File Uphill MSS 4.24 - Domestic architecture in ancient Egypt: I: houses and towns

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Uphill MSS 4.24

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Domestic architecture in ancient Egypt: I: houses and towns

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  • c. 1970s-2000s (Creation)

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The estate of Eric Uphill.

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Donated by the executors of the estate of Eric Uphill in 2022.

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"Domestic architecture and its urban setting in ancient Egypt. Part I: Houses and towns"*
133 single-sided pages
Annotated typewritten draft on the houses and towns of ancient Egypt, forming the first section of an unpublished book. See Uphill MSS 4.25 for the second part.
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  • Draft, 2 + 131 pages, quarto size, typewritten with annotations
    • Title page
    • Table of contents
    • Part I - Houses and towns
      1. Generalities
      2. The Predynastic villages
      3. The Early Dynastic house
      4. The Old Kingdom town
      5. The town of Queen Khent-kawes
      6. The Middle Kingdom town
      7. The town of Senusret II
      8. The town of Ahmose
      9. Akhetaten: the residence of Akhenaten and the city of the sun
      10. El Amarna: the house of Nakht
      11. El Amarna: the house of Hatiay
      12. El Amarna: a middle class house V.37.1
      13. El Amarna: the model house
      14. El Amarna: the eastern village
      15. Thebes: The southern capital and great metropolis of Upper Egypt
      16. The Theban house
      17. Medinet Habu: the temple town of Ramesses III
      18. The workmens' village at Deir el Medineh

*Uphill's description for this group.

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