02647cam a2200349Ii 4500999001700000001001200017003000900029005001700038008004100055020001800096040008700114043001200201082001700213100003500230245010400265264007200369264001100441300005700452336002600509337002800535338002700563504005100590520105800641650005901699650006901758650005301827653002101880655005301901942001201954949018101966952015002147  c29324d29295om128552151EG-ScBUE20210804141506.0180817t2019    ua abe f b    001 0 eng d  a9789774169021  aYDXbengerdacYDXdBDXdOCLCQdYDXITdOCLCAdOCLCFdLMLdTP7dIULdUABdEG-ScBUE   af-ua---04a932bCLA2221 aClark, Regq(Reg J.),eauthor.10aSecuring eternity :bancient Egyptian tomb protection from prehistory to the pyramids /cReg Clark. 1aCairo ;aNew York :bThe American University in Cairo Press,c2019. 4c©2019  axx, 356 pages :billustrations, maps, plans ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"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." --cProvided by publisher. 7aTombszEgyptxDesign and constructionxHistory.2BUEsh 7aVernacular architecturexSecurity measureszEgypt.2BUEsh923732 7aPyramidsxSecurity measureszEgypt.2BUEsh98010  bGGENcAugust2021 7aHistory.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01411628vReading book  2ddccBB  tNONCIRCl_ULDEMANDmI-UNIVLIBo.PUBLIC. Books on Demand service for IUPUI University Library users onlyo.PUBLIC. Click the “Get this for IUPUI” button to submit a request.  00102ddc40708BaccahaMAINbMAINc2NDd2021-08-04ePurchaseg690.00h35754l0o932 CLAp000050490r2025-07-15 00:00:00v862.50w2021-08-04yBB