11 The Old Kingdom or the Pyramid Age (2575–2134 BC)
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1. | Title | Title of document | 11 The Old Kingdom or the Pyramid Age (2575–2134 BC) - First Civilizations |
2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Robert Chadwick; Bishop's University; |
3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Archaeology |
4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | ancient civilizations; Babylonians; Egypt; old Kingdom; agricultural revolution; Akkadians; Ur; Assyrians; Mesopotamia |
5. | Subject | Subject classification | Archaeology;CC1-960; Egyptology; D51-90; ancient history; social and cultural anthropology; GN301-674 |
6. | Description | Abstract | This chapter deals with the period of time during which Egypt experienced a long uninterrupted period of economic prosperity and political stability that was a continuation of the previous period which had seen the unification of Egypt ruled by a king who was elevated to a semi-divine status. Topics covered include: - organization of the kingdom - concepts of the afterlife - concepts of the soul - pit graves - changes in funerary structures - the step pyramid of Djoser - step pyramid or stage 'mastaba?' - development of the true pyramid - the pyramid shape- - the bent pyramid at Dashur - the pyramid at Giza - mysteries of the pyramid - who built the pyramids - pyramid construction, passages, techniques and raising the stones - the legacy of the pyramids |
7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Jan-2005 |
10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
11. | Type | Type | |
12. | Format | File format | |
13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/18669 |
14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.18669 |
15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; First Civilizations |
16. | Language | English=en | en |
18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Ancient Near East, 2nd and 3rd millenium BC to 200 BC |
19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |