A gift of geology : ancient Egyptian landscapes and monuments

Parallelsachtitel: Ancient Egyptian landscapes and monuments
1. Verfasser: Reader, Colin D. , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2022.
Umfang/Format: xi, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Schlagworte:
Geology > Egypt.
Geology > Egypt > History.
Landscapes > Egypt.
Building, Stone > Egypt.
Quarries and quarrying > Egypt > History.
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The Egyptian landscape
  • An introduction to geology
  • The geology of Egypt, Part 1 : the Precambrian
  • The geology of Egypt, Part 2 : The Paleozoic and Mesozoic
  • The geology of Egypt, Part 3 : the Cenozoic: a land of rivers
  • The evolution of the River Nile
  • The Easter Desert
  • The Western Desert, Part I
  • The Western Desert, Part 2
  • Mining and quarrying
  • Building in stone in ancient Egypt
  • The interaction of monuments and landscape
  • A gift of geology.

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