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On the Beginning of Monumental Stone Building in Ancient Egyptian Provincial Temples. / Демидчик, Аркадий Евгеньевич.
Images, Perceptions and Productions in and of Antiquity. ed. / Maria Helena Trindade Lopes; André Patricio. Cambridge : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023. p. 54-63.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in an anthology › Research › peer-review
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T1 - On the Beginning of Monumental Stone Building in Ancient Egyptian Provincial Temples
AU - Демидчик, Аркадий Евгеньевич
N1 - Demidchik A. ON THE BEGINNING OF MONUMENTAL STONE BUILDING IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PROVINCIAL TEMPLES // Images, Perceptions and Productions in and of Antiquity / Ed. M. H. Trindade Lopes, A. Patrício. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023. P. 54-63
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Although in the Old Kingdom the Egyptians erected giant pyramids madeof stone for their pharaohs, their gods’ temples in the provinces were stillconstructed of nondurable mudbricks. It is considered that building in stonewas initiated in provincial temples at the behest of the early XI Dynastykings, Wahankh Intef and Nakht-Nebtepnefer Intef (XXI century BC). Butwhat could be their incentive for such a grand and labour-intensiveinnovation, especially as it happened amidst the First Intermediate Periodturmoil at the very moment when their fledgeling Theban monarchy onlycontrolled ten of the southernmost nomes?
AB - Although in the Old Kingdom the Egyptians erected giant pyramids madeof stone for their pharaohs, their gods’ temples in the provinces were stillconstructed of nondurable mudbricks. It is considered that building in stonewas initiated in provincial temples at the behest of the early XI Dynastykings, Wahankh Intef and Nakht-Nebtepnefer Intef (XXI century BC). Butwhat could be their incentive for such a grand and labour-intensiveinnovation, especially as it happened amidst the First Intermediate Periodturmoil at the very moment when their fledgeling Theban monarchy onlycontrolled ten of the southernmost nomes?
KW - Egyptian Temples
KW - Elephatine
KW - Khnum
KW - famine
UR - https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-9275-9
M3 - Article in an anthology
SN - (10): 1-5275-9275-8
SP - 54
EP - 63
BT - Images, Perceptions and Productions in and of Antiquity
A2 - Trindade Lopes, Maria Helena
A2 - Patricio, André
PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
CY - Cambridge
ER -
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