Table of Contents

CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION THESIS STATEMENT; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CONCEPTION OF THE COSMOS, COSMOGONY AND COSMIC PROCESS; COSMOGRAPHY, HIERARCHY OF BEINGS, THE ARCHITECTURAL ENVIRONMENT; CHAPTER II: BACKGROUND: HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND ARCHITECTURE AT BENI HASAN; GENERAL HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF EARLY DYNASTY; GEOGRAPHY OF THE BENI HASAN AREA; MORTUARY REMAINS; SETTLEMENTS; GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF TOMB 3; MAIN CHAMBER; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BURIAL SHAFTS; SHRINE; ARCHITECTURAL MODELS; CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY AND PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP; TRADITIONAL METHODOLOGY; NEW APPROACHES, ANALYSIS OF THE TOMB CHAPEL OF KHNUMHOTEP II, INTERPRETATION OF MICROSCENES, SUMMARY OF WALLS, SYNTHESIS OF THE TOMB CHAPEL AS A WHOLE, CHAPTER IV: DECORATION OF TOMB 3 WEST WALL, OVERVIEW OF WEST WALL AS A WHOLE NORTH WALL, OVERVIEW OF NORTH WALL AS A WHOLE EAST WALL, OVERVIEW OF EAST WALL AS A WHOLE SOUTH WALL, OVERVIEW OF SOUTH WALL AS A WHOLE SHRINE, OVERVIEW OF SHRINE AS A WHOLE, CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS: TOMB AS A COSMOGRAPH