TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rossi,Corinna
TI  - Architecture and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt
SN  - 9780521690539 (pbk.)
AV  - NA215 .R67 2007
U1  - 722.2 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Cambridge, UK
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Architecture, Ancient
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Pyramids
N1  - "First published 2003/Reprinted with corrections 2006"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. I. Proportions in ancient Egyptian architecture. Introd. to Pt. I. Harmony and proportions in architecture -- 1. In search of "the rule" for ancient Egyptian architecture -- 2. Mathematics and architecture in ancient Egypt -- Pt. II. Ancient Egyptian sources : construction and representation of space. Introd. to Pt.  II. tradition and variations in ancient Egyptian art and architecture -- 3. Documents on the planning and building process -- 4. Foundation rituals -- Pt. III. The geometry of pyramids. Introd. to Pt. III. combining the knowledge -- 5. Symbolic shape and constructional problems -- 6. The proportions of pyramids -- 7. Pyramids and triangles -- An overview -- Appendix. List of Old and Middle Kingdom true pyramids
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007281750-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007281750-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007281750-t.html
ER  -