Necropolis City Of The Dead
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Architecture For The Dead Cairo S Medieval Necropolis
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Author : Galila El Kadi
language : en
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
Release Date : 2007
Architecture For The Dead Cairo S Medieval Necropolis written by Galila El Kadi and has been published by American Univ in Cairo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Architecture categories.
The great medieval necropolis of Cairo, comprising two main areas that together stretch twelve kilometers from north to south, constitutes a major feature of the city's urban landscape. With monumental and smaller-scale mausolea dating from all eras since early medieval times, and boasting some of the finest examples of Mamluk architecture not just in the city but in the region, the necropolis is an unparalleled--and until now largely undocumented--architectural treasure trove. In Architecture for the Dead, architect Galila El Kadi and photographer Alain Bonnamy have produced a comprehensive and visually stunning survey of all areas of the necropolis. Through detailed and painstaking research and remarkable photography, in text, maps, plans, and pictures, they describe and illustrate the astonishing variety of architectural styles in the necropolis: from Mamluk to neo-Mamluk via baroque and neo-pharaonic, from the grandest stone buildings with their decorative domes and minarets to the humblest--but elaborately decorated--wooden structures. The book also documents the modern settlement of the necropolis by families creating a space for the living in and among the tombs and architecture for the dead.
City Of The Dead
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Author : Lise Manniche
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
City Of The Dead written by Lise Manniche and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Social Science categories.
The Theban necropolis lies in strange contrast to the bustle of Luxor on the opposite bank of the Nile. Over 450 tombs spanning more than a thousand years, some fully excavated and recorded, others tantalisingly described by travellers but now lost, form a maze-like network of passages and caves. The decoration of many of the tombs, particularly those of the Eighteenth dynasty, provides some outstanding examples of ancient Egyptian painting and relief work and reveals fascinating details about the lives and beliefs of their owners. Some of the tombs were re-used and display contrasting styles of workmanship, while many were colonised in more recent centuries by peoples with scant respect for the tombs of their ancestors: many well-paintings are blackened and burnt beyond redemption. The author traces the history of the site discussing the more important tombs in some detail, and sheds new light on the symbolism used in painting to help the deceased in the Afterlife. She also surveys the role of the treasure hunters and travellers of the eighteenth and early nineteenth-centuries and the pioneer epigraphers who followed them and paved the way for the archeological investigation and research that continues today.
Living In A City Of The Dead
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Author : Raphael Ventura
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Living In A City Of The Dead written by Raphael Ventura and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Egyptian language categories.
Necropolis City Of The Dead
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Author : Mark Davis
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2015-03-15
Necropolis City Of The Dead written by Mark Davis and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-15 with Photography categories.
A fascinating history of Undercliffe Victorian Cemetery - 'works of art', created as much for the living as they were for the dead.
Necropolis
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Author : Catharine Arnold
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-10-15
Necropolis written by Catharine Arnold and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-15 with History categories.
From Roman burial rites to the horrors of the plague, from the founding of the great Victorian cemeteries to the development of cremation and the current approach of metropolitan society towards death and bereavement -- including more recent trends to displays of collective grief and the cult of mourning, such as that surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales -- NECROPOLIS: LONDON AND ITS DEAD offers a vivid historical narrative of this great city's attitude to going the way of all flesh. As layer upon layer of London soil reveals burials from pre-historic and medieval times, the city is revealed as one giant grave, filled with the remains of previous eras -- pagan, Roman, medieval, Victorian. This fascinating blend of archaeology, architecture and anecdote includes such phenomena as the rise of the undertaking trade and the pageantry of state funerals; public executions and bodysnatching. Ghoulishly entertaining and full of fascinating nuggets of information, Necropolis leaves no headstone unturned in its exploration of our changing attitudes to the deceased among us. Both anecdotal history and cultural commentary, Necropolis will take its place alongside classics of the city such as Peter Ackroyd's LONDON.
City Of The Dead
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
City Of The Dead written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Cemeteries categories.
The story of Glasgow's Southern Necropolis cemetery and of some of the 'Glesca Keelies' buried there, including Alexander 'Greek' Thomason.80pp plus fold out map. Illustrated by Adrian McMurchie.
City Of The Dead
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Author : Don Chambers
language : en
Publisher: Hyland House Publishing
Release Date : 2001-01-01
City Of The Dead written by Don Chambers and has been published by Hyland House Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with Cemeteries categories.
An intriguing look at the establishment and development of one of Australia's largest cemeteries whose Trust also administers the Old Melbourne and St Kilda cemeteries. Not just of interest to academics and professionals in the industry, but entertaining and informative for anyone with an interest in our collective remains.
City Of The Dead
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Author : Charlotte Hutt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
City Of The Dead written by Charlotte Hutt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Glasgow (Scotland) categories.
This is the story of Glasgow's Southern Necropolis. The book traces the history of this Victorian and Edwardian cemetery, and describes the work of the research team set up to record the memorial stones.
City Of The Dead
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Author : John Whitman
language : en
Publisher: Skylark
Release Date : 1997
City Of The Dead written by John Whitman and has been published by Skylark this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Fiction categories.
Hoole, Zak, and Tash have come to the planet Necropolos, hoping to buy a new ship to replace the Lightrunner. Necropolos is kind of creepy--it has the biggest cemetery in the galaxy, which doesn't exactly make it much of a tourist spot. When nefarious bounty hunter Boba Fett comes into town, claiming that people he has killed in Necropolos have come back to life, Zak and Tash know something very weird is going on. Zak accepts a dare to go into the Necropolos cemetery at midnight. But maybe he should have thought twice. Just because the bodies are buried, that doesn't mean they're dead.
The Vatican Necropoles
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Author : Paolo Liverani
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Release Date : 2010
The Vatican Necropoles written by Paolo Liverani and has been published by Brepols Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Art, Early Christian categories.
This is the first published summary of the entire complex of the great necropoles of Rome, which were situated on Vatican Hill. The work concerns one of the most extensive, richest, and least-known Roman archaeological phenomena and bears witness to the work of creating an underground museum that has been followed internationally as a model of conservation practice. From the submerged world of the necropoles emerges the funeral 'normality' of the Roman world, from poorer cremations in wooden urns, to sumptuous sarcophagi, to sepulchres adorned with frescoes and mosaics. One can also observe Egyptian cults influencing the practice of epicurean philosophy. In addition, we can catch a glimpse of the first traces of Christianity, which include the presence of St. Peter the Apostle's tomb.