Chapter 3 Vocab And Dates Flashcards

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Canon of proportions

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Predetermined measurements for Egyptian art

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Define ka.

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A spirit that may live in a body during life and leave it after death as long as there is a body or statue still exhists

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Hieroglyphs and pictograms

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Images that represent a concept or idea used for communication.

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Necropolis

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city of the dead/burial cite

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Clerestory

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A windowed wall allowing natural light into a room

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Hypostal Hall

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A hall with rows of columns supporting it’s roof

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Living Rock

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Rock not detached from the earth

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Sunken Relief

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When the carved image sinks below the surrounding surface

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Sarcophagus

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Stone coffin

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Mastaba

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A tomb that is flat roofed with sloping sides

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