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May 17, 2024, 6:26 am UTC    
November 29, 2009 12:18PM
Dieter Arnold has a chapter called "Plans" in his "Building in Egypt". He discusses grids and drawings and lists sixteen surving examples. However he comes to this conclusion about the use of a "scale".

"In using grid sytems, however, did Egyptians also understand the method of drawing to a certain scale - were the squares in the grid of the plan intentionally drawn as a fraction of the real cubit? And did the architects cover their construction sites with such a grid of cubit squares in order to construct the actual outlines of the walls? Construction lines preserved on the foundations or pavement of buildings seem not to favour this possibility."
(Building in Egypt p.7-9).

Here's one of the items listed by Arnold which is a plan of the tomb of Ramesses IV.

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Drawing to scale in Ancient Egypt

Don Barone November 29, 2009 10:02AM

Re: Drawing to scale in Ancient Egypt

Warwick L Nixon November 29, 2009 11:51AM

Re: Drawing to scale in Ancient Egypt

Jon_B November 29, 2009 12:18PM

Re: Drawing to scale in Ancient Egypt

Warwick L Nixon November 29, 2009 12:26PM

Re: Drawing to scale in Ancient Egypt

Don Barone November 29, 2009 01:10PM

Re: Drawing to scale in Ancient Egypt

Warwick L Nixon November 29, 2009 01:23PM

Re: Drawing to scale in Ancient Egypt

Don Barone November 29, 2009 01:47PM

yep

Warwick L Nixon November 29, 2009 02:03PM

Re: yep

Don Barone November 29, 2009 04:00PM

Re: yep

Warwick L Nixon November 29, 2009 04:13PM

Re: yep

Don Barone November 29, 2009 04:20PM

Re: yep

Sirfiroth November 29, 2009 07:27PM

Re: yep

Don Barone November 29, 2009 07:54PM

Re: yep

Sirfiroth November 29, 2009 09:22PM

Re: yep

Warwick L Nixon November 29, 2009 09:42PM

Re: yep

Don Barone November 29, 2009 09:52PM

Re: yep

Warwick L Nixon November 29, 2009 10:14PM

Re: yep

Don Barone November 29, 2009 10:19PM

Re: yep

Warwick L Nixon November 29, 2009 10:48PM

Re: yep

Don Barone November 29, 2009 11:02PM

Re: Drawing to scale in Ancient Egypt

Don Barone November 29, 2009 10:16PM

Re: Drawing to scale in Ancient Egypt

Warwick L Nixon November 29, 2009 10:46PM

Re: Drawing to scale in Ancient Egypt

Don Barone November 29, 2009 11:03PM



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