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\CONTENTSABOUT THE BOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixCONTRIBUTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiERA OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiiiCHRONOLOGY OFWORLD EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviiCHAPTER 1: ARCHITECTUREAND DESIGNIMPORTANT EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGNEarliest Temples and Tombs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Pyramid Complexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9The North-South Pyramid Complex:King Djoser’s Complex at Saqqara. . . . . . . . . 11The First True Pyramids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Fourth-Dynasty Architecture and History. . . . . . 20Architecture of <strong>the</strong> Fifth and SixthDynasties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Mastaba Tombs of <strong>the</strong> Old Kingdom . . . . . . . . 34Domestic Architecture in <strong>the</strong> Old Kingdom. . . . . 36Transition to <strong>the</strong> Middle Kingdom. . . . . . . . . . 37The Pyramids of <strong>the</strong> Middle Kingdom . . . . . . . 39Rock-Cut Tombs of <strong>the</strong> Middle Kingdom . . . . . 42A Planned Town of <strong>the</strong> Middle Kingdom:Kahun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44New Kingdom Temples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Thebes and <strong>the</strong> Estate of Amun . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Egyptian Construction Technology. . . . . . . . . . 52SIGNIFICANT PEOPLEAmenhotep, Son of Hapu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Hemiunu, Son of Nefermaat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Imhotep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Ineni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Senenmut, Son of Ramose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Sety I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61DOCUMENTARY SOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61CHAPTER 2: DANCEIMPORTANT EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65TOPICS IN DANCEPreconceptions about Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Dance in Visual Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Costumes and Fashion in Dance . . . . . . . . . . . 68The Dancers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Funeral Dances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Muu-Dancers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76The Iba-Dance and Heby-Dance . . . . . . . . . . . 79Cult Dances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81SIGNIFICANT PEOPLEHorihotep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Khnumhotep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Watetkhethor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82DOCUMENTARY SOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82CHAPTER 3: FASHIONIMPORTANT EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88v

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