Geometry and proportions in the funeral chapel of Sarenput II

DOI10.1007/S00004-014-0218-4zbMATH Open1326.00057OpenAlexW2040359732MaRDI QIDQ895618FDOQ895618

Authors Juan Antonio Martínez Hermoso, Fernando Martínez Hermoso, Francisco de Paula Montes Tubío, Alejandro Jiménez Serrano 

Publication date 4 December 2015

Published in Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-014-0218-4

zbMATH Keywords

geometrymeasurementproportionsymmetrymodulesequilibriumequilateral trianglesquarediagonalrational numberstrigonometryratiodesign analysisirrational numbersincommensurables12th dynastyancient Egyptcommensurablesfunerary architecturehypostyle HallMiddle KingdomNecropolis of Qubbet El-Hawa

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Egyptian mathematics (01A16) Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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