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HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
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EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION

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 EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION 3000 BC

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INTRODUCTION
• Location: Along River Nile

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• Famous: Pyramids & Temples
• Construction Materials: Stone –

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Limestone; Sandstone; Granite
• Important Building: PLANNING THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA

I. Great Pyramid of Cheops,Gizeh

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Mastabas: Underground Tombs
III. Great Temple of Amun: Karnak
IV. Great Temple of Abu Simbel:
Rock Cut Temple
ENTRANCE COLUMN CAPITAL
 NATURE OF SURFACE DECORATIONS OF TEMPLES

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• Writing Type: Hieroglyphics
• Architectural Style: Columnar & Trabeated (Use
of Column & Beams)

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• Façade: 4 Statues – Pharaoh seated on his
throne

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MASTABAS: USAGE & SHAPE
• A Sepulchral structure built above ground. TEMPLE OF KARNAK

• Mastabas were built above a shaft at the

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bottom of which was situated a Tomb.
• Rectangular in Plan with Inward Sloping – Walls.
• Flat Roof; Built of bricks and façade with
limestone slabs - sides sloping at an angle of 75
degree.
TEMPLE OF ABU SIMBEL
 OTHER FEATURES OF EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION

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GREAT SPHINX OF CEPHREN – The colossal PLANNING
enigmatic monster 20m ht. ,face width-4.1m

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CAUSEWAY TO THE
EVOLUTION OF PYRAMID GRAND GALLERY MORTUARY TEMPLE COLUMNAR