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

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The estate of Eric Uphill.

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

"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Annotated typewritten draft on the houses and towns of ancient Egypt, forming the first section of an unpublished book.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.
Uphill's section headings:

• 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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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

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