This is a facsimile edition of 1979 comprehensive detailed account of the surviving brick architecture of ancient Egypt with special reference to technical and structural matters

First published in 1979 this facsimile edition of Jeffrey Spencer’s comprehensive study provides a detailed account of the brick architecture of ancient Egypt.

Part I provides introductory information on brick manufacture, early use of brick in Egypt and explains the corpus of brick bonding systems. Part II provides an account of the surviving brick buildings, discussed by type, with special reference to technical and structural matter. Part III presents an examination of the constructional techniques employed at different periods for various purposes. A discussion of the kinds of bricks used, their sizes, and bonding is included.

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Chapter Seven: Domestic Architecture
• Chapter Eight: Fortresses and Defensive Town Walls
• Part III
  • Chapter Nine: Brick Walls.
  • Chapter Ten: Floors and Foundations
  • Chapter Eleven: Arches, Vaults, Domes and Corbels
  • Chapter Twelve: Solid Brick Construction in Mastabas and Pyramids
  • Chapter Thirteen: Supplementary Materials in Brick Construction
  • Chapter Fourteen: Bonding
  • Chapter Fifteen: Special Bricks
  • Chapter Sixteen: Brick Sizes
• Appendix I: Metrology of Egyptian Brickwork
• Plates