Einzelstück Uphill MSS 5.1.2 - Greatest builders in history

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Uphill MSS 5.1.2

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Greatest builders in history

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  • c. 1980s-2000s (Anlage)

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2 envelopes

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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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"Greatest Builders in History"
72 pages (8 single-sided + 64 double-sided)
Two handwritten drafts, probably intended for a publication

  • First draft, preliminary text and notes. For the second draft, see below
    • 47 pages (6 single-sided + 41 double-sided)
    • These are working notes which have an informal and sometimes irregular arrangement
    • There are sections for different types of buildings, then sub-sections for each civilisation, usually beginning with ancient Egypt. Sub-sections are arranged chronologically. Monuments are listed at the beginning of a section, along with area measurements, then by building type
    • Uphill's sections and headings include the following:
      • Pyramids
      • Fortresses and forts
      • Temples
      • Palaces
      • Volumes comparison continued. Mainly earth constructions
      • City and town walls
      • City sizes
      • Great walls in history
      • Funerary complex figures
      • Royal tombs and burials in 'palace city' mounds
      • Conspectus [of] great earthworks, mounds etc.
  • Second draft, probably for a publication, this only a partial text and does not represent all of the sections in the first draft. For the first draft, see above
    • 25 pages (2 single-sided + 23 double-sided)
    • There are sections for different types of buildings, then sub-sections for each civilisation, usually beginning with ancient Egypt. Sub-sections are arranged chronologically. Monuments are listed at the beginning of a section, along with area measurements, then by building type
    • Uphill's sections and headings include the following:
      • [Pyramids]
      • Tomb mounds for royal burials: sizes
      • By period: world's greatest builders and constructors
      • Greatest tombs and funerary monuments
      • Tomb mounds and earth funerary constructions
      • Earthworks & mounds
      • Comparative early wall sizes
      • Ramesses III conspectus of known constructions
      • World's greatest builders and constructors: all-time greats - by period
      • Great walls and defences

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