Abusir to Saqqara

Abstract/Contents

Abstract

3D analysis of terrain visibility at Saqqara from Abusir (the pyramids of Neferirkare, Niuserre, and Sahure) with observer points located on the sides of the pyramids approximately 28–30m from their top. Green areas show terrain that would have been visible; yellow areas show where multiple visible (green) viewsheds overlap; red areas show terrain not visible. Model includes monuments present at the site through Dynasty 4. Analysis performed in CityEngine 2018.0.

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Type of resource	still image
Extent	1 jpg file

Creators/Contributors

Creator	Sullivan, Elaine A.

Bibliographic information

Contained on project page	Title ‘Imakhu in the Sight of the King’: Old Kingdom Elite Tombs and Visibility to the Royal Pyramid
Part of publication	Title Sullivan, Elaine A. Constructing the Sacred: Visibility and Ritual Landscape at the Egyptian Necropolis at Saqqara, Redwood City: Stanford University Press 2020, http://doi.org/10.21627/2020cts
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/kg291rc1324

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Stanford University, 2019.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND).

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Constructing the Sacred Archive

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