Tomb security in ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to the Pyramid Age

Clark, Reg (Reg J.) (author.). Archaeopress, (publisher.).

Summary: Egyptians went to great lengths to protect their dead from the omnipresent threat of robbery by incorporating specially developed architectural features in their tombs. However, the architecture of tomb security has rarely been studied as a subject in its own right and is usually treated as a secondary topic in publications of a scholarly nature, which tend to regard its role as incidental to the design of the tomb rather than perhaps being the driving force behind it. This issue had been raised in the early Twentieth Century by Reisner (1908: 11), who suggested that the rapid evolution of Egyptian tomb substructures was as a result of the desire for tomb security and more ostentatious tombs, rather than a development spurred by religious or funerary practices.

Record details

ISBN: 9781784912994 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781784913007
ISBN: 1784913006
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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Publisher: Oxford : Archaeopress, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Previously issued in print: 2016. Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	5.2.2.2 Stone walls and blocking -- 5.2.2.3 Wooden doors -- 5.2.1 Backfill -- 5.2.1.1 Sand -- 5.2.1.2 Rubble -- 5.2.1.3 Liquid mud -- 5.3 Portcullises and plug-stones -- 5.3.1 The portcullis -- 5.3.1.1 Royal tombs -- 5.3.1.2 Private tombs -- 5.3.2 Plug-stones -- 5.3.2.1 Royal tombs -- 5.3.2.2 Private tombs -- 5.3.3 Conclusion -- 6. Mounds, mastabas and pyramids -- the security of the superstructure -- 6.1 Royal tombs -- 6.1.1 Dynasty '0' to the mid First Dynasty -- 6.1.2 The second half of the First Dynasty -- 6.1.3 The Second Dynasty -- 6.1.4 The Third Dynasty -- 6.1.5 The early Fourth Dynasty
Target Audience Note:	Specialized.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 7, 2016).