02517cam a2200349Ii 4500 29324 29295 om128552151 EG-ScBUE 20210804141506.0 180817t2019 ua abe f b 001 0 eng d 9789774169021 YDX eng rda YDX BDX OCLCQ YDXIT OCLCA OCLCF LML TP7 IUL UAB EG-ScBUE f-ua--- 932 CLA 22 Clark, Reg (Reg J.), author. Securing eternity : ancient Egyptian tomb protection from prehistory to the pyramids / Reg Clark. Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2019. ©2019 xx, 356 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "The ancient Egyptian tomb evolved rapidly over a period of about 2,500 years, from a simple backfilled pit to an enormous stone pyramid with complex security arrangements. Much of this development was arguably driven by the ever-present threat of tomb robbery, which compelled tomb builders to introduce special architectural measures to prevent it. However, until now most scholarly Egyptological discussions of tomb security have tended to be brief and usually included only as part of a larger work, the topic instead being the subject of lurid speculation and fantasy in novels, the popular press, and cinema.In Securing Eternity, Reg Clark traces in detail the development of the Egyptian royal and private tombs from the Predynastic Period to the early Fourth Dynasty. In doing so, he demonstrates that many of the familiar architectural elements of the Egyptian tomb that we take for granted today in fact originated from security features to protect the tomb, rather than from monumental or religious considerations." -- Provided by publisher. Tombs Egypt Design and construction History. BUEsh Vernacular architecture Security measures Egypt. BUEsh 23732 Pyramids Security measures Egypt. BUEsh 8010 GGEN August2021 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Reading book ddc BB NONCIRC _ULDEMAND I-UNIVLIB .PUBLIC. Books on Demand service for IUPUI University Library users only .PUBLIC. Click the “Get this for IUPUI” button to submit a request. 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 2ND 2021-08-04 Purchase 690.00 35754 0 932 CLA 000050490 2025-07-15 00:00:00 862.50 2021-08-04 BB