pyramid Texts and the sky; 2.4 A king who looks at the stars; 3 The lords of the horizon; 3.1 The first Snefru project; 3.2 Snefru is rising; 3.3 The Great Pyramid 3.4 The Great Pyramid and the stars3.5 The second great pyramid of Giza; 3.6 The orientation of the fourth dynasty pyramids; 3.7 The horizon of Khufu; 4 A mirage from Heliopolis; 4.1 A mirage from Heliopolis; 4.2 The Menkaura project; 4.3 The star pyramids and their enigmas; 5 Sons of the sun god; 5.1 A new horizon for Snefru; 5.2 The stronghold of Ra; 5.3 Close to the soul of Ra; 5.4 The Niuserra project; 5.5 Stars from Heliopolis; 6 The lost pyramid; 6.1 The Unas project; 6.2 Teti and Userkara; 6.3 In search of a lost pyramid 6.4 Pyramids and landscapes of power: A look back at the Old KingdomPart Two; 7 Renaissance at the winter solstice; 7.1 Renaissance at the winter solstice; 7.2 Kings from the south; 7.3 The topography of the beyond; 7.4 The Amenemhet III project; 7.5 Sentinels of power; 8 A valley for the kings; 8.1 A new renaissance; 8.2 A valley for the kings; 8.3 The Hatshepsut projects; 8.4 The sanctuary of the south; 8.5 My face is yours; 9 The Horizon of the Aten; 9.1 The dazzling sun disk; 9.2 The Amarna sacred space; 9.3 The Horizon of the Aten; 9.4 A message of power; 10 The last of the greats 10.1 A divine king ... 10.2 ... and his divine child; 10.3 The temples of millions of years; 10.4 The end of an era and its inheritance; Appendix; Chronology of the First Twenty Dynasties; Notes; A land for eternity; A king who looks at the stars; The lords of the horizon; A mirage from Heliopolis; Sons of the sun god; The lost pyramid; Renaissance at the winter solstice; A valley for the kings; The Horizon of the Aten; The last of the greats; References; Index Summary This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Architecture, Egyptian. Archaeoastronomy -- Egypt HISTORY -- Ancient -- Egypt. Antiquities Archaeoastronomy Architecture, Egyptian Religion Architektur Religion Astronomie Archäoastronomie SUBJECT Egypt -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041328 Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041288 Egypt -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041263 Subject Egypt Ägypten Altertum Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781107248670 1107248671 9781107250338 1107250331 9781139424554 1139424556

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