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The stones of the pyramids : provenance of the building stones of the Old Kingdom pyramids of Egypt / Dietrich Klemm, Rosemarie Klemm.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection DT63 .K58 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klemm, Dietrich D., 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pyramids--Egypt.
- Pyramids.
- Quarries and quarrying.
- History.
- Limestone.
- Building stones.
- Egypt.
- Pyramids--Egypt--Design and construction.
- Building stones--Egypt--History.
- Building stones--Egypt--Analysis.
- Limestone--Egypt--Analysis.
- Petrology.
- Geochemistry.
- Quarries and quarrying--Egypt--History.
- Egypt--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.
- Physical Description:
- v, 167 pages: illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin [Germany] ; New York : De Gruyter, [2010]
- Contents:
- The step pyramid of Djoser
- The "buried pyramid" of Sekhemkhet
- The pyramids of Zawiyet el-Aryan
- The Meidum pyramid
- The pyramids of Snofru at Dahshur
- The Gizeh pyramids
- The pyramid of Djedefre at Abu Roash
- The Mastabat el-Faraoun of Shepseskaf
- The pyramid of Userkaf at Saqqara-North
- The sun temples of Userkaf and Niuserre at Abu Ghurob
- The pyramids of Abusir
- The pyramid of Djedkare-Isesi at Saqqara-South
- The pyramid of Unas at Saqqara-North
- The pyramid of Teti
- The pyramid of Pepi I at Saqqara-South
- The pyramid of Merenre
- The pyramid of Pepi II
- Concluding remarks.
- Notes:
- "German archaeological institute. Cairo Department."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783110221237
- 3110221233
- OCLC:
- 460516477
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