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Egyptian Flashcards

1
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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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3
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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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4
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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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5
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Abydos triad

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Osiris
Isis
Horus

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6
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Good of the underworld

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Osiris

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7
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Mother of horus

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Isis

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8
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Child of isis and osiris
Reincarnation of RA

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Horus

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9
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Memphis triad

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Ptad
Sekhmet
Nefertem

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10
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Chief deity of Memphis and patron deity of craftsman

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Ptad

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11
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Consort of Ptad & giver of divine retribution, vengeance, & conquest

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Sekhmet

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12
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Protector of two lands

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Nefertem

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13
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Menkaure triad

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King menkaure
Hathor
Menkaure

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14
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The last great pyramid builder

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King menkaure

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15
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The goddess of music & love

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Hathor

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16
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17th deified nome of upper egypt

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Menkaure

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17
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Theban triad

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Amun
Mut
Khons

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18
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King of the gods

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Amun

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19
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Consort of amun & queen of the gods

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Mut

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20
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The son of amun at mut

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Khons

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21
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Chief god

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Amun-ra

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22
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Symbol of the sun for eternal life sun god

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Rah

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23
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World creator

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Atum

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24
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Dread god

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Set

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25
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Jacktal headed god of death

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Anubis

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26
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Ibis headed god of wisdom

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Thot

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27
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Bull god

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Serapis

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28
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First Egyptian pharaoh of unified Egypt
3000-2938 BC

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Menes

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29
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Discovered imhotep
Begun architectural conquest to create a tomb to record as a largest stone

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Djoser

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30
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Son of KHUNI married to her stepsister to have a pure blood

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Sheferu

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31
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Temporary ruler before thumose III

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Hatshepsut

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32
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Rebel pharaoh

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Amenhotep IV Akhenaten

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33
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Was the youngest pharaoh at the age of 9

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Tutankhamun

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34
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Restrengthen and re-create Egyptian empire, a battle tested ruler disciplinarian

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Setti

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35
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Pure blood ruler attacker to expand Egypt

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Ramenes II

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36
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Queen of the nile

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Cleopatra

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37
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Headdress
Represents the kingship of the 2 lands

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Double crown

38
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Strip head cloth worn, almost exclusive by the king and representation like a sphinx or falcon

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Nemes crown

39
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Ss symbolizes, life, health and strength

40
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Represents justice through morality and balance

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Feather of ma”at

41
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Symbolizes protection and royal power

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Eyes of horus

42
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A rope enclosing a royal name, thereby serving the protection of that name

43
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Symbolizes powered dominion and control

44
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Represents slight warm and growth

45
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Symbolizes, resurrection, and rebirth

46
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Earn a place in Ra’s boat by having a light heart

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Boat of RA

47
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Symbolizes royal protection, and the falcon is four divine king ship

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Uraeus/cobra

48
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Symbolizes reincarnation

49
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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

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Mummification

50
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Made of gilded wood covered with gold

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Tutankhamun’s outer coffin

51
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Made of wood covered with gold, semi precious stones, glass and obsidian

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Tutankhamun’s middle coffin

52
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Meaning of silent girl and weighs 110

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Tutankhamun’s inner coffin

53
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Made with granite

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Tutakhamun’s 4th shrine/sarcophagus

54
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Made with solid gold and in laid with semi precious stone and weighs 11 kg

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Tutankhamun’s death mask

55
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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

56
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triangular structure, with the Pharaoh’s burial chamber inside.

57
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First recorded architect and first non-royal whose got their existence documented.

58
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burial chamber cut into a naturally existing rock formation. A type of rock-cut architecture.

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Rock Cut Tombs

59
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Types of temple

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Mortuary tenple

Cult Temple

60
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Used for ministration to deified pharaoh

61
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For the worship of ancient and mysterious gods

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Cult temple

62
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Light came through

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Wall openings
gaps between columns
Clerestory window

63
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Parts of mastaba

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Serdab
Sacrophagus
Stele

64
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enclosed room containing statue of the deceased.

65
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chamber containing the coffin reached by underground shaft.

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Sacrophagus

66
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Offering chapel

67
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The world’s first large scale monument in stone with no freestanding column

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Step pyramid of djozer

68
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Lower part rises at 55° inclination and the top section is shallow at 43°

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Bank pyramid of Sneferu

69
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Parts of pyramid

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Offering chapel
Mortuary temple
Causeway
Valley building

70
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All this en largest of the three pyramids of Giza

71
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Slightly smaller than the grave pyramid of cheops

72
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Mythical creature with the head of a man, a body of a lion with the wings of a falcon

73
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Smallest and the last among, the three pyramids to be built in Giza

74
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Example of a hillside with 39 ancient elaborately decorative tombs carved into the limestone cliff

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Beni hasan tomb

75
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Example of a corridor tomb

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Valley of the Kings

76
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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

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tutankhamen’ s tomb

77
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Parts of Temple

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Pylon
Green court
Hypostyle Hall
Sanctuary
Enclosure wall
Colossal statues of the pharaoh
Obelisk
Avenue of sphinx

78
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Monumental Gateway

79
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Surrounded by columns

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Great Court

80
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Forest of column

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Hypostyle wall

81
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Funniest part and accessible only to the kings and high priest

82
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Four sided narrow, tampering column

83
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Last pagan temple to exist in the Mediterranean

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Temple of iris, philae

84
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Grandest of all Egyptian temples and built by many kings

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Great temple of amun, karnak

85
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mostly built by memophis III

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TEMPLE of LUXOR

86
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A rock hewn temple w/ 4 cut colossal

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Great temple of abu simbel

87
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Dedicated to the sun god amun-ra

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Montuary temple of queen hatshepsut

88
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Claims to be the chief architect to hatshepsut

89
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Cenotapt with a dummy burial chsmber below it

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Montuary temple of mentuhetep II

90
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Cenotapt with a dummy burial chsmber below it

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Montuary temple of mentuhetep II

91
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Built from sandstone blocks

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temple of herus

92
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Mammisi temple

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Referred to as a birth house of gods

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