Peter Phillips, J. 2002. The columns of Egypt. – Manchester, Peartree Publishing

Abstract

Among the continuous stream of books on ancient Egyptian monuments, publications in which Egyptian architecture is presented in any detail are extremely rare. For decades, ‘Ancient Egyptian construction and Architecture’ by Clarke & Engelbach, which saw its first publication already in 1930, was the only comprehensive overview of the elements of the Egyptian architecture and its building methods. This publication was only to be succeeded in 1991 by ‘Building in Egypt’ by Arnold, an up to date version of ‘Construction and architecture’. For one of the most important and prominent element of the Egyptian architecture, the column, Ludwig Borchardt's ‘Die ägyptische Pflanzensäule’ (1897) was the only fundamental study available, besides some more recent articles covering certain aspects or types of columns. Read more...