- Tytuł:
- Preliminary remarks on enigmatic “white casing limestone” from Saqqara archaeologicalsite in Egypt
- Autorzy:
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Welc, F.
Malata, E.
Marks, L.
Studencka, B.
Olszewska, B. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2027029.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2013
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
- Tematy:
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lime stone
ar chae ol ogy
Step Pyr a mid
Djoser
Old King dom - Opis:
- Saqqara is one of the fa mous ar chae o log i cal sites in the world. There is the old est stone pyr a mid built by pha raoh Djoser from the Third Dy nasty (around 4600 yrs BP). The com po nents of his fu ner ary com plex were con structed of a char ac ter is tic creamish-white lime stone of rel a tively great so lid ity, con nected in ar chae o log i cal lit er a ture with the white cas ing lime stone from Saqqara. A source of this stone has re mained so far a mys tery. An ex ten sive geo log i cal sur vey and other re search has failed to iden tify any out crops of such lime stone in the vi cin ity of Saqqara. Pre lim i nary re sults of ex am i na tion of fos sils from rel e vant rock sam ples of the white Saqqara lime stone are pre sented, sup ple -mented with dis cus sion of cur rent opin ions con cern ing its or i gin and prob a ble strati graphic set ting.
- Źródło:
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Studia Quaternaria; 2013, 30; 115-123
1641-5558
2300-0384 - Pojawia się w:
- Studia Quaternaria
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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