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Entrance corridor, pyramid complex of King Djoser

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Description: Entrance corridor, pyramid complex of King Djoser
TitleEntrance corridor, pyramid complex of King Djoser
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureUnknown
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation datec. 2630–2611 BC
Object typeIllustration
MaterialsUnknown
LocationLauer, Philippe, ed., "Fouilles à Saqqarah, la pyramide à degré s. L’architecture," vol. 1, Texte (Cairo: L’Institut francais d’archeologie orientale, 1936)
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsPyramids in artArchitecture, Ancient--EgyptSepulchral monuments--EgyptColor in architectureTombs--Egypt--Ṣaqqārah
StatusSaqqara, Egypt
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Chapter 4: Dynasty III, 2780–2680 B.C.
W. Stevenson Smith, William Kelly Simpson
Description: The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
The well-known statue of King Zoser in Cairo [36] was found still in place in the closed statue-chamber (serdab) beside his temple on the north side of the Step Pyramid at...
Author
W. Stevenson Smith, William Kelly Simpson
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© W. Stevenson Smith, 1958, 1965
Related print edition pages: pp.26-36
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31550&redirecttoanchor=72899
Chapter subject tags:Egypt--History--Third dynastyEgypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C.Architecture, Ancient--EgyptTombs--Egypt--ṢaqqārahSculpture, EgyptianEgypt--Kings and rulersArt, Ancient--Egypt
1. A Medium Foretold: Material Synthesis and Heavenly Stones in the Ancient Near East
Fabio Barry
Description: Painting in Stone: Architecture and the Poetics of Marble from Antiquity to the...
Painting in Stone: Architecture and the Poetics of Marble from Antiquity to the Enlightenment
~At the dawn of writing, before history was yet recorded, kings and priests in the world’s earliest cities raised the first buildings in colored stones. At Uruk in Mesopotamia, around 3300 to 3100 BC, the...
Author
Fabio Barry
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2020 by Fabio Barry
Related print edition pages: pp.5-18
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00283.2
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Chapter subject tags:Architecture, AncientBuilding materialsPolychromy (Architecture)Precious stones in architectureArchitecture--Middle EastEridu (Extinct city)SumeriansArchitecture, Ancient--EgyptGlass, ColoredFaienceBabyloniaArchitecture and cosmologyGlazed brickZigguratsArchitecture, Assyro-Babylonian

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N/A
Accession numberN/A
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Accession numberN/A
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