waggy Wrote:
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> Corvidius Wrote:
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> > So what are opinions on the groovy wavy walls.
> I
> > cannot think of anything at the moment. They
> are
> > not external city walls and seem to be just the
> > outside walls of ordinary buildings. There are
> no
> > walls like this at Deir el-Medina, or anywhere
> > else, including model buildings found in tombs.
> > Unexpected and odd.
>
> They are quite common in the Middle Kingdom, as
> can be seen in the pyramid complexes of Khendjer
> and the Southern South Saqqara pyramid, or the
> residential area of Qsar el-Sagha, and even at
> Abydos. There is not much research on them, though
> this article appears the most detailed so far,
> though l have lost my internet link to it.
> On the meaning of the so-called sinusoidal walls
> in Egypt during the Middle Kingdom, Studia
> AegyptiacaXIV, pages 423-526

Thanks for the info, something that has passed me by. Certainly needs more research, and I guess this new find of extensive and well preserved examples will help.

I found this paper of the article you quoted after entering the search term "sinusoidal" instead of "wavy" or "zigzag" doh!
[www.academia.edu]

After reading it I'm still searching for a meaning and if there is any link between the MK walls and usage in this late 18th Dynasty setting.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/2021 08:13AM by Corvidius.