Construction & Building Trades, Ancient History, Egypt & the Nile Valley - Ancient History, Archaeology, Urban Sociology, Urban Architecture & Design, Construction & Building Trades, Archaeology, Ancient Art, Urban Studies, North African History, Middle E
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Overview
This study reveals a highly diversified and unique pattern of habitation in the Nile Valley. The main focus of this work is the New Kingdom, which offers the largest number of sites from any one period. Previously most studies of Egyptian urbanism have focused exclusively on the site of Tell el-Amarna, which has become the paradigm for ancient Egyptian settlements. Critical to our understanding of Egyptian urbanism is the question of just how representative of pharaonic town planning Amarna truly is. To resolve this problem, this study contrasts Amarna with what available data exists from other sites. One important source for such a comparison is the Second Intermediate Period site of Deir el-Ballas. This 'incipient Amarna' may well have served as the prototype for the revised urbanism of the New Kingdom. This study also reviews the data from other New Kingdom settlements on a 'micro-spatial' level, dealing with both the arms of individual structures as well as the overall community layout. Comparisons between the overall plans of the various settlements and the various elements which comprise them reveal a 'mental template' of urban structure that existed in ancient Egypt.Synopsis
First published in 1997. The aim of this study is to re-appraise the evidence for planned communities in ancient Egypt by reviewing published and unpublished data along with my own fieldwork at the site of Deir el-Ballas.Editorials
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Comparing other sites along the Nile with Tell el-Amarna, which is generally accepted as the paradigm for Egyptian urban settlements, the assistant curator for ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston finds a mental template of urban structure in ancient Egypt. He compares both the overall community layout and forms of individual structures such as palaces, administration buildings, workers' villagers, and houses. Double spaced. Illustrated with line drawings. No index. Distributed in the US by Kegan. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
January 11, 2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Pages
256
ISBN
9781136168178