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Worlds longest river

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Nile river

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The pharaohs were said to be reincarnates of gods and were given the divine state.

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Concept of kingship

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relating to or characterized by belief in or worship of more than one god.
There was a focus on permanence, stability, eternity, life after death.

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Polytheistic

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god of vegetation. before he became the god of the
underworld. Married to her sister Isis

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Osiris

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Falcon god or sky god, the miracle baby of Isis and Osiris

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Horus

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God of Nile

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Hapy

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Divine mother: sister and wife of Osiris

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Isis

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God of storms and violence. Murderer of Osiris

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Seth

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  • It is the preparation for the afterlife which had extreme importance.
  • Ka or Soul lives beyond using the same body.
  • It takes 72 days
  • take out the organs which are vital for the living which is why these are preserved. Only the heart if left because it was believed that intelligence comes
    from the heart.
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Mummification

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Symbol of Eternal life. Signifies Breath of Life

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Ankh

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A beetle. Symbol of rebirth of Eternal Life.

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Scarab

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Symbol of protection, Fiery eye of Re

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Cobra

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Emblem of the sun god; Winged sun disk

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Sundisk

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Symbol of heal and protection

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Sound Eye of Horus

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Symbol of sun, creation and rebirth

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Lotus flower

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Symbol of loyal protection; also of upper egypt

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Vulture

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Relief carvings or inscriptions whose purpose is to record history and to tell a story. Writing system of ancient egypt

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Hieroglyphics

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Shows objects or figures with their shoulders seen from the front, torso and hips turn in three quarter view so that legs and arms can be seen in profile. The head is also shown in profile.

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Law of Frontality

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Sculpture that the male statue is very upright and rigid which symbolizes power because the men are not to be seen as soft or weak. Both the male and female are seen to have their left foot advancing but it is notable that the male has a further advanced foot which is a representation of hierarchy of gender.

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Statue of Menkaure and Khamerernebty

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Sculpture that is inlayed with precious stones and is associated with death. The Death Mask of Tutankhamun is made out of gold and precious stones. The gold symbolizes divinity and kingship while the color blue or the use of lapis lazuli mimics the blue of the sky where the gods are. Other precious stones that were used are onyx, turquoise and agate.

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Death Mask of Tutankhamun

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A funeral receptacle for a corpse

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Sarcophagus

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A mythical beast symbolizing the pharaoh as incarnation of the sun god Ra. Has the head of a human and body of a lion.

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Sphinx

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Wall paintings that served to provide the ka with familiar scenes from the earthly existence of the deceased

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Frescoes

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Type of Fresco that is a wet plaster wall; start adding paint while the plaster is still wet.

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Buon Fresco

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Type of Fresco that uses dry plaster application

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Fresco Seco

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Judgment process of the dead. The weight of the heart will evaluate if you’ve been a good or bad when
you were alive.

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Book of the Dead

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Uses clay or sun-dried bricks. Stone was important for them to create monumental architecture.

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Egyptian Architecture

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System of Post and Lintel

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Trabeated Construction

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First Architect. First recorded artist of western history

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Imhotep

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Funerary temples for commoners. Rectangular flat topped mound

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Mastabas

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City of Mastabas

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Necropolis

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Burial place for Egyptian royalty. Empty weights of stone in construction.
Has 3 types called Stepped, Bent and Straight.

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Pyramids

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3 pyramids aligned to certain stars, Orion.

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Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure

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A marker usually contains carvings to commemorate historical subjects

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Obelisk

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Triangular tip on top

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Pyramidion

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Temples for dead Pharaoh

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Mortuary Temples

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A rock-cut temple commissioned by Rameses II to honor his own memory. It has 4 different statues of himself.

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Simbel

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Composed of 3 large terraces connected to each
other by ramps. She was the 1st female King.

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Temple of Queen Hatshepsut

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Has a hypostyle hall with 134 freestanding columns in
16 rows. Built by a sacred lake, primeval waters where life began

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Great Temple of Amun, Karnak

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For popular worship of the ancient gods.

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Cult Temples

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Located on cliffs where they cute labyrinth
passageways that lead to ceremonial and burial
chambers.

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Rock-Hewn Temples

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Entrance Gate

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Pylon

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Open court

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Peristyle

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A columned hallway constructed in the post and lintel system of elevation. Contains double row of columns higher than the others.

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Hypostyle Hall

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Windows on the upper part of the temple that allow small amounts of light that enhances the effect of
shadows.

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Clerestory

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Contains a small shrine which is used as receptacle for the small statue of a god.

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Sanctuary

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Symbolizes “life” growing out from the ground

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Column with Bud Capital

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From the papyrus, the plant symbolizing lower Egypt suggesting the presence of a temple.

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Papyrus Bundle

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Column used in non-secular buildings

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Lotiform

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Bell-shaped from of either a lotus or
papyrus.

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Campaniform Flower

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