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Great Pyramids
Gizeh, Egypt
EGYPTIAN (2575 - 1070 BCE)
OLD KINGDOM

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Great Sphinx
Gizeh, Egypt
EGYPTIAN (2575 - 1070 BCE)
OLD KINGDOM

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Khafre enthroned
Gizeh, Egypt

Intertwined lotus and papyrus plants—symbolic of the united Egypt—appear between the throne’s legs.

EGYPTIAN (2575 - 1070 BCE)
OLD KINGDOM

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Seated scribe
Saqqara, Egypt
EGYPTIAN (2575 - 1070 BCE)
OLD KINGDOM

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Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt
Saqqara, Egypt
EGYPTIAN (2575 - 1070 BCE)
OLD KINGDOM

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Death mask of Tutankhamen
Thebes, Egypt
EGYPTIAN (2575 - 1070 BCE)
NEW KINGDOM

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Interior hall of the tomb of Amenemhet

  • rock cut tomb typical of middle kingdom - hence ability of roof to stay stamding despite missing segment of column
    Beni Hasan, Egypt
    EGYPTIAN (2575 - 1070 BCE)
    Middle Kingdom

The slide list calls this the new kingdom*****

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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
Artist: SENMUT(?)
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
EGYPTIAN (2575 - 1070 BCE)
NEW KINGDOM

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Hatshepsut with offering jars
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
EGYPTIAN (2575 - 1070 BCE)
NEW KINGDOM

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Model of the hypostyle hall
temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt
EGYPTIAN (2575 - 1070 BCE)
NEW KINGDOM

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COMPOSITE VIEW

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Multiple angles shown at once.

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HEIRARCHICAL SCALE

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More important things are larger.

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PHARAOHS WHO COMMISSIONED PYRAMIDS

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Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure

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COLONNADE

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Columns in a row.

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ICONOGRAPHY

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Visually refers to subject matter of previous rulers or religious figures in order to communicate their same authority.

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HATSHEPSUT

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Female Egyptian Pharaoh.

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HYPOSTYLE HALL

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Space with many columns, often grid-like, that are load-bearing.

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CLERESTORY

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Space between high and low roof line, letting in light and ventilation.

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AMARNA REVOLUTION

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Lead by Pharaoh Akhenaton (previously Amenhotep IV).
Capital city moved to Thebes.
Shift to monothiestic society, focus on Aton, the Sun Disk.

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Canopic jars

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The vital organs were individually wrapped and placed in four containers known as canopic jars for eventual deposit in the burial chamber with the corpse.

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Menkaure and Khamerernebty (?)

Old Kingdom

Egyptian (2575-1070BCE)

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Statue of Akhenaton

New Kingdom

Egyptian 2575-1070BCE

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Akhenaton Nefertiti and Three Daughters

Egyptian 2575-1070BCE

New Kingdom

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Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer

New Kingdom

Thebes, Egypt

Egypt 2575-1070BCE

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