chapter one
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

EdwardBleiberg

Earliest Temples and Tombs … 6
Pyramid Complexes … 9
The North-South Pyramid Complex: King Djoser's Complex at Saqqara … 11
The First True Pyramids … 14
Fourth-Dynasty Architecture and History … 20
Architecture of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties … 29
Mastaba Tombs of the Old Kingdom … 34
Domestic Architecture in the Old Kingdom … 36
Transition to the Middle Kingdom … 37
The Pyramids of the Middle Kingdom … 39
Rock-Cut Tombs of the Middle Kingdom … 42
A Planned Town of the Middle Kingdom: Kahun … 44
New Kingdom Temples … 45
Thebes and the Estate of Amun … 49
Egyptian Construction Technology … 52

Amenhotep, Son of Hapu … 59
Hemiunu, Son of Nefermaat … 59
Imhotep … 60
Ineni … 60
Senenmut, Son of Ramose … 60
Sety I … 61

SIDEBARS AND PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Primary sources are listed in italics
Burial Tombs and Temples at Abydos … 8
Buildings of Dynasty Three … 10
Herodotus on the Cruelty of Khufu (account of the building of the Giza pyramid complex) … 24
Pyramid Complexes of the Later Fourth Dynasty … 25
A Ritual Speech to Unite with the Sun God (speech carved into the sarcophagus chamber of a king) … 33
Letters to the Dead (letters from a son to his deceased parents) … 35
Herodotus on the Labyrinth (excerpt from the earliest known description of Egypt by a foreigner) … 41
Khnumhotep Builds Himself a Tomb (inscriptions by Khnumhotep found inside his own tomb) … 43
Praise of Thebes (anonymously written text illustrating Egyptian thinking about towns) … 49
A Quarry Inscription from the Middle Kingdom (a high official's record of his own accomplishments) … 53
Pliny's Description of Loading an Obelisk on a Ship (The Roman author Pliny's description of Egyptian moving methods of heavy materials) … 59