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The life of Egypt. This is where early civilization had its birth.

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Nile River

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Principle of construction was post and lintel.

Mud brick was the principal building material.

Stones were carefully cut together since they didn’t use mortars.

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Architectural Materials

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Structures have no downspouts, drainage and gutters due to the absence of rain. No windows to cut heat penetration and sand storm.

Roof was not an importatant consideration.

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Climate

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Egyptians are monotheistic in theory.

Polytheistic in practice.

There are no dividing line between gods and kings cince they were frequently associated with triads.

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Religion

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Abydos triad

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Osiris
Isis
Horus

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Good of the underworld

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Osiris

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Mother of horus

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Isis

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Child of isis and osiris
Reincarnation of RA

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Horus

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Memphis triad

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Ptad
Sekhmet
Nefertem

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Chief deity of Memphis and patron deity of craftsman

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Ptad

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Consort of Ptad & giver of divine retribution, vengeance, & conquest

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Sekhmet

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Protector of two lands

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Nefertem

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Menkaure triad

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King menkaure
Hathor
Menkaure

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The last great pyramid builder

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King menkaure

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The goddess of music & love

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Hathor

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17th deified nome of upper egypt

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Menkaure

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Theban triad

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Amun
Mut
Khons

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King of the gods

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Amun

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Consort of amun & queen of the gods

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Mut

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The son of amun at mut

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Khons

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Chief god

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Amun-ra

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Symbol of the sun for eternal life sun god

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Rah

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World creator

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Atum

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Dread god

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Set

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Jacktal headed god of death
Anubis
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Ibis headed god of wisdom
Thot
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Bull god
Serapis
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First Egyptian pharaoh of unified Egypt 3000-2938 BC
Menes
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Discovered imhotep Begun architectural conquest to create a tomb to record as a largest stone
Djoser
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Son of KHUNI married to her stepsister to have a pure blood
Sheferu
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Temporary ruler before thumose III
Hatshepsut
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Rebel pharaoh
Amenhotep IV Akhenaten
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Was the youngest pharaoh at the age of 9
Tutankhamun
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Restrengthen and re-create Egyptian empire, a battle tested ruler disciplinarian
Setti
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Pure blood ruler attacker to expand Egypt
Ramenes II
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Queen of the nile
Cleopatra
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Headdress Represents the kingship of the 2 lands
Double crown
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Strip head cloth worn, almost exclusive by the king and representation like a sphinx or falcon
Nemes crown
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Ss symbolizes, life, health and strength
Ankh
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Represents justice through morality and balance
Feather of ma”at
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Symbolizes protection and royal power
Eyes of horus
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A rope enclosing a royal name, thereby serving the protection of that name
Catouche
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Symbolizes powered dominion and control
Scepter
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Represents slight warm and growth
Sun disk
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Symbolizes, resurrection, and rebirth
Scarab
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Earn a place in Ra’s boat by having a light heart
Boat of RA
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Symbolizes royal protection, and the falcon is four divine king ship
Uraeus/cobra
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Symbolizes reincarnation
Ibis
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An intact body is an integral part of a person after life and assuring themselves a successful revert into the afterlife
Mummification
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Made of gilded wood covered with gold
Tutankhamun’s outer coffin
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Made of wood covered with gold, semi precious stones, glass and obsidian
Tutankhamun’s middle coffin
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Meaning of silent girl and weighs 110
Tutankhamun’s inner coffin
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Made with granite
Tutakhamun’s 4th shrine/sarcophagus
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Made with solid gold and in laid with semi precious stone and weighs 11 kg
Tutankhamun’s death mask
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Rectangular superstructure built of mud brick, later stone with slopings walls and a flat roof. may deep shaft pababa sa underground burial chamber. Ex. Faraoun 75 deg
Mastaba
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triangular structure, with the Pharaoh's burial chamber inside.
Pyramid
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First recorded architect and first non-royal whose got their existence documented.
Imhotep
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burial chamber cut into a naturally existing rock formation. A type of rock-cut architecture.
Rock Cut Tombs
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Types of temple
Mortuary tenple Cult Temple
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Used for ministration to deified pharaoh
Mortary
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For the worship of ancient and mysterious gods
Cult temple
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Light came through
Wall openings gaps between columns Clerestory window
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Parts of mastaba
Serdab Sacrophagus Stele
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enclosed room containing statue of the deceased.
Serdab
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chamber containing the coffin reached by underground shaft.
Sacrophagus
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Offering chapel
Stele
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The world’s first large scale monument in stone with no freestanding column
Step pyramid of djozer
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Lower part rises at 55° inclination and the top section is shallow at 43°
Bank pyramid of Sneferu
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Parts of pyramid
Offering chapel Mortuary temple Causeway Valley building
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All this en largest of the three pyramids of Giza
Khufu
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Slightly smaller than the grave pyramid of cheops
Khafre
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Mythical creature with the head of a man, a body of a lion with the wings of a falcon
Sphinx
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Smallest and the last among, the three pyramids to be built in Giza
Menkaure
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Example of a hillside with 39 ancient elaborately decorative tombs carved into the limestone cliff
Beni hasan tomb
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Example of a corridor tomb
Valley of the Kings
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One of the smallest tombs in the valley of the kings as tutankhamen was a fairly minor king who had a very short ring
tutankhamen’ s tomb
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Parts of Temple
Pylon Green court Hypostyle Hall Sanctuary Enclosure wall Colossal statues of the pharaoh Obelisk Avenue of sphinx
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Monumental Gateway
Pylon
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Surrounded by columns
Great Court
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Forest of column
Hypostyle wall
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Funniest part and accessible only to the kings and high priest
Sanctuary
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Four sided narrow, tampering column
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Last pagan temple to exist in the Mediterranean
Temple of iris, philae
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Grandest of all Egyptian temples and built by many kings
Great temple of amun, karnak
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mostly built by memophis III
TEMPLE of LUXOR
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A rock hewn temple w/ 4 cut colossal
Great temple of abu simbel
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Dedicated to the sun god amun-ra
Montuary temple of queen hatshepsut
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Claims to be the chief architect to hatshepsut
Sememut
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Cenotapt with a dummy burial chsmber below it
Montuary temple of mentuhetep II
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Cenotapt with a dummy burial chsmber below it
Montuary temple of mentuhetep II
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Built from sandstone blocks
temple of herus
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Mammisi temple
Referred to as a birth house of gods

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