Temples, Pharaonic Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23716706 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Wilkinson (corresponding author), Richard H Wilkinson |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah15389 |
| OpenAlex | W1592717568 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Egyptian temples existed over a vast span of history – from ca. 3500 Bce to 550 Ce, when the last temple was closed by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian. During the course of these four thousand years, many developments took place in the role and functioning of Egyptian temples, so we must be careful to treat generalizations about these structures as such. The physical form of the Egyptian temple also developed during this time from simple prehistoric shrines to massive structures that are among the most impressive of ancient Egypt's architectural wonders. But few temples have survived from pre‐New Kingdom times (before ca. 1560 Bce), and relatively few temples survived in Lower (northern) Egypt, so our knowledge of these structures is greater for New Kingdom and later times, and especially for temples in Upper Egypt.
Ancient egypt · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Byzantine architecture · Emperor · Kingdom · Prehistory · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Geology · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |