Eyptian Architecture

Question 1

mass of masonry with central opening forming the monumental entrance to Egyptian Temples

Answer 1

Pylons

Question 2

-Body of a lion, head of a man or a woman

Answer 2

Androsphinx

Question 3

body of a lion, head of a ram

Answer 3

Criosphinx

Question 4

body of a lion, head of a hawk

Answer 4

Hieracosphinx

Question 5

a pillared hall in which the roof rests on columns; applied to many columned halls of Egyptian architecture

Answer 5

Hypostyle Hall

Question 6

an ancient Egyptian, rectangular, flat topped funerary mound with battered (sloping sides) covering a burial chamber below the ground

Answer 6

Mastaba

Question 7

Architect of Step Pyramid and for which Pharaoh?

Answer 7

Imhotep, Zoser

Question 8

Bent Pyramid is for what Pharaoh?

Answer 8

Snefru

Question 9

The three Pyramids of Giza from Biggest to Smallest

Answer 9

1. Great Pyramid of Cheops
2. Pyramid of Chefren
3. Pyramid of Mykerinos

Question 10

Three Rock-Hewn Tombs

Answer 10

1. Beni Hasan
2. Khnemhetep
3. Hatshepsut

Question 11

for the ministration to deified pharaohs (evolved from Mastabas and Temples)

Answer 11

Mortuary Temple

Question 12

Temple for Worship of the Gods

Answer 12

Cult Temple

Question 13

Sacred symbol of the sun god Heliopolis, a tall pillar of square section tapering upwards ending in a pyramid

Answer 13

Obelisks

Question 14

Three Parts of the Egyptian Dwelling House

Answer 14

1. Reception Suite
2. Service
3. Private Quarters

Question 15

the characteristic hollow and roll moulding of an Egyptian as well as Persian cornice.

Answer 15

Gorge Cornice

Question 16

Walls diminished course by course toward the top due to he shrinkage caused by annual inundation. Interior face of the wall was vertical

Answer 16

Battered Wall

Question 17

series of columns

Answer 17

Colonnade

Question 18

richly carved coffin

Answer 18

Sacrophagus

Question 19

a heavy lattice grating of timber or iron sliding in vertical grooves in the jambs of a portal of a defended building

Answer 19

Portucullis

Question 20

screen wall in between columns

Answer 20

Abaci

Question 21

pillars incorporating the sculptures figure of Osiris, Egyptian god of Death and Resurrection

Answer 21

Osiris Pillar

Question 22

a sepulchral monument to a person buried elsewhere

Answer 22

Cenotaph