Egypt Architecture (history Of Architecture) 5f4d1r

EXAMPLE OF EGYPT EXAMPLES OF ARCHITECTURE EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE

LICAO, GABRIEL BRYAN

SPHINX -

Egyptian Sphinx had the head of a king, a hawk , a ram or more rarely a woman on the body of a lion. CRIOSPHINX Egyptian sphinx having a head of a ram.

ANROSPHINX – Egyptian Sphinx having a head of a man. HIERACOSPHINXEgyptian sphinx having a head of a hawk.

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Henry Fischer relates the head’s attachment to lion’s body, it is a suggestion of shape-shifting, that is link between the mankind and the gods, which lives in this world.

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The Great Sphinx of Giza

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It is 65 ft. High by 188 ft. long.

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It said to be the largest and famous sphinx .

TOMB ARCHITECTURE

MASTABAS MASTABAS

-“ house of eternity”or“eternal house” - Were the first tombs   -The word 'mastaba' comes from the Arabic word for a bench of mud, and when seen from a distance a mastaba does resemble a bench. - The funeral chambers were underground.

-is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides, constructed out of mudbricks (from the Nile River) or stone. - Mastabas are built on the west side of the Nile. (symbol of death, where the Chapel sun sets) Room with the statue of the dead

Blocked well

Funeral chamber

sarcophagus

Mastaba is consist of 3 parts : 1.Burial chamber/t omb

TYPES OF MASTABA

MASTABA OF AHA- SAKKARA ( 1ST DYNASTY)

MASTABA OF BEIT KHALAF ( 2ND AND 3RD DYNASTY) “Guarded

portcullises” “ stairway mastaba”

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MASTABA OF GIZEH ( 4TH DYNASTY)

- Development of offering chapel -false door

- Typical ‘shaft’ mastaba

MASTABA OF THI , SAKKARA ( 5TH DYNASTY)

- It has a large pillared court attached to the north end of the east side.

ROYAL PYRAMIDS

PYRAMIDS Pyramids had many uses - It is tend to be tombs for kings -

Sites for sacrifice

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Place for worship

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Astronomical tools

Pyramids had a smooth angled sides designed to help the Pharaoh’s soul ascend to heaven. -

Ancient Egyptians constructed pyramids to serve as tombs for kings and queens.

TYPES OF PYRAMID

Step Pyramid of Zoser/Djoser

Red Pyramid (North Pyramid)

Pyramid of Meydum

Bent Pyramid (South Pyramid)

The Great Pyramid of Cheops

Pyramid of Mykerinos

STEP PYRAMID OF ZOSER/DJOSER (3RD DYNASTY)

PYRAMID OF MEYDUM/ MEIDUM

BENT PYRAMIDOR SOUTH PYRAMID OF SENEFERU

RED PYRAMID OR NORTH PYRAMID OF SENEFURU

THE GREAT PYRAMID OF CHEOPS (KHUFU)

PYRAMID OF MYKERINOS ( MENKAURA)

ROCK-HEWN TOMBS

THE TOMBS OF BENI ASAN/ BENI HASSAN

Beni Hassan is an Ancient Egyptian cemetery site. Beni Hassan are carved into some limestone hills on the East Bank of the Nile. There are 39 in all arranged in a row.