Item Uphill MSS 5.1.2 - Greatest builders in history

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The estate of Eric Uphill.

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

"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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